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Old 11-01-2020, 09:27 PM   #26
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Right, I would venture to say that those mini splits are in a category of their own. Although correct me if I'm wrong but those are considered to be more like a "space heater" than a whole home solution? I didn't read the entire article to see exactly how they derived these numbers but did find it interesting.

However you slice it I think this is accurate in that heating with electricity is generally the most expensive.
Mini splits were not suitable for a whole home 10 or so years ago. But they are now--our Massachusetts house was built 3 years ago, mini splits only. I did some rough calcs at the time, I think they are about half the price of oil to run them.
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