06-02-2007, 06:54 PM
Morganlady, are you from the midwest, cause we are, & that is what the propane tanks are called.
County water is running us $30 for 3000 gals
We are renovating our house & are not planning on an oven, just a stovetop plus all of the stuff we currently use which includes our microwave with a convection oven, crock pot (actually use it here more than expected), undercounter mount coffee maker with thermal carafe, and outdoor grill & gas burner.
We have a solar powered attic vent (gable mounted) for venting the attic on sunny days, it is good with a caveat, radiant heat can build up without the sun shining bright enough to power the fan. We have helped this by installing a radient barrier on the inside of the roof in the attic.
We are also looking at installing raised grey water catchments on our house to lessen our use of energy (county water is one of the largest electric consummers on the island)
Forget the clothes dryer. We have a portable clothes line thingy that opens like an umbrella, made of aluminum, we have set it in a concrete tub on a scooter to go out on sunny days & in when it rains...
Most of our neighbors have the pigs on the side of their house (nearish to the road) Contact the gas company for the sizes. We have heard that the fill charge is dependent on location...but we are near Keaau & on good paved roads & do not have gas so we really do not know
We have instant elect. water heaters (only one is currently installed due to the renovation) We have are using 10,000 watt unit, good really for 1 full open faucet, without flow regulator shower head, they have variable adjust temp. & ours is at 42 C (can go up to 50 C with lower flow rate). That is the water temp, and we have very little lead time to temp ~1/2 min., but this would vary by run lengths, hence the multiple units. We do plan on adding a solar water heater - great rebates and financing are available here. Our electric, for 2 people is running from $60 - 70 total per month BUT we are VERY conservative with energy uses (hubby studied at the Solar Institute)
Edited by - carey on 06/02/2007 22:54:39
County water is running us $30 for 3000 gals
We are renovating our house & are not planning on an oven, just a stovetop plus all of the stuff we currently use which includes our microwave with a convection oven, crock pot (actually use it here more than expected), undercounter mount coffee maker with thermal carafe, and outdoor grill & gas burner.
We have a solar powered attic vent (gable mounted) for venting the attic on sunny days, it is good with a caveat, radiant heat can build up without the sun shining bright enough to power the fan. We have helped this by installing a radient barrier on the inside of the roof in the attic.
We are also looking at installing raised grey water catchments on our house to lessen our use of energy (county water is one of the largest electric consummers on the island)
Forget the clothes dryer. We have a portable clothes line thingy that opens like an umbrella, made of aluminum, we have set it in a concrete tub on a scooter to go out on sunny days & in when it rains...
Most of our neighbors have the pigs on the side of their house (nearish to the road) Contact the gas company for the sizes. We have heard that the fill charge is dependent on location...but we are near Keaau & on good paved roads & do not have gas so we really do not know
We have instant elect. water heaters (only one is currently installed due to the renovation) We have are using 10,000 watt unit, good really for 1 full open faucet, without flow regulator shower head, they have variable adjust temp. & ours is at 42 C (can go up to 50 C with lower flow rate). That is the water temp, and we have very little lead time to temp ~1/2 min., but this would vary by run lengths, hence the multiple units. We do plan on adding a solar water heater - great rebates and financing are available here. Our electric, for 2 people is running from $60 - 70 total per month BUT we are VERY conservative with energy uses (hubby studied at the Solar Institute)
Edited by - carey on 06/02/2007 22:54:39