JimWard
Member
First off, I just want to say what a great place this is. I have been lurking in the shadows for years and decided it was finally time to join up! I have learned TONS from this website - my favorite!
Secondly, what a ridiculous hobby this is - but i still love it and am addicted!
My first post!!!
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So on to my question...
Natural Gas or Electric? I need to decide soon as i am ready to begin the purchasing process for my system.
Hands down electric is cheaper than Propane - given. But I am interested in natural gas.
Electric is very appealing to me for all the same reasons so many have chosen to implement it. However, i have lived in a home with electric water heater and electric central heating and my god the electric bills!!! So if i brew weekly i really don't need the SWMBO griping about the electric bill. She freaked when she heard i was thinking of going electric.
I am technically good with both (electric or nat gas) and am mainly concerned with COST! I have noticed a lot of discussion about efficiency and cost of electricity but very little discussion about the cost of natural gas. Am i simply missing this???
If it is a wash, then i'd go electric for sure. But i can't let go of the fear that the electric bill would go sky high. My personal observations with utilities bills do not show electric as being anything other than way expensive (compared to nat gas).
Can someone set me at ease? Your thoughts?
Thanks!
James
Secondly, what a ridiculous hobby this is - but i still love it and am addicted!
My first post!!!
--------------------
So on to my question...
Natural Gas or Electric? I need to decide soon as i am ready to begin the purchasing process for my system.
Hands down electric is cheaper than Propane - given. But I am interested in natural gas.
Electric is very appealing to me for all the same reasons so many have chosen to implement it. However, i have lived in a home with electric water heater and electric central heating and my god the electric bills!!! So if i brew weekly i really don't need the SWMBO griping about the electric bill. She freaked when she heard i was thinking of going electric.
I am technically good with both (electric or nat gas) and am mainly concerned with COST! I have noticed a lot of discussion about efficiency and cost of electricity but very little discussion about the cost of natural gas. Am i simply missing this???
If it is a wash, then i'd go electric for sure. But i can't let go of the fear that the electric bill would go sky high. My personal observations with utilities bills do not show electric as being anything other than way expensive (compared to nat gas).
Can someone set me at ease? Your thoughts?
Thanks!
James