At first when I wanted to upgrade the oil furnace to an electric furnace, my wife wouldn’t allow me to.
- She said that we didn’t need to waste money on an upgrade because the oil furnace was working fine.
I had to tell her about the rising cost of oil, and this was a long time ago too when oil was much cheaper. Also, I told her that I planned on having solar panels installed so that would help to fuel the electricity to the furnace as well as everything in our home. She told me that she didn’t realize that I was trying to install solar panels, even though I had told her about it before. Even though I mentioned it before, she said she didn’t realize that I was so serious about it. Of course I had to get this done because I was looking to save money big time. This is a big part of why I had been researching various energy saving tips and I had been trying to save money however I could. I converted all the lights to LED, including the old fluorescent lights in the basement. With those you just have to bypass the ballast by rewiring the connection directly to the bulbs, which is pretty easy so long as you are careful and turn off the power to the light fixtures before doing anything! The energy savings have been wonderful, but I’m definitely not done. When I’m done, I want the electric company to be cutting me checks for putting energy back onto the grid! So after hearing all that, my wife gave me the okay and I had an HVAC professional install the new electric furnace.