November 2016 Tale of the Tape

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Post by lsayre » Fri. Dec. 02, 2016 7:42 am

926 Lbs. of coal burned (for combined DHW and home heating)

590 HDD's

Home heating only estimate is 1.392 lbs. per HDD. This equals an estimated 821 lbs. of coal.

An estimated 105 Lbs. of coal went to DHW heating.

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Dec. 02, 2016 7:42 pm

You got me beat (again) Larry. I came up with 1146 pounds for November. That's just for the one in the basement.

One of these days I will figure out what a Heating Degree Day is.

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Post by grumpy » Fri. Dec. 02, 2016 7:45 pm

One of these days I will figure out what a Heating Degree Day is.
Yeah, please explain...


 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Dec. 02, 2016 8:16 pm

Basically it's the difference between the average outdoor temperature and 65 degrees. For example if it's 15 degrees at night then 25 degrees during the day, the average is 20 degrees for that 24 hour period. Then the difference between 20 degrees and 65 (the temp thought at which heating is required) is 45.

So the HDDs for this example is 45 HDDs

Then with that figure you can divide it by the amount of coal burned to find the amount of coal you needed for each heated degree. Later in the season you can compare HDDs with previous HDDs and get an idea if your appliance is running more or less efficient during colder weather.

Usually it's pretty linear meaning you can accurately predict your coal usage based on temperature forecasts for the future. Larry is pretty good at it lol, he can get within a few pounds for the whole month.

 
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Post by grumpy » Fri. Dec. 02, 2016 8:18 pm

Ok I get it, thanks.

 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Dec. 02, 2016 8:21 pm

The reason a base of 65 degrees is used instead of 72 (indoor temp average) is because you have to allow some degrees by other things in the house creating heat. For example appliances, TVs, lights, bodies, Christmas trees. That's my reasoning anyways lol.

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