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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that's already insanely expensive

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[-] Thassodar@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

In a place where it's regularly cold? Whose brilliant idea was that?!

[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

When I said my house is tiny I truly mean that. I don't even have space for a medium size house plant let alone a fireplace. The attic was converted into living space and I believe the fireplace used to be where the stairs are now.

I have a wood burning sauna on a separate building though

[-] ansiz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Have you looked at anything like this? They are extremely tiny wood stoves that are perfect for little spaces. https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/

[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 9 points 8 months ago

Yeah I have considered it. There's just no good place for the chimney either. It would need to go thru the wall and past the eaves on either of the two sides of the building that the roof is not sloping towards to because else falling snow is going to rip it off in the winter.

[-] Chriswild@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

You could heat it from a fire outside with a boiler and a radiator. I'm not sure if they have those for sale in Finland but they're a thing in the US.

[-] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

That's fairly typical. WTF would you do in an outage?

[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 9 points 8 months ago
[-] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago
[-] BenPranklin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I hear this a lot since we converted to heat pumps. People don't realize basically every heat source these days other than wood needs electricity. We kept our oil system as a backup for very cold days but it also doesn't work with no power.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

There are cheap ways to run a backup heat source. I installed a generator, which makes sense for my very rural location. But before the whole house automatic genset, I used a $100US switch that would allow me to run my LP furnace on a small portable generator. All the furnace requires is 110/120VAC to operate. Something cheaply and easily supplied by a small gasoline powered portable for less than $500US.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Back up generators if the expected outage is to last more than one day - and sometimes it can.

[-] ansiz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I know it's not uncommon for the chimney to go through the eaves for more support, if that's an option for you. I know someone in Alaska with a tiny house that did something like that, with a wall mounted tiny stove and it was pretty impressive!

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

That sauna sounds like a candidate to hook up to the heat pump if you ask me.

[-] sizzler@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Diesel heater set up properly maybe the way, just not sure how well it would work kept outdoors at those temperatures.

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