Heat,

HAT DOES IT COST?

Im trying to figure out what it will cost to run a 250 watt tiny heater for 8 hrs....so I figured out 250 watts is 1/4 of kwh which is based on 1000.  My Co-op charges 0.120 per kwh up to 1500 kwh used..so .25 x comes out to about 3 cents an hr, so a quarter to run it all night?  Im sure I didn't figure that correctly but I have a better understanding of what it may cost...I will only need it when it's below freezing. 

The doggie door lets in a lot of air.  I don't want to close it cause the dogs use it to go out well Annie does...Floss uses it during the day but at night she doesn't go out anymore...I take them out about 9 pm and she doesn't go out unless she wakes me up to help her...she knows she needs help.  I put up the ramp but she wants me to open the door and put on the light so she can get down that ramp. 

So that back entry is COLD I put a towel at the top to try and stop a lot of the air cause the flap does not fit well anymore it's very old...and it's poorly installed as it has ripped off the hinge a couple times...So the little heater seems to be helping I bought it for the van, but it didn't really help much the one time I tried it but I think I want to try it again...

In the bathroom, I have a space heater I put on when I am showering...I turn it on like 10 mins ahead of time close the door and it's very nice and warm, it is a 1500W heater...

And the radiator style heater I use mainly I have one in my living area and one in my bedroom...they are about the same 1500W...They use very little electricity...for the size,...it heats up an oil in the radiator and that circulates thru the fins of it so really works well...it's radiant heat. 

I heat with wood in the front room from 3 pm to bedtime, so that is free...and then I put the heater on when I go to bed....and still my house stays about 58 on a cold night...it sucks to be poor and have a broken central heat that I can't afford to replace! 

I watched youtube on how to drill  your own 25 ft hand pump well.  It's amazingly simple.  I wonder if I could hit water at 25 ft or less? You simply hammer the pipe into the ground...I think one of those fence post hammers would work too..

But Im an old woman my right hip is hurting tonight and I have a headache and I hope I can stay awake till 9 pm.