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How much energy does a gas fireplace use?

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  • by Kim Linton on October 29th, 2009

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    The average gas fireplace pilot uses about 21 ft3 (0.6 m3) of gas each day. Based on a natural gas fuel rate of $0.3292 per m3, a 20,000 BTU gas fireplace will cost $19 for every 100 hours of of operation.

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    Home Energy Magazine: Fireplace Pilots Take Gas Use Sky High

    Dollar Stretcher: Energy Saving Gas Fireplaces

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  • by Romjck_M on August 31st, 2010

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    Now that was a meaningless grab bag of stats. ELectric power stations based on coal are not 25% efficient. They are 40-42% efficient at maiking electricity, and they burn all the coal to ash, 99.99999% ends up burned. You say corn burns 98.4%...big losses. Corn stoves make zero electricity, they make heat.
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  • by Ar_N on August 18th, 2010

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    A 20,000 BTU gas fireplace costs a homeowner roughly $19 to run for 100 hours (assuming a natural gas cost of .329ยข per m3). A wood-burning fireplace costs $200 to produce the same energy in the same 100 hours (assuming a cord of wood costs $200).
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  • by Zulfiqar Ali_M on August 18th, 2010

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    I have been in the heating and cooling buisness for 33 years and I have a question for you,where do the by products of combustion from your vent free fireplace go?If you answered in your lungs your correct. Use your furnace to heat your home and your vent free fireplace for occasional decoration.
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  • by Zulfiqar Ali_M on August 18th, 2010

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    I have been in the heating and cooling buisness for 33 years and I have a question for you,where do the by products of combustion from your vent free fireplace go?If you answered in your lungs your correct. Use your furnace to heat your home and your vent free fireplace for occasional decoration.
    http://www.cheap-boiler-care.co.uk

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  • by Permanent_M on August 16th, 2010

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    I have a bottle gas fire placethat is eight years old I always vacum the burner each year this year only part of the top burner works i have vacumed and brushed but cant get it to burn what should I do?
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