Hi all, As a newbie who has been through the heating routine twice in the past 12 months I'd start by asking One question, do you need to heat the whole house?
We put in a space heater last winter and heat the living ares, but not the the whole place. So far it has worked a treat. For my mother-in-law, their only option was electricity based (Vic country near Echuca), the choice was reverse cycle air conditioning.
Efficiency is an interesting term that can mean:
a) works well
b) uses the natural resource effectively (ie heat in room rather than heat up a chimney) or
c) minimises running cost.
From the running cost view point, my back of the envelope calulations during Dec 2003 said reverse cycle airconditioning wins ... just. (Assume 5 *air conditioner, and 5 * gas space heater heater and VIC prices for natural gas and elec). Not sure what ducted does to those figures but friends at work had rude shocks with their systems that put me off exploring that path.
catch you
David
