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Sluisifer t1_j55w7e3 wrote

I doubt there's enough heat in your basement to pull that much out of it to be useful. If it's conditioned, you're just moving that heat twice, and if you're relying on the ground/walls, the heat flux is pretty low.

Simple resistance heating is likely your best bet here. Gets you off oil and is likely only marginally worse performance than an expensive HP heater.

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jeffersonairmattress t1_j58unzw wrote

Yep. No matter other considerations: at the very least, electrical resistance heating gives you 100% emitting efficiency.

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