Month: January 2015

Current Propane Prices – Cheaper Than Traditional Heating Systems

The price of heating your home, especially during the winter season, can be a burden if you don’t make correct choices in purchasing a home heater. Electricity affiliated heaters consume a lot of electricity leading to a high electricity bill.It is advisable to invest in propane heaters, which have proved to be effective and cheap. Current propane prices can fluctuate from $4.52 per gallon to as low as $2.05, which is an average of $3.20 per gallon.

Although this seems to be expensive, home propane prices are cheaper when compared to periodic costs of an electric bill. Exclusive of discounts, home propane prices are still by far more favorable because it is refilled at least every three months. For propane heating cost, many consumers are left to wonder the difference in annual heating costs and annual heating fuel consumption. It is essential to consider how much propone will be used. Three factors must be considered before figuring out the cost of a quantity of propane to be used instead of other heating options.

The first factor to consider in home propane prices is the amount of heat produced per liter or per gallon.There is a difference in the amount of propane that is produced compared to heating propane gas. British Thermal Unit (BTU) can measure these differences.  The higher the BTU, the more heat your system will generate per gallon.The second factor to consider isthe efficiency of the propane heating system and the last factor to consider is the cost per gallon.