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Why Do So Many American Families Use Electric Heat?
Millions of Americon families use clean electric heat. About 70 of all
new homes constructed in the COPCO Division, .Pacific Power & Light,
service oreo include this most modern of oil heating methods. Why? For
many reasons, but principally because electricity has put out the fire in.
modern homes . . . ond with it, oil those messy flame byproducts soot,
smoke, smudge, ond dirt, or gases which contaminate the air you breathe.
Electric heot is clean, safe, controllable, efficient, economical . . . the only
truly new odvonce in spoce heating since prehistoric man discovered fire.
Hidden Economies in Electric Heat
The cost of heating your home Is not told entirely by the fuel or energy
bills you pay. Consider that in the case of electric heat, original installation
costs are, in mony cases, lower thon for flome-type systems. Consider that
no flues or vents ore necessary, no heat goes up a chimney. Consider that
electric heating systems require little or nothing in the woy of maintenance,
cleaning, or other expensive servicing.
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What Kind Of Heating System Do You Need In Your Home?
That depends on mony factors, and your favorite Cal Ore Electrical League
electrical contractor or your power compony should help with your planning.
Normolly, this service is free. Below are some of the more popular electrical
heating systems. One (or a combination of two or more) is sure to fit
your needs:
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Electric Baseboard
Electric Baseboard Units ore installed oround outside walls. Units take
no floor space, blend with any room decor. Particularly adaptable to new
rooms and wings, boseboords offer the electric heot feature of individual
room control.
Radiant Ceiling Cable
Radiant Ceiling Cable provides exceptionally even heot Smell resistant
wire is stapled to ceiling board ond covered by plaster or plasterboard.
Heat radiates naturally downword, insulation reflects heat directly into
living oreas.
Electric Wall Panel
Electric Wall Panels are well odapted to small rooms where ceiling surface
ond boseboord space ore limited. Units ore installed in or on walls, some
with decorative grills others with flat, heat producing surfaces. Blowers
ore optional.
Electric Furnace
Electric Furnaces can be installed in procticolly any location . . . (unused
closets, awkward under-stair spoces) . . . oir is pulled over heated coils,
filtered and ducted throughout the building. Electric furnace units con
be odapted to serve os central cooling systems. Hydronic systems ore
ovailable to supply heated water to boseboord or radiators.
Electric Heat Pump
Electric Heat Pump installations provide all-weather climate control ond
automatic regulation of humidity, reguloted for hot and cold weother by
a simple setting of a thermostat. Initial cost is comparable to traditional
centrol heating and cooling plants.
Proper Insulation Will Save You Money
No motter what type of heot you install. Insulation to Veep the heat inside
where it belongs is extremely important. (Good insulation will also help
keep your home cool in summer.) Insulated ceilinas and walls, weather
stripped windows ond doors, storm windows or double-panes of glass will
pov for themselves mony times over by cutting vour monthlv heating bill
substantially. Discuss insulation thoroughly with your builder, heating
contractor, or reol estote ogent.
. . . you owe it your family's
health and comfort.
Before you buy a home, build a home, or purchase a
home . . . give careful attention to the heart of the
home the heating system. If you investigate carefully,
you will probably choose flexible electric heat - for
compete climate control for your family's health and
comfort.
HEAT-ON-TIME: Ask your dealer or contractor
about the heat-on-time plan, allowing you to
instal clean electric' heat in your home without
down payment and for as little as $10 a month.
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