-- —~proved:--oil---furnace;~ an ~ B4. ~ Wednesday, December 15, 1982 - North Shore News NEW FROM ATOMIC ENERGY Hi-Tech for your | furnace You might not expect Atomic Energy of. Canada Limited to be dabbling about with the heating ducts of family homes, but that is exactly what the. company’s engineers are doing at Deep Ontario, kilometers northwest of Ottawa. -- A series of experiments in 50 company-owned Deep River homes has shown that mixing electric heat. with convectional oil furnace heat in a hybrid heating system can slash up to 80 per cent off the volume of furnace oil it takes to keep a system can be designed, with electric heat on the water coils. Oil, natural gas, or wood aren't nearly as efficient as electricity for heaing, because all three dissipate up to 50 per cent of their heat energy up the chimney. Electric heat needs no chimney, so the energy stays in the house. Engineering experiments at Deep River have shown that a mixed system of oil and electric heat can warm a ar engineers at Deep River are performing a two- year scientific study of hybrid oil-electric heating to discover the best’ com- bination of heating element power and _ control for maximum efficiency. Electric heating elements for hybrid heating systems cost between $800 and $1,500. If, you install a system that replaces more than half your normal oil heating consumption, the . - heating federal government's oil- saving program will refund uP to $800 of the cost. There similar parallel orograme in some provinces. Ron Elliott, | AECL’s engineer who is supervising the hybrid heating tests, cautions potential hybrid heating converts to check hte market for the electric element com- bination best suited to the individual home, and to make sure only qualified _ experts perform installation. house comfy in the rugged winter of northern Ontario. Householders are saving up to 25 per cent-on their annual heating bill by. using electrical energy for heat on ‘for those surges of furnace ‘warmth you want quickly on a cold morning, or for those days when the thermometer does a real nose-dive. * Here’s how it works. If your house has a CSA ap- electric heating element is inserted in a box into the hot . ‘air duct - or plenum - just above the furnace firebox. ‘When low temperature in “the house triggers ‘the thermostat, . the: electric celement is - switched “automatically, - warmth. ‘You ‘can. override ' the* electric ‘system if you ‘want, to get instant heat _ from an oil fire, which has ‘the capability of raising the , temperature of a house more quickly. 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