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'HOME HEATING SYSTEM Even The Older Homes Switch To Electric Heat Methods of keeping warm have come a long way since man first. built a bonfire at the mouth of his cave. The fire was eventually mov- ed indoor, first*to a fireplace and' then into a stove. Next came the idea of moving 'the stove to the basement, to heat either air or water circulated throughout the building to de- liver heat wherever required. Improvements have been made on this original central heating arrangement from time to time, but the first really basic. change in space heating since the age of the cave dwe- lier is the introduction of flame- less electric heating, a method fast growing in popularity throughout Ontario, Ai tie onc of August, 1965, some 18,000 electrically heated homes were occupied or under, construction, Asd in commercial ond induc. trial fields, electric heating in- stallations included some 61,000 . apartment suites, 445 motels, 240 churches, and 165 'schools. A considerable number of old- even heat throughout the area despite changes in wind a sun, For greater economy, the thermostat in spare rooms can be turned down when they are not in use, ; Since an electric heating sys- tem does not burn fuel, there is no flame, smoke, soot or flames. Cleaning is reduced to a min- imum. The cost of electric homes heating depends, first of all, on the kilowatt - hour rate for elec- tricity, In a majority of Ontario municipalities, utilities. meter energy for electric heating sep- arately from that used for other household tasks, and bill this energy at special rates as low as one cent net a kilowatt-hour. Commercial and industrial rates of electric service in Un- tario have been designed on a demand energy basis, and elec- trie heating for these classes of service is usually supplied at the regular service rates. Comparison of energy costs does not, however, tell the whole story. The original cost of er homes have been ly converted to electric heat. It appears that in the near future many homes that were not de- signed for electric heat will pro- vide the home owner with the benefits of this advanced meth- of of heating. OWN UNITS With most types of electric heating, each room has its own units - baseboard heater, wall panel, or heating cable in the ceiling. Electricity is carried through cables from a distribu- tion panel to the electric heat- ing units just as it is to light bulbs and electrical appliances. Other systems combine heating and cooling from a compact cen tral unit. Individual thermostats in each room permit regulation of tem- peratures to personal tastes, and automatically maintain heating equipment, replacement parts, and cost of electricity to operate the one or more motors in the air circulating fan or oil burner of a conventional fur- nace, must also be considered. NO EXTRAS 'With electric heating, there are no hidden "extra" costs, and fewer moving parts to wear aut. Cost of maintenance is negligible. Answers about the cost of electric heating are avaliable from local Utility offices and fied electric heating contractors throughout Ontario. These heat- ing specialists have qualified for a certificate of merit from the Electric Heating Associa- tion (EHA) of Ontario by suc- cessfully completing a special training course in electric heat- ing provided by Ontario Hydro. Oil's Advantage Is Big When Safety Is Keynote If safety counts . . . and it does .. . then oil offers unique advantages to the apartment or commercial building owner. The simple truth is that oil has high relative safety under all circumstances than can be en- in space heating, ing oils are by nature non- explosive. They may actually be exposed to a flaming torch without, any hazard whatever. ee a torch into a con- tainer of fuel oil and the torch 4s immediately extinguished. And heating oils are complete- ly non-toxic; they have no inherent fumes dangerous to health or plant life. These safe- ty characteristics are distinc- tive, with oil heat. But the ultimate considera- tion, no doubt, will be econom- ies . . . which fuel is the most economic to use? The decision on this point necessarily in- volves more than mere costs of BTU's delivered. To be consid- ered for example, are such fac- tors as: | 1. Efficiency of operation. This is a per centage of the available heat. units or BTU's purchased that are actually re- Jeased as heat in the building. 2. Labor for firing the fuel. 3. Initial cost of a BTU of heating value in the fuel. 4. Maintenance charges. §. Electrical charges for run- ning burner motors, pumps, blowers, etc. | 6. Amortization charges to| equalize any difference in the) initial cost of the equipment. | Of the two major automatic | fuels, oil and gas, there is no} longer any question that their | combustion efficiencies are equivalent and conservatively estimated at 75 per cent. It is true that electric heat is usually | given a 100 per cent rating in| this category, though the exhor- | bitant costs involved in insulat-| ing huildings-to heat them elec- | trically far outweigh any con- ceivable savings in fuel cost. On the contrary, buildings insul-/ ated to the Yequirements for) electrical heating could in most instances be heated more eco-! nomically with fuels other than electricity. re There is no labor invol fed in| firing any of the fully automa-| tic fuels and in the factor of maintenance, the time required is so minor in terms of cost. Electrical .charges involving burner motors, pumps and blowers do vary and it could be claimed that oil-fired units re- quire a marginally greater amount than other fuels. As to amortization charges, admittedly higher cost for oil- fired installations is confined to the installations of a storage tank, which justifies itself in the provision of on-site fuel _ supply, to a Targe degree. BTU costs of fuel are prob- ably the deciding point and oil does not claim to be the least expensive fuel in every sector) of the country. As .a general | fuel, Canadian fuel economics | dictate that the more distant) from the well-head gas is de- livered, the cheaper oil can be delivered. Fuel oil delivered by water transportation happens to be most accessible in Canada at those points which are most) remote from the sources of gas supply and consequently, oil is most competitive in areas east of Winnines and the Lakehead and in B.C.'s Lower Mainland region. But when it gets down to particular cases, the wise com- mercial. property owner or builder will forego the "easy out" of consulting an architect or consulting engineer and go to fuel oil suppliers' technical services staff or to a_ utility ndjectric heating contractors from approximately 1,000 quali-|- Up-to-date lists of qualified el- are available in municipal utilities and Ontario Hydro offices. Formed in June, 1959 by man- ufacturers and distributors of electric heating equipment, electrical utilities in Ontario, EHA has developed high stan- dards for workmanship and de- sigh of electric heating systems. Those systems which comply with the industry standards are eligible for the EHA Triple Seal 'of Quality. For easy ident- ification. by prospective home- owners, the 'Triple Seal is installed on or adjacent to the main electrical distribution panel. At present in the commercial field, the majority of electrical heating instaiiaiions aro in apartment buildings, motels an: resorts, churches, and schools. Rut as electric heating becomes better known as an easily con- trolied, clean and efficient method of 'heating, its versa- tility will encourage a' wide var- iety of other and more unusual applications. Electricity has already scor- ed a number of '"'firsts" in the fields of commercial and indus- | trial heating. One was the North American debut of Scottish stor- age heating system - in at Port Credit. Another was the explosion - proof electric) heating system in a feed mill near Penetanguishene. Still another "first", was the new Toronto Telegram building, which boasts one of Canada's largest heat pump installations an air - conditioning system which provides climate control throughout, at the same time utilizing or storing heat from all interior sources. In summer the system will be used for air- conditioning; in winter it will reclaim and circulate what is normally waste heat generated by, presses, machines, lights, even the building's occupants. The balance of the heat re- quired is suplied by resistance electric heating. It is interest- ing to note that the Auto Workers Credit Union building in Oshawa also has a heat pump installation. Most industrial installations of electric heating are for process heating, rather than for com- fort heating, although some use has been made of supplemen- tary electric heating for spec- ific applications. As more and more. applications of electric heating are developed, its pop- ularity in the industrial field is expected to grow steadily. technical people for factual data on comparative fuel costs. Each can offer the best case to be made for his particular fuel and basic data from which an intelligent estimate may be deduced. RECIPE'S EASY The old method of making ap- plejack was to let hard cider freeze and draw off what wouldn't turn to ice. COMPLETE HEA SERVICE MURPHY | OIL COMPANY LTD. CLEAN, SAFE CONVENIENT OIL HEAT \ if you ere presently an oil user you are already aware of the greet benefits to be found in using oil to heat your home. Oil is the safest modern fuel used, plus being extremely efficient thus cutting down on ash and dust. When you deel through Murphy Oil Company you are receive ing premium fuels et reasonable rotes, delivered by Oshewe's largest fleet of oil trucks. We also offer you complete oil burner furnace sales and service and else furnace financing. FOR EMERGENCY DAY OR NIGHT SERVICE CALL 725-3571 MURPHY OIL COMPANY LTD. 78 Bond St. W. | 725-3571 | Gas Heaters Useful For Hot Water Temps 7 af. the*waghing machine to receive water at the temperature the water heater delivers it. If that happens to be 160 degrees, that's the way the washer will get it. If it's only 130 or 100 degrees that's 'the way it will be in your water on the washer doesn't mean that you will water unless the water heater is capable of delivering it. According to the Canadian Gas Association, hot water is 150-160 degrees and up; medium is 120 degrees and warm is 100 degrees, Research in. laundering has established that the hotter the water, the quicker and better the soil removal, Hot water also insures greater whiteness reten- tion and helps kill infectious bacteria, Commercial laundries use water at 100 degrees and higher for just these reasons. FROM WATER HEATER Home laundering appffances will also: give better results when the temperature' of the water entering the machine is 160 degrees or higher, although a washing temperature of 150 degrees is considered excellent. Many automatic gas water heat- ers provide a stored water tem- perature of 180 degrees to make the washing machine is at least) 160 degrees. The temperature of the water you use comes direciiy fiom your water heater. The "hot" dial on the washing machine actually does not control water temperature. It merely permits it w or downright cold, machine. Dialing hot get hot Very high water temperatures are possible with today's gas heaters. And: gas is capable of delivering enough hot water for several continuous operations, you can run your washing ma- chine when it suits you, not just when it suits the water heater. Equally * important, wash load after load and still have plenty of tot water on tap for other household needs. washer This means that you can the family 2 the of Rounding out modern laundry equipment is gas dryer. Gas dryers and Wasner- dryer combinations can now be had with special con- trols that automatically select ie right température and dry- ng. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, October 14, 1966 |Many New Products - On Market For its first 50 years or so, the oil heat industry concen- trated pretty much on* the con- vention heating of homes and other structires, heating water and providing heat ~ indus- trial processing. But within just the past few years, according to the Oil Heating Association of Canada, the industry has branched out with an adven- turous array of new products, designed to serve Mr. and Mrs. Canada in a variety of ways. Some of the more notable oil heat developments: Oil-Powered Air Conditioning -- new equipment, employing the ultra-simple absorption prin- ciple, enabling a home or com- mercial establishment to be heated in winter and cooled in summer by the same -unii, us- ing regular home heating fuel. Greenhouse Climate Control -- new oil-powered equipment which not only maintains prop- er temperature in a greenhouse, but which also imparts a prop- ler proportion of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, thus greatly accelerating the growth of plants and flowers, Car Wash System -- new oil- powered . equipment providing greater volumes of hot water and steam at lower cost than had been believed possible, Swimming Pool Warming -- oil-powered equipment provid- ing greater volumes of hot water and steam at lower cost than had been believed pos- sible, i Swimming Pool Warming -- oil-powered, units which can raise the temperature of pool water, extending the season's pleasure an additional 12 weeks in the spring and fall. Snow Melting Unit--portable oil-powered equipment for the quick and complete elimination of snow from parking lots, driveways, airport runways, ete. : Incinerator -- new oil-power- ed unit for quick, convenient, trouble-free refuse disposal. Total Energy Systems -- oil- powered equipment which gen. erates all electrical power, as well as providing heat, air con- ditinnine and hot water, which not only offer important opera- tional savings but free develop- ers from the land cost spiral. ALUMINUM, OSHAWA fs FREE PARKING \ NASH | PRIME AND STORM SCREEN _ ALUMINUM @ COMPLETELY GLAZED @ SCREENED @ ALL HARDWARE FITTED @ READY TO INSTALL AND THEY SAVE YOU MONEY CMHC Accepted Aluminum Siding Pick-up Trucks Showroom & Factory PHONE 728-1633 Re-giazing one Re-screening Aluminum Door and Window Inserts 93 ATHOL 31. EAI -- Ganawnm Does this Truck deliver Fuel Oil to your Home? LANDER-STARK OIL LIMITED, Big, clean, dark green and yellow Lander-Stark Fuel Oil Delive trucks like this should be calling at your home this Fall. That's the way you'll make sure you're getting top quality fuel oil for maximum output from you! eat- ing unit at minimum cost, No time like the present to make sure -- just sign up with Lander-Stark for Automatic Fuel Of! Deliveries for the winter. You won't have to phone for oil; your tank will be filled automatically, as it needs it. Lander-Stark residential customers on Automatic Delivery qualify, too, for Free Annual Furnace Care and Free Emergency Service throughout the heating season. And remember, your furnace will be in the competent hands of Lander's own staff of heating technicians, All service is guaranteed. Sign up with Lander-Stark today -- just dial 725-3581 or King St. West, OSHAWA drop in. ; we 'vight in this locality, - electric heating | is. | low-cost heating" Right in this locality, the cost of fl e ic heating compares very favourably with any dutomatic fuel system. And clean, safe, quiet electric heating offers you many more ad- gw vantages! To learn more about the low cost of electric heating --and its extra benefits--call a qualified electric heating con- tractor, or your hydro. LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY OSHAWA PUBLIC-UTILITIES COMMISSION, PHONE 723-4624 WHITBY PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION . . AJAX HYDRO ELECTRIC COMMISSION . . . -- In Co-operation With -- \ PICKERING PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. ... . . TELEPHONE 668-5878 . TELEPHONE 942-0500 . TELEPHONE 942-2930 .