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Convert electricity to gas (propane)?

I have an electric water heater that uses 3000 watts and I saw a gas water heater that uses 1584 g/m gas (propane) what is the conversion into watts. What would it be if the gas was in watts, so that I could understand if there is a difference?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    One of the most important factors in how much a particular appliance costs to operate each year, month, week, day, etc., is how the family that uses it does so. Is there a dozen loads of laundry a day, one or two a week, how many showers/day, washings, how much coioking takes place in the home, how much do you eat out, all makes a difference. If you take the same house with the same appliances and let two different families use it at different times, you'll get two different opinions on how efficient the appliances are. Also I agree wholeheartedly with Dale, electricity is cheaper and more readily available.

  • Dave
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    USA I am not sure of the conversion of electric power to gas volume. Call your local propane dealer, and ask them how many btu per hour a water heater uses, and how many btus equal one watt. Then convert the btus to watts, and compare to the electricity. Electricity in USA is average 14 cents per 1000 watt-hours (expressed as Kw, kilo-watt hours).

  • dale
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    in the past year i'v used gas and electric and the way the price of gas is electric is absolutlly cheaper

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