Hi
I live in Perth and am new to this forum, so I hope I'm not asking silly questions.
Last April we moved into a new house that does not have gas connected (although there is gas in the street). We got through the winter using a very cheap convection heater. Although we were overseas for 6 weeks of the winter, we had someone living in the granny flat using a small column heater so our electricity bill was very high (>$300).
We need a better heating solution in place by next winter and have two gas heaters so we could get the gas connected and use those. However, I'm leaning towards getting a solar system installed (the house already has solar hot water) and then investing in two efficient electric heaters. Summer cooling is not a problem as the house already has an evaporative air conditioning system and fans installed.
Has anyone else on the forum had the gas/solar dilema and if so what did you decide to do? And can anyone recommend an efficient electric heater.
Also, I've just started looking into solar systems and it all seems very confusing. I thought the government rebates had stopped but there still seem to be some incentives for people installing solar. Can anyone point me in the direction of a post that explains the issue simply?
Thanks