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To: virgil283
Propane.

For emergency use only, with a window cracked, I use;

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If Nat Gas is still flowing I use a battery array and inverter to fire up the furnace.

15 posted on 01/06/2014 12:42:04 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Gun horror is not a productive emotion, it's learned helplessness disguised as moral superiority.")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"I use a battery array and inverter"

Sine Wave inverter? (That's my major plan. I've only used the setup to run the refigerator and lights in the summer. I assume my furnace will eat the power output too.)

Diesel cars (with a large tactical Diesel fuel reserve) provide battery recharge/load coverage.

18 posted on 01/06/2014 12:48:07 PM PST by Paladin2
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"Propane. For emergency use only, ...thanks BSR...a portable with a hose to an outside tank seems to be the best idea....
46 posted on 01/06/2014 1:17:14 PM PST by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: virgil283

I use the set up in post 15. And a co detector. I don’t crack a window as the house is old and though it doesn’t feel drafty there is some infiltration. The detector has gone off twice in about 200 hours of backup use.
When buying a propane heater for indoors you prefer to get a model with the pressure reducer outdoors.

Many small emergency type heaters have the presure reducer on the heater so you have full pressure indoors which is a significant added risk.


58 posted on 01/06/2014 2:28:36 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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