"miker" wrote in message
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I live in a small town in Canada where the power sometimes goes off in
winter for a few hours. Last year when when it went off for a day and it
was -20C I was concerned about frozen ho****er pipes. Does anyone know
roughly how much power a ho****er furnace takes? My system is small having
one circulation pump, a blower and one thermostat.

I would get a kerosene heater. Cheaper, easier to use.