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No electric power gas furnace
Big Al wrote:
Was talking to my relatives back east today. They are part of the 2,000,000
people with no electricity in MO and IL. 40 years ago when I lived there I
had a gas furnace with a 2 stage thermostat that was thermocouple powered.
It had instructions on how to operate the furnace with no electric power in
an emergency. As I remember, you would remove the cover to the blower
section, and leave the door to the basement open. The furnace would function
as an old style gravity hot air gas unit. It only turned on part of the
burner, but the high temp limit and thermostat still worked. Was wondering
if any furnaces like that are available now? Tried googling every
description I can think of and can't find anything.
Al
http://www.heatershop.com/natural_ga...t_heaters.html
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