DIYbanter - View Single Post - emergency heating of home with hot water tank

Gunner

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:57:42 -0600, wrote:

On 16 Dec 2006 09:14:48 -0800, "
wrote:

Saw a post recently where somene tried heating their home during a
power outage by snaking a garden hose thru home connected to their hot
water tank, dumping the presumedly cool water in their bathtub and
running it slowly. kinda ingenious emergency raiant floor heating.

I wonder how well this would work? my furnace is a 40 year old lennox
130,000 BTU my curren hot water tank is 75,000 BTU.

live in pittsburgh, where it might be below 20 or even zero on
occasion

would it be better to spread the hose thruout the home or concentrate
in basement since heat rises? mine is 2 storys with basement.

probably best to close off most rooms and just keep some warm.

I have a emergency generator but believe in always be prepared

any thoughts on this idea?

This is stupid. You wont get enough heat out of a hose.

Here's a better plan. Drive your car thru the front of your house, so
only the front of the car is inside the house. Liberally apply duct
tape between the vehicles body and the remains of your house walls to
seal any gaps. Leave the car run. The cars radiator and cooling fan
will divert the engines heat into your home keeping you comfortably
warm.

Note: (Even if you are a republican, you must apply the duct tape
LIBERALLY).

Professor Master Mind

Actually..a very bad idea. Cooling fans on cars are designed to pull air
IN from the front of the car..and exhaust it out the back via the
underside. So you would be sucking all the warm air from inside the
house and using it to cool the engine, then exhausting it outside.

You would be better served to Back it onto the wall, to the front
support posts, then taping all your vacuum cleaner hoses together and
stucking them on the exhaust pipe and routing the end of the hose
outside.

But remember when wrapping the hoses and the car with duct tape..only
wrap to the Right.

G

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