On 11/04/2012 06:36 PM, Winston_Smith wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:54:29 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

You lucked out on your heating system. If you have a gas water heater
you can live like civilized people without electricity.

Many hot water heaters require electricity for ignition now that
conservation and safety has mandated no more pilot lights.

Here, electricity was off a couple of days during an ice storm in the
winter of 1999. I was glad to have heat then (central heat wouldn't
work, but water heater and gas logs did).

Ditto furnaces and they also require a hot air blower of a hot water
circulation pump.


BTW, people say furnaces should be hardwired instead of using a plug. Is
that because of the ground? Something else?

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