Winter Sucks, But at Least I Had Heat

glatt · 12-01-2006, 11:54 AM

That's a nice thing about my old house with the original furnace. It only uses electricity to run the thermostat and open a valve to let natural gas in. The hot water circulates by convection to the radiators. If the power goes out for a while, I can hook it up to a car battery and have central heat for days with thermostatic control. The natural gas keeps coming when the power is out.

12-01-2006, 11:54 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's a nice thing about my old house with the original furnace. It only uses electricity to run the thermostat and open a valve to let natural gas in. The hot water circulates by convection to the radiators. If the power goes out for a while, I can hook it up to a car battery and have central heat for days with thermostatic control. The natural gas keeps coming when the power is out.

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