Alan3413
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- Mar 4, 2013
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Okay, but what if I run out hand lotion?
best way to heat a home when power goes out?
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Okay, but what if I run out hand lotion?
When the power goes out, the NG generator kicks in. And the Geothermal heating and cooling keeps on rolling............
Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,137
Kerosene heaters are $100- ish ea . Big @$$ wired in whole house generators are several $ thousands . You pays your money and takes your choice , but the cost effectiveness difference is pretty blatant .
cobra
Ultimate Member
I have a wood stove in my living room that may not heat whole house but definetlly will keep it warm to survive
Wood stoves are a bit labor intensive keeping fire wood in stock.
I also have a kerosene heater that I use I shop that can heat house if needed along with a propane salamander for Forced air heater that will really heat up a space when needed. Propane tanks readily available and easy to store
Those options along with generator that will supply 208/110 back fed thru garage panel to power forced air gas furnace if needed.
If using kerosine heater as back up,use kerosine heater fuel from Lowe’s,ect. Instead of kerosine. Much cleaner odderless fuel and have co2 detector in house to be safe.
Those are my back up heat options.
Personally with cost,no reason to not have have a portable generator of some capacity on hand to power frog and few lights in case of power outage imo
Wood stoves are a bit labor intensive keeping fire wood in stock.
I also have a kerosene heater that I use I shop that can heat house if needed along with a propane salamander for Forced air heater that will really heat up a space when needed. Propane tanks readily available and easy to store
Those options along with generator that will supply 208/110 back fed thru garage panel to power forced air gas furnace if needed.
If using kerosine heater as back up,use kerosine heater fuel from Lowe’s,ect. Instead of kerosine. Much cleaner odderless fuel and have co2 detector in house to be safe.
Those are my back up heat options.
Personally with cost,no reason to not have have a portable generator of some capacity on hand to power frog and few lights in case of power outage imo
The downsides of the 3 alternative heat sources:
Ventless propane - carbon monoxide. Do not go to sleep with it on.
Kerosene - black soot, when the wick needs maintenance.
Wood stove - dusty smoke goes through the house, when opening the doors.
Ventless propane - carbon monoxide. Do not go to sleep with it on.
Kerosene - black soot, when the wick needs maintenance.
Wood stove - dusty smoke goes through the house, when opening the doors.
Actually $12K installed with the automatic switch. The switch was almost as much as the generator.
We have medical issues that require electrical power, so a generator was a no-brainer choice for us. It might not be the best choice for someone else.
Gas furnace requires electricity to operate the fan so it won't burn up. So, a generator is also the best way to heat our home. Also, Netflix.
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
Not sure where this comes from. Maybe an old leaky stove?? I flip the coals to add more wood. Basically the shovel upside down and push to the back. Pushing ash to the back and coals to the top. Then rake them to the front after adding one piece. Then to the center and add two more. Some ash gets air borne during this and the family room in the basement gets extra dusty from it. But that is the only room having an issue.
Now starting a stove without the window open to get an updraft can be surprising to some when the cold air back drafts down the chimney and smoke billows through the house. It's happened to be twice at 5am and EVERYONE was very happy with me testing the smoke alarms.
Yes, a couple years back it was cold and local family used a kerosine heater in the kitchen. A kid ran into it, knocked it over and they all got out but no one had time to grab anything. The house was almost gone by the time the Fire department showed up. One side wall on the first floor was all that was left standing.
- Feb 4, 2013
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You don't need a whole house generator.
You can run a smaller one, every so often to run the heating system.
MigraineMan
Defenestration Specialist
If your house is sealed-up tight, you are not providing combustion air for the wood stove (as evidenced by pressure differential caused by the door movement.) Need to crack a window near the stove, or provide a louvered vent nearby.
It comes more from being forgetful. Many a time in my youth, that I forgot to open the damper, before opening the hearth doors. Smoke would then come out of the wood stove. At that point you will not notice any dust.
Towards the spring, when you look at your ceiling tiles over the stove, you will notice a fair amount of discoloration, which is caused by the small dust particles within the smoke.
I have an oil furnace and was surprised to find out how little wattage it draws when running. Easy to keep going with a moderate sized generator.
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
lol, I have top 6" damper in the pipe to collect all that heat before running up the chimney even with an efficient stove. I open that door without opening that damper I smell it immediately. Then the wife yells downstairs in 2 minutes "Forgot to open the damper, huh?"
I've been rinning the stove in the same room, three cords a year, for maybe ten years with the same coat of ceiling paint and no discolorations here. I guess I don't smoke the house up enough or the stove you ran before was very leaky like older non-efficient ones.
I lived in Japan for 8 years some time ago...they heated their homes with small Kerosene space heaters, one room at a time, even heat their school buildings the same way with space heaters in each classroom...every 3 hours they open windows and vent...at night they sleep under electric blankets but only when it's really cold...otherwise the heat will still be well above freezing in the morning when you turn on the heater again
I have a kero heater and a couple generators. However, the actual electric draw from my pellet stove while running is pretty small and I have used an inverter plugged into my truck to keep it going.
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