<div dir="auto">We used a small wood burning stove venting through the fireplace. Only wood we had was sweetgum. Lousy fuel! I stayed warm trying to split it :-)<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That's why I installed a nat gas generator with auto cutover switch. Party's at my house when the power's out!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 2, 2017 9:44 AM, "Pete Hardie" <<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Way back during the 1993 March blizzard, we lost power, but kept the main rooms warm by boiling pots of water and using them as heaters<div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 2, 2017 9:03 AM, "Phil Turmel" <<a href="mailto:philip@turmel.org" target="_blank">philip@turmel.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 02/02/2017 12:31 AM, Bob Toxen wrote:<br>
> Most gas water heaters do not require electricity.<br>
<br>
This used to be true, but codes in many areas now require pilotless<br>
water heaters with electronic spark ignition. You can still buy the<br>
piloted ones but you'll have to install them yourself -- a plumber who<br>
cares about his license won't touch it.<br>
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