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Article #623367Re: off topic All-electric homes
From: t... Ted Nolan
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 21:38
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 21:38
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In article <20180428221152.1544...@eircom.net>, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: >On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:25:34 -0400 >Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > >> Electricity heating has the disadvantage that if you had a local power >> outage you had no heat. If you had some oil or gas powered system you had >> it at least warm, > > Most oil and gas heating systems need electricity to function, at >the very least to pump water round the radiators unless it will thermosyphon >well, but often to run the burner. > >> although your fridge, TV and other appliances wouldn't work. > > Lights too. > > I've been seriously considering UPSing my house - one consideration >is that the oven can take rather more than most reasonably priced inverters >want to handle - leave it out or pay the extra ... still thinking. > If you have natural gas, you can get a backup generator which will run on it and kick in automatically. Of course gasoline, propane or all three in one box are options as well. -- ------ columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
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