They house has 500. I was thinking of getting a 250 to feed the generator.If you buy out two large propane tanks it would give you lots of service , if we lost power here often i would get it as well .
They house has 500. I was thinking of getting a 250 to feed the generator.If you buy out two large propane tanks it would give you lots of service , if we lost power here often i would get it as well .
They house has 500. I was thinking of getting a 250 to feed the generator.
Kerosene heaters are inexpensive and can crank out plenty of heat.
If there is no wood burning fireplace in the house and no natural/propane gas, your only option would be a generator with enough amperage to run a fridge and couple space heaters.
I had a vent free fireplace which I replaced with a direct vent propane fireplace. Ran the insert up my chimney. Does the job fine.
I’ll repeat it too.
Hell, I use a kerosene heater even when the power is on. Its a nice supplement to my heat pump on cold days
The OP asked specifically about * Heat * during occasional power outage . For that a Kerosene heaters or two will do nicely for small initial outlay .
If the question was instead , " How to provide total power to operate the house just as if the outside power was still functional ? " , the discussion would be different .
I always wanted a wood stove in my home for this purpose, but that's not going to be an option for now.
Sure we could be talking about the end of the world, but let's say a snow storm knocks out power for several days. What are good an easy ways to keep the home warm enough?
Sure I could just get in my arctic sleeping bag to prevent death, but that won't keep the pipes from freezing.
[Kev308];6157096 said:What kind of heat do you have? If you have a boiler you can probably just run a generator, and modify an extension cord and wire it directly to the boiler. Then you can just cycle it on and off when you want to.
The nice thing about the vent free ones is, all the heat stays in the house.
Yep. Had a Vermont Castings model that ran great....until it had a bad gas valve. Since I had the stove for about 20 years the valve wasn’t available anywhere anymore. Stuck a Canadian made Ecofan on it to spread the heat into the room. New setup underneath with electric blower.
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This might be a stupid question but...that thing is safe to not have vented? I assumed it would risk CO poisoning to burn propane like that.
Our entire house is electric so we would be screwed if it wasn't for the coal stove if electric went out.