[ale] Spam: Snow(OT) [heat without electricity]

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Thu Feb 2 09:42:10 EST 2017


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


On Feb 2, 2017 9:03 AM, "Phil Turmel" <philip at turmel.org> wrote:

> On 02/02/2017 12:31 AM, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > Most gas water heaters do not require electricity.
>
> This used to be true, but codes in many areas now require pilotless
> water heaters with electronic spark ignition.  You can still buy the
> piloted ones but you'll have to install them yourself -- a plumber who
> cares about his license won't touch it.
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