A couple of weeks ago we lost power for 4 days (no gas in this how and no wood fired heater).
Been thinking about an alternative standby heat source should this happen again (pretty likely as these storms seem to be becoming more frequent and more intense).
Options suggested include :
- getting a good portable generator (pricey) big enough to make a difference.
- getting LPG heating installed (in our all electric house) so least we have gas heating in winter to keep the house warm (expensive) if we loose the ability to run the reverse cycle aircon or backup fan forced oil heater and our offpeak hotwater is no longer heating due to extended power outage.
- getting a wood fired stove (or the sort you can cook on if necessary) but need to have access to drive firewood , not a very environmentally friendly option and good wood heater/stoves involve a bit expense to buy and install (safely).
- keeping a big portable gas bottle fill and getting out the camp stove so some water can be heated (to fill a hotwater bottle).
- buying some medical chemical heat packs of the sort used for arthritic pain and sports injuries (these can be recharged easily and heat to a handy 54[SUP]o[/SUP]C and are relatively cheap to buy
Been thinking about an alternative standby heat source should this happen again (pretty likely as these storms seem to be becoming more frequent and more intense).
Options suggested include :
- getting a good portable generator (pricey) big enough to make a difference.
- getting LPG heating installed (in our all electric house) so least we have gas heating in winter to keep the house warm (expensive) if we loose the ability to run the reverse cycle aircon or backup fan forced oil heater and our offpeak hotwater is no longer heating due to extended power outage.
- getting a wood fired stove (or the sort you can cook on if necessary) but need to have access to drive firewood , not a very environmentally friendly option and good wood heater/stoves involve a bit expense to buy and install (safely).
- keeping a big portable gas bottle fill and getting out the camp stove so some water can be heated (to fill a hotwater bottle).
- buying some medical chemical heat packs of the sort used for arthritic pain and sports injuries (these can be recharged easily and heat to a handy 54[SUP]o[/SUP]C and are relatively cheap to buy
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