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Posted by miker on August 15, 2006, 2:44 pm
I live in a small town in Canada where the power sometimes goes off in
winter for a few hours. Last year when when it went off for a day and it
was -20C I was concerned about frozen hotwater pipes. Does anyone know
roughly how much power a hotwater furnace takes? My system is small having
one circulation pump, a blower and one thermostat.
Instead of a generator I was thinking of a 1000W inverter and a car battery
just to keep the pipes from freezing. I see a small electrical box with a
ricker switch that is close to the furnace. I could turn it off, cut the
three wires and add a male & female prong and socket plug. When the power
goes out I could turn off the power to the furnace with the electrical box,
unplug it and plug it onto the inverter. I have a 700VA UPS that I could
also use if possible.
miker
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on August 15, 2006, 3:01 pm
check model number tag for electrical specs, the pump probably means
well over a thousand watts, larger inverts are available
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Posted by on August 15, 2006, 3:39 pm
It won't work for long off of a car battery.
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Posted by Speedy Jim on August 15, 2006, 4:38 pm
scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
> It won't work for long off of a car battery.
>
That is a very good point.
To run mine, I invested in a couple of good deep-cycle batteries.
You then have to have a plan to maintain the batteries.
For me, it has been worth all the bother.
The batteries are now 5 yrs old and they have provided power
thru numerous outrages and run lights and fridge besides the
furnace as needed.
Jim
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 15, 2006, 9:02 pm
Sounds like the voice of experience. Where I am, power cuts are seldom
more than a couple hours. But four days has happened, and that in the
bitter cold winter.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
> It won't work for long off of a car battery.
>
That is a very good point.
To run mine, I invested in a couple of good deep-cycle batteries.
You then have to have a plan to maintain the batteries.
For me, it has been worth all the bother.
The batteries are now 5 yrs old and they have provided power
thru numerous outrages and run lights and fridge besides the
furnace as needed.
Jim
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