Re: How many use propane over oil?

"Ronny TX" <Acts17-11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> JonquilJan wrote:
>> LP - thats what the furnace and hot water heater was made for when I
>> moved her in 1981. Had a line run and put in an LP stove - used
>> gas/propane for cooking all my life - and I like a hot cup of tea when
>> the power goes.

>> JonquilJan

> Ronny:
> Propane hot water heater here and two propane space heaters. Was $1.95
> a gallon last winter,now $2.15.

> Have an electric cookstove here and microwave for cooking. Can remember
> 2 electric cookstoves we've had;but cooked on a propane stove for
> years. Really liked those better. Faster heat control.

> Really like propane space heaters when the electricity goes
> off-especially in the winter! Can use the one in the bathroom then for
> heating water, coffee,soup,etc. Sounds strange; :-) but very nice and
> handy when the lights go out and you want something hot to eat or
> drink!

Bear in mind that modern gas stoves have pilotless ovens requiring
electricity to make them work. I think that for a few hours a
12v car battery and an inverter of several hundred watts should
be enough to get the oven working.

As I live in a snow belt I take all the batteries out of equipment
I won't be using over the winter to the basement and charge them
before storage so having that sort of backup power isn't a problem
here. I managed to catch a 700 watt inverter on sale a while back.


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