alt.energy.homepower

Thanks for your help. Actually we did have one of those non vented
propane heaters and maybe we just had a bad one but it kept setting
off the smoke alarms unless we used it on a low setting, but even on a
low setting it did provide decent heat. We didn't test it in the
middle of the winter but in the fall it did a good job, we were
selling the house and we had propane but no oil so we used the propane
heater. They were very clear about not using it in a bedroom. I
never have researched propane heaters that do not require electricity
that are vented, probably worth a look.

Thanks,
Barry


>How about a propane heater ? Or a wood stove.. you say you've got lots of
>trees. Heating using electricity -- be it from batteries or a generator is
>pretty terrible use of the power. With a propane heater and a smaller
>generator you could have lights and heat regardless of the weather.
>
>could you plumb in a propane water heater so it could circulate through
>your house? Maybe an on=demand water propane water heater that you could
>just turn some valves and switch over.
>
>Or like my nieghbor has a propane fixed heater with a thermostat and all
>that. It cranks out the heat.. i'd keep you from freezing to death thats
>for sure.
>
>just my 02 cents