I got the rest of the seals replaced, it went a lot better than I thought and never cursed once...

 

So I take it no keepers flew across the room!

 

How do John and Rod..

I used to have propane but the furnace was too old and inefficient so all electric now..

 

Evening Steve. powers goes out too often and for long periods of time. So we use a propane ventless heater. No worries about heat and no power!

 

No, used a magnet when I compressed the springs. Did drop a keeper on the floor but was easy to retrieve

 

I have thought about a couple of those heaters for backup.. Just in case.. Also one for the garage when I am out there..

 

That is a good thing John.

 

We have had this heater 25 years and still going strong. I have a spare thermocouple and that looks like all I need.

 

I have natural gas but rely on power for the furnace fan. We have a generating station in town and a crew to do the repairs and they are pretty quick at restoring power if it goes out. I may buy a generator some day just in case..

 

probably a generator would be good for the fridge and freezer.....

 

I need to talk with an electrician to see how I can run one and not feed back into the power grid ..

 

I think they make a panel that makes the switch easier..

 

I've been meaning to check into it but we have so little power outages here not sure if it is really worth it..

 

Mine are minimal as well.. knock on wood...

 

Longest outages we get here is when they do maintenance, 5-6 hours but many years ago we had it out for just ove 24 hours when the generating station burnt down the foundation..