Alternative Heating

[AllistonGT]

I gather you are knowledgeable enough that in case of an emergency outage you could grab a piece of cabtire with a plug, disconnect the BX from the furnace and hook up the temporary cabtire. Reverse when the power comes back on.

You could make the procedure simple for a less knowledgeable person by throwing a junction box and DPDT switch into the mix.

However the inspector also has to consider the house being sold and a totally clueless person misunderstanding the system and burning the house down.

Yes I'm aware

 

[Relax]

If we're old enough to remember the power outage of 2003...

Damn, now you're really making me feel old. The last time I used that phrase we were talking about the Mississauga train derailment.

 

[GreyGhost]

If we're old enough to remember the power outage of 2003... we were lucky it was in the summer because after a couple of days of not having the electric pumps turning in the gas lines, there was no pressure. If it was winter the pressure would have been gone in a couple of hours.

The big booster stations burn gas to drive the boost pumps. No external power required. I have no idea if some smaller booster stations use electric pumps. If so, they should have on-site generation (using the gas supply) to avoid that issue.

 

[GP_RZ]

Is the centrifuge to get the chunks out so you don't plug the nozzle as often or are you only burning lighter fractions?

yes as well as all water and other impurities .