I would challenge this statement. My natural gas consumption cost-wise was under $25/month in summer with an 80 gallon (yes, that's 80) water heater that had a pilot.
So that's both the gas for the pilot as well as what it took to heat the water. Dan On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:42 PM, "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Pilot lights can use a lot of gas but if the furnace is inside heated space > and you shut the pilot off in the summer it's not that big a deal: it's > heat and it's going where you need it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Randy Bennell > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:24 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: more furnace talk > > On 17/02/2012 12:43 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: >> Gee! In the old 80% efficiency days you had one overtemp sensor (that >> turned off the flame) and one hot sensor (that turned on the fan) and a >> thermostat (that turned on the solenoid for the flame), plus a couple > relays >> and a transformer. My, how far we've come. Kinda déjà vu for a new MBZ > vs >> my 82 300SD. >> >> Scott >> >> > My furnace would predate that. We have a pilot light so not ignitor etc. > I have been told by more than one "expert" that I should keep it as long > as I can. > Unless NG prices start climbing, it probably makes sense to leave it > alone as long as I can. > > Randy > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
