We have a gas stove that has piezoelectric igniters. Would I be able to light the burners manually using a match in case of an outage?
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Kyle mentioned self sufficiency and it made me think of something that > happened yesterday. > T'was just before lunch time when the power went out. Drat, I knew I > should have eaten earlier. > Fortunately the woodstove was already hot so I took a pan, 2 slices of > bread and some leftover chicken down there and warmed everything up on the > stove. A little spinach made it a nice sandwich.After lunch I read for > close to an hour figuring the power would come on soon. When it didn't I > went out to the garage and grabbed the battery I'd recently replaced from > the Dodge pickup. Its group 47 so pretty good size. I put my 400w Coleman > (HA!) power inverter on it, plugged in the cable modem and wifi router and > was back in business doing what I was doing before the power went out. > I posted pics on Facebook and got a reply to the lunch cooking of "its > good you've got this as a backup." Which reminded me that we've got > multiple layers of backup, if the woodstove weren't lit I could have fired > a Coleman stove, I've got... several...I'm not sure how much Coleman fuel > I've got, 3 or 4 gallons I think which should last a long time, when we had > the ice storm in '08 I only had 3/4 gallon and that carried us 2 days > including boiling water to take baths.I've also got 2 gallons of JetA which > I use for kerosene (its cheaper) and a couple kerosene stoves so thats > backup #3. > Of course we're covered for lighting. Last time I counted I had 63 runners > and I've gotten a few more since then plus a few more I could press into > service in an hour or two. > Theres about 4 cords of wood out back plus I could salvage brush from the > conservation land next door.We've got probably 2 weeks of food, best if we > had cold temps to help keep the freezer frozen... Worst case the airgun > would harvest the fat squirrels in the backyard. > Anyway I'm not sure what my point is but I like knowing we're prepared. > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
