Back up heat source?

Posted by George Marsh on October 13, 2012 at 04:12:38 from (50.104.232.125):

I have a total electric home. Looking for ideas of back up heat source. I can't stand torpedo k 1 heaters, they give me a headache. Tried using a IR propane heater, headache.

Is there a portable heater that I could send the exhaust out the window? My concern is to keep things warm enough to keep pipes from freezing.

I estimate the cost to generate electricity is about a dime to a dollar. It would cost about a dollar in gas to produce a dime's worth of electricity. It may not be that bad, but generating electricity with gas is expensive. Not to mention, if I lost electricity, I would have to have many gallons of gas to run generator for a day. However, electric heat doesn't give me a headache, unless I try to run the generator inside the house. Joke intended, OK. Wish someone made a generator that safely extracted the heat from the exhaust. I remember the old air cooled VW's sent the exhaust through a heat exchanger. It took 10 miles to warm up the car. Defroster was an ice scraper and a rag.

I was reading that k-1 fuel has a 6 month shelf life. Is this true? Gas has a shelf life too. Propane doesn't have a shelf life, but the cost per pound for the small tanks makes propane expensive too.

Just exploring ideas. What's your idea of back up heat. Don't have a fire place, don't want wood heat, don't want a headache.

George

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• Re: Back up heat source? showcrop 05:36:54 10/15/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? IA Roy 22:19:51 10/14/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? old_bc 21:19:39 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? wisbaker 20:05:17 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? 36 coupe 14:17:59 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? Leroy 08:59:04 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? RN 08:22:29 10/13/12 (0)
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• Re: Back up heat source? cb in wisc 06:35:20 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? El Toro 06:29:33 10/13/12 (0)
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• Re: Back up heat source? 504 05:54:24 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? Jim Johnson 05:30:41 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? Texasmark1 05:12:07 10/13/12 (0)
• Re: Back up heat source? Angle Iron 04:31:18 10/13/12 (2)
  • Re: Back up heat source? George Marsh 04:45:26 10/13/12 (1)
    • Re: Back up heat source? Angle Iron 04:59:54 10/13/12 (0)

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