Under the new Carbon Plan i have plans for your in home furnace.

[oldjim]

That's ok. Probably way more reliable than a 3 year old ultra high efficiency furnace... every time the wind blows from the west, or it drops below -20 it gives grief.... Our old wood furnace in MB you fill up light it, keep it full house stays warm. Even without power.


Not environmentally friendly though.... *shakes head*

Back in the 1980's when we got natural gas I had a new high efficiency furnace installed. It did the same thing - whenever the wind blew from the west (where the exhaust pipe vented out) it quit. The dealer couldn't make it work, even brought out a couple company reps from the manufacturer. They finally gave up. They said they'd seen the same furnace model at a house near Lethbridge act the same way. I told them to install the mid-efficiency version of the same furnace that used a regular chimney. It's worked fine ever since.

[blackpowder]

Actually had warm thoughts of comrade Suzuki this morning as I stood for hours in a wind chill of >30.

[bgmb]

That's ok. Probably way more reliable than a 3 year old ultra high efficiency furnace... every time the wind blows from the west, or it drops below -20 it gives grief.... Our old wood furnace in MB you fill up light it, keep it full house stays warm. Even without power.


Not environmentally friendly though.... *shakes head*

Klause, We have a luxaire gas furnace vented with pvc pipe. has yet to let us down. -4 or -40

[mustardman]

We've had a hi efficiency pulse furnace since Nov 1989 . It costs us $35 per month for nat gas
Big Split level house, well insulated and as much important is the vapor Barrier.
Lots of South facing Windows ,sun comes shining thru in winter and Furnace shuts off.
Always found it strange that farmers could face their house anyway they want and they have big Windows facing West , way too hot in summer with west windows

[tweety]

1 Bushel of Grain is Equivalent to:

20.8 LITRES OF PROPANE
13.6 LITRES OF FUEL OIL
148 KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY
15.9 CUBIC METERS OF NATURAL GAS

The rest of the math is up to you.

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Ergot grain has potential.

[sumdumguy]

What about those Argon gas relective windows that don't allow the sun's rays? They may be great in Florida, but us cold Kanucks need to move all the animals into the house to heat the house. We need more incandescence bulbs that give off a little heat. 30 below proves to us how we've been lead down the garden path. These BS environmentalists that say that Canadians are the biggest polluters ought to come and live here. The truth is we are one of the greatest nations in the world for utilizing carbon to produce the food that feeds the world so buzz off lunatics.

[fjlip]

We've had a hi efficiency pulse furnace since Nov 1989 . It costs us $35 per month for nat gas
Big Split level house, well insulated and as much important is the vapor Barrier.
Lots of South facing Windows ,sun comes shining thru in winter and Furnace shuts off.
Always found it strange that farmers could face their house anyway they want and they have big Windows facing West , way too hot in summer with west windows

95% Olsen since 1988, Has needed a fan motor and purge fan, still going, Hi eff Nat gas WH since 1996. Together $720/ year incl GST on 1400 x 2 levels. R 19 walls. R 50 ceiling, PVC low E windows, 9 face S, 6 E, 2 W. Only a week max of HOT days here, rest are Global Cooling. Great furnace used 100 times more than AC, hence NO global warming in my 64 years.

Further if..."Shut off Sask Energy. Cut your our wood on your own property, put into your 1940 wood furnace. Tax avoidance on the new carbon plan." better be DEAD wood or you are removing a sequestering tree, could be fines!