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1. DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Steven Shipley <shiples@home.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 04:07:40 -0800
It's starting to get a little colder here in the Pacific NorthWest and they're asking us to conserve electricity. They're even saying that it might be possible to experience rolling blackouts. So I s
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00089.html (8,659 bytes)

2. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 08:42:03 -0800
The problem with burning natural gas as you suggest is that it generates carbon monoxide (CO), which is an insidious killer. While it's true they used it for lighting 100 years ago, it's also true t
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00093.html (9,271 bytes)

3. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@home.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 12:22:50 -0500
Jeez - whatever will politician think up next!
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00095.html (7,781 bytes)

4. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Steven Shipley <shiples@home.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 10:29:52 -0800
I know that any flammable gas is dangerous so I've always wondered why we pipe it into our homes. The vent seems to be one of the basic functions that makes it safer but a gas burner on a stove does
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00096.html (10,707 bytes)

5. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 13:46:00 -0500
I don't know about you, but we do it so we don't freeze to death...
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00097.html (8,131 bytes)

6. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 13:32:00 -0500
Let's not get carried away here. An unvented gas heater isn't going to up and kill you. There's one in my living room and one in the bathroom, and both of them are on right now. My house was built i
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00098.html (9,393 bytes)

7. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@home.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 15:58:37 -0500
Oh - I thought he meant "waking up dead" was illegal.
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00099.html (8,909 bytes)

8. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 16:17:44 -0500
But are you sure the CO meter works? Have you tested it? Turn the car on in the garage and see if it reads amything.... I had a neighbor who was a really laid back, lazy, not-to-bright dork. Not sayi
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00100.html (8,735 bytes)

9. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:40:40 -0600
Dave clarified: Born, reared and went to college living in unvented gas heated homes and boarding houses . . . we used some common sense in monitoring flame efficiency and we kept some ventilation ci
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00102.html (8,967 bytes)

10. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 15:49:43 -0800
It's a calculated risk. Properly handled, it is "acceptably" safe. Yes, exactly. The yellow in the flame from pure natural gas is from carbon glowing in an area that does not have enough oxygen to bu
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00103.html (10,438 bytes)

11. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Steven Shipley <shiples@home.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:54:56 -0800
I decided against the generator since I have very reliable electrical service. If I bought a generator a couple of years ago, for example, it would still be in the box unused. But I've lost power for
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00104.html (9,678 bytes)

12. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 20:48:05 -0600
Indeed. The Empire unit in my shop is rated for use in homes. It is 30,000 BTU. It can be ordered jetted either for propane or for natural gas. As it comes, it needs no batteries or electricity to ru
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00105.html (10,179 bytes)

13. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Susan and Mark Miller <marknsuz@pacbell.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 20:49:58 -0800
Actually, it depends on your party and district. They only care if voters on their side live till the next elections! 8^O Mark.
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00106.html (8,983 bytes)

14. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 09:46:04 -0800
I don't understand those two sentences- you have a very reliable electrical service, yet you have been without power for as much as two days? I have an unreliable electrical service and the longest I
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00110.html (10,534 bytes)

15. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Steven Shipley <shiples@home.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 10:48:44 -0800
It's so reliable I don't remember the date of the last failure (GT 3 years?) The problem in Seattle is usually snow. We see it so seldom there's no incentive to prepare. I think I've driven in snow t
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00112.html (10,376 bytes)

16. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:24:36 -0800 (PST)
GE is floating trial balloons about gas-powered fuel cell appliances for the home; I had a website link but can't find it now. Basically, it was gas in, 50A electrical service and hot water out, read
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00113.html (8,493 bytes)

17. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Steven Shipley <shiples@home.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:55:41 -0800
If you're saying that this is a device that translates gas into electricity it sounds like the disparity in price between gas and electricity might be affected. Hmmmm.....lots of things to think abou
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00115.html (8,662 bytes)

18. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:06:47 -0800 (PST)
Translates gas into electricity + hot water ... and maybe home heat.
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00116.html (8,102 bytes)

19. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: Joe Flake <flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:37:14 EST
Timely set of messages after seeing my CO detector go wild last night. It's been there for about a year, and never showed anything other than "0" on the indicator. But last night I caught it at "27"
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00132.html (9,205 bytes)

20. Re: DIY Natural Gas Appliances (score: 1)
Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:07:00 -0600
I got a separate message saying this was intended for the list, so here it
/html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00143.html (11,396 bytes)

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