Not anymore. Many of them have gone to a pilotless ignition system.
(Including gas stoves)
You need electricity to run the fan, and also the thermostat.
Unless you are talking about gas space heaters.
Stewart
At 04:43 PM 2/26/2009, you wrote:
Let's not confuse the issue. Gas heaters use pilot lights, and the
thermocouple in the flame generates enough micro voltage to run the
thermostat. Again, an outside source of electricity would only be
required to run any fans. But the units will heat a house with no
electricity at all.
Or, if you want to expand the discussion, electricity is needed to run
the feed on pellet stoves. Battery backup required.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:24 PM, db <[email protected]> wrote:
> Depends on what they use to ignite the gas and to control it.
> In the old days it was lit with a match... more recently, like your
> electrically ignited gas stoves, it is often electricity... but unlike gas
> stove, heaters have thermocouples which may require electricity ... and
> sometimes a thermostat can powered by electricity also...
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