Yes. I lost power this week and wanted some toast. I used a long match and lit my stove that way. No oven, because that needs computer control, but four burners makes a fine enough meal
clay > On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
