Manfred's stove is a thing of beauty. All the upper crust now are
buying reproductions of such stoves, but Manfred's is the real thing.
In college i commandeered my mom's 48" GE stove with the "deep well."
It worked wonderfully, but the oven was small (24")
I want an oven that will take
Manfred wrote:
> I love our gas stove. It was 30 years old when we got it back in 74. It
> hasn't failed to work yet.
Same here in 74 but that stove is gone. Chambers cast iron cook box.
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Both sets of my grandparents were self sufficient, with excess to sell
in the market.
I can do fairly well in a no-power situation.
The goobers and TPTB (new acronym for me) want us beholden to them,
indentured, enslaved for their power and/or protection.
240Ds are as close as there is to
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
> wrote:
>
Ah, yes. I remembered the lanterns, but thought of those tubes of LEDs when
I read runners.
We use a Coleman propane lantern and an Aladdin type for back-up light.
Also have the propane range that was in the house when we bought it on the
back patio next to the grill and hooked up for yet another
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> For lighting it's hard to beat the Aladdin kerosene lamps. Various
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For lighting it's hard to beat the Aladdin kerosene lamps. Various other lamps and flashlights are good to have, but as a primary backup light sourc
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We have a gas stove that has piezoelectric igniters. Would I be able to light the burners manually using a match in
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For lighting it's hard to beat the Aladdin kerosene lamps. Various other lamps
and flashlights are good to have, but as a primary backup li
For lighting it's hard to beat the Aladdin kerosene lamps. Various other
lamps and flashlights are good to have, but as a primary backup light
source our two Aladdins are it. Considering how ill-designed our house is
for off-grid living, we've still got it pretty good when the juice stops
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What is "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 pres
What is "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." a runner, and how does it relate to light?
We're all electric in the big house, but have a propane heater as a
throwing away something
that works...
-Curt
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Yes, but a long lighter would be much safer / easier.
However, piezoelectric igniters do not have any external power supply (at
least the type I'm familiar with). Perhaps you have some other type of
igniter? Does one push of the button give one spark, or do you hold down
the button and get
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
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
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