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QUESTION:A couple friends of mine had their furnace go out last year. They got on the
phone, found someone who would come out, begged him and paid the two hundred
bucks for the repairs.
But it got me thinking. How does an average person warm the house when the
furnace breaks? These are not survivalists, so they do not have a kerosene
heater, wood stove, or even a campstove.
Supposing one of us survivalists is snowed into a house with utilities on,
but the furnace is broken. How would we keep the house warm enough?
ANSWER: All good advice, but will the furnace repair manual include a wiring
diagram? Remember the "good old days" when could buy a cheap
transistor radio and still get a schematic diagram with it?
Today no guarantee will get a diagram for an appliance or system no
matter how much you pay for it unless you ask the service department
for a copy of same.
Which would be cheap insurance. Put it in a clear plastic folder and
tape or pin to wall near furnace. Make sure know how to read such a
diagram, of course, and know a little bit about electrical circuits.
While the furnace owner is at it, he should also take a look at the
cover of the control box and make sure it isn't secured by some bloody
"special security screw".
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