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QUESTION:When we lost power from the recent ice storm, our gas furnace went out,
too. Is this inevitable the next time around or is there a way to safely,
simply and temporarily disconnect the thermostat so the gas furnace will run
on it own, without electricity?
ANSWER: Probably not, are you talking about a forced air system? If so, how
will you run the blower? There are gas heaters that do not use blowers
for air circulation, but they are for space heating, not central heat.
If you have hot water & radiators or baseboards then you need
electricity to power the circulator pump. I suppose if you have an
older steam system (Old enough not to depend on a lot of electronic
controls like the modern high efficiency systems generally do) it
could be adapted to run without electricity.
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