Phoenix Blue....

[Ahautenites]

Here's the accompanying image to that how-to I sent you:

[Phoenix Blue]

**Smiles** Right - except that with my heater, the reset button is built into the gas cock. Otherwise, it looks more-or-less like the diagram you have there.

The trick is, the furnace is situated 2-3 feet underneath the floor, which requires some contortion on my part to get the whole thing working. :) That, and a really long match-holder, which thankfully came with the house.

[Semele]

Uh, are you guys gonna blow something up? If so, can it be a little later so I can catch a nap first..loud booms wake me up!

[Phoenix Blue]

**Laughs** I hope not, considering it's my home's furnace we're talking about! :T

[Ravens_Tears]

Hmmm guess lighting a candle for you today would be a BAD thing Phoenix???:p Be careful.. we like you in one piece:)

[Phoenix Blue]

**laughs** No, it wouldn't be a bad thing. The furnace was smart enough to know that the pilot was out. . . and I turned off the gas to the furnace yesterday evening anyway.

Though I'm going to need more than a candle to stay warm if I don't get that pilot lit! :p Thankfully, the two comforters I have in the house were heavy enough to keep me warm last night.

[MammaStar]

Okay, i'm scared now! I actually UNDERSTOOD most of that.

I've been working for a heater/furnace manufacturer for TOO LONG!!! :lol:

[Rainx]

NeferSesemet - love your new sig :D

[Ravens_Tears]

Originally posted by Phoenix_Blue

**laughs** No, it wouldn't be a bad thing. The furnace was smart enough to know that the pilot was out. . . and I turned off the gas to the furnace yesterday evening anyway.

Though I'm going to need more than a candle to stay warm if I don't get that pilot lit! :p Thankfully, the two comforters I have in the house were heavy enough to keep me warm last night.

:confused: But it's not cold here???? Now I'm trying to remember my geography..

[WandererInGray]

*laughs and shakes head* You guys scare me.

[Phoenix Blue]

**Grins** It's Ses' fault!

[Ahautenites]

No, it's GIGANTOR's fault! :D :D :D

[WandererInGray]

*grins* Oh sure, blame the Ses, everyone else does.

:T

[Ahautenites]

Exactly.

Hey.... wait a sec!

[Rainx]

they always blame the technicolor cheese wedge..

That said, maybe PB is getting some of the lovely (@#$@#$) weather we got last week. Ice and snow storms in April... oh gee thanks.

I'm glad it's warming up and sunny this week.

[Ravens_Tears]

EEEPS! I hope not... I had hoped that the crappy weather had petered out quite a bit after we got the 6+ in dump of snow before... On the bright side.. it was 20+C here yesterday.. and it's nice and sunny here today, although the breeze is a bit cool.

[Phoenix Blue]

**Screams** :scream:

The stupid frelling pilot was flooded out! But I can't find a way to drain the stupid !@%%ing thing, even after crawling under the stupid house to look for one!

And Alagasco wants to charge me $55 when they can't even have someone out to relight it until 10:00 tonight!

Worthless stupid house! Worthless damnable utility companies!!

[Ravens_Tears]

(((((Phoenix_Blue)))))

That sux:(

[Ahautenites]

Two possible options: aquarium siphon and turkey baster.

[Phoenix Blue]

**Sighs** Makes no difference. The pilot won't light anyway - and it's above water.

I'm going to try again, when my legs stop shaking.

[Ahautenites]

**hugs** Deep breaths, birdy bro.

In my time working at the answering service, I found that people got faster service if they kept calling their gas company / heater company, etc. and begging for someone to be there sooner. It generally got the time down from three hours to 30 minutes. You might try that approach.

[Phoenix Blue]

I have a better approach - !@$%ing suffer and avoid paying any of the dirtbags $55+. I have better things to do with my (Wanderer's) money, like eat.

[Phoenix Blue]

Anywho, the gas guy came out tonight. . . and he couldn't light the stupid thing, either. Says it'd need to be taken apart and flushed out, which would cost at least $150. I figure by the time I can afford that, it will have dried out on its own.

In the meantime, I have some of the burners on the stove going full-tilt. **Shrugs** It's better than nothing, but it's still damn cold.

[Xentor]

Is there enough dry wood around?
Maybe you could light a small, contained fire?

[Phoenix Blue]

:p Oh, there's plenty of wood. . . like my floor. No, a contained fire within the house is probably a bad idea. . . these things have a tendency to become "uncontained," and I don't wanna know what the insurance company would have to say about that. . .

[materra]

Okay... survival info. Regardless of gas or electric stove top, take biggest pot you have and fill with water to almost the top and bring to boil. Then turn down until is is on constant simmer. When you bring the humidity up you increase the heat index factor, and it feels warmer. Don't do this is it is less than 60 degrees inside the house, as it will not help then. Spagetti is optional. :)

Use the oven instead of the top burners for heat with the door proped open in the open position. Or bake alot of stuff. Do not leave unattended, nor do this when you are sleeping.

Also, if you have a pizza stone, put it in the oven and use it to warm your your bed up before crawling in, be sure to wrap it in old towels to keep it from scorching sheets.

If you have rice, a cheap bed buddy is to take a tube sock and fill two thirds of it with rice. Tie a knot in the top and with the knot side down, place inside the other matching sock. Tie a knot in that top. Heat in a microwave for about 2-3 minutes. It will hold the heat for about twenty minutes.

Oh and if it is freezing leave at least one faucet on with the water running in a tiny but steady stream. And if you knew all this, woohoo good going. Warm hugs... and best wishes.

[Ahautenites]

Good suggestions, materra. :) My mom used to do the boiling water thing in winter when we lost power during snowstorms. But she'd also tack up blankets on the windows and doors to keep out the drafts and contain the heat.

The rice suggestion also works with beans and bird seed. Terra cotta can be used to radiate heat, too, if you bake it for awhile and then set it where you need it to be. (Being careful to protect hardwood floors and anything you don't want marked forever with a heated terracotta spot.)

[materra]

Wow, I knew uncooked rice worked as bed buddies, but uncooked beans and birdseed? Neato. I like the terracota flower pot idea too. We used bricks as well. Amazing what we know for survival huh?

[Ahautenites]

**nods** True enough. But not many of the heating things would work in a snowstorm... **grins** No electricity = No microwave (or oven, for that matter).

My parents aways tried to keep us all downstairs to stay in the two rooms being warmed by the water boiling on the stove, but I always rebelled by going upstairs, piling every piece of clothing I owned onto my bed, and burrowing underneath to keep warm. It was like a clothes-gloo.