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I don't have, or really even want a generator (just another mechanical machine to buy, and maintain). Just like Flipper said above, when we moved in, the P.O. still had the original hot water boiler with virtually no insulation in the attic or elsewhere. I contacted the local propane supply company and asked what the P.O.s' budget was for the last year they were there. He said they burnt 2100 gallons of propane in the last calender year and at the time was only about .99 a gal. I went right out and bought a good woodburner, with a double wall metal chimney and have been running that for the last 21 years, and saving at least $2000-$3000 in heating cost every single year.
We have hurricane lamps for light if the power goes off, and often cook stews and soups on top of the woodburner (which heats the entire house nicely). We looked at replacing it with an outdoor wood boiler, but didn't like the idea of an electrical circulation pump, or going out in all kinds of weather to feed the beast, or the initial cost of the unit with it's expensive transmission tubes.
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