Your Place / Home Q & ASunday, September 20, 2009 @ 5:57AMQ:I recently purchased a gas heater. I also own a generator. The furnace installer told me that if I used the generator to power the heater, I could blow out a circuit panel on the heater. The guy told me that I could get something to install on the heater that would make it possible to run the heater with the generator. Is that true? Where can I find one of those things?
Small appliances can cut utility billSaturday, September 19, 2009 @ 11:13PMQ My wife tells me it is more energy efficient to use small cooking appliances instead of the electric range, but I prefer the range.
Annual fall maintenance critical to home safetySaturday, September 19, 2009 @ 4:51AMIncorrectly vented appliances increase the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. Proper venting provides the air required for complete combustion and ensures that deadly carbon monoxide gases are not present in the home.[...]
On Sept. 19 in NEPASaturday, September 19, 2009 @ 3:27AMOn this date in NEPA 50 years ago, seven people were sickened by coal-gas fumes that filled an apartment house on Jefferson Avenue. The fumes came from a back-up in the buildings furnace. 25 years ago, the state Department of Transportation scheduled a
Ashtabula BOE resolves to support renewable energyFriday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:48PMWithin months, wind turbines could be spinning lower-cost electricity for city schools.Ashtabula Area City School Board of Education members, at Wednesday’s regular meeting, voted to support the use of wind turbines as a source of renewable energy for its new schools.