I have been considering purchasing a portable generator for the house to have in case of a power outage that would last a few days. Well this weekend it looks like a 2 day ice storm is going to blanket our area and now may be the time to pick one up. My main item to run as it is short time use is a Power Direct Vent Gas Water Heater that plugs into 120 ac but is a natural gas tank. I have checked online and apparently natural gas does not shutdown during an electrical power outage (not sure if this is true) so in theory if my tank itself has electricity i should have heat. It is a infloor radiant system with 2 zones. Looking for opinions on having something around to at last run an extension cord from the tank to outside to plug directly into the generator. Thanks for any advice or tips with.
* I just thought about it and have realized it won't work as the components for the infloor system are wired into the house system IE: circulation pump , etc duhhh on my part. I couldn't find a tab to delete this post.
* I just thought about it and have realized it won't work as the components for the infloor system are wired into the house system IE: circulation pump , etc duhhh on my part. I couldn't find a tab to delete this post.
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