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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning
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To: Scripts who wrote (632)12/25/1998 11:47:00 AM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (1) of 888
 
Re Kerosene Heaters & Oil Lamps

Hi Ed,

We have a wood stove, so we havn't used a kerosene heater. However, we did buy a few wick type oil lamps recently.

Carbon monoxide is a major problem with any open flame, so buying a BATTERY OPERATED CO detector and cracking a window when you use them is a good idea. A fire extinguisher should also be kept handy.

I know from the rural newsgroups that there are different grades or quality of fuel. To minimize the smoke and fumes, you need to ask for and buy the best. If you can, most posters also suggest filling the lamps and heaters outside the door to keep the odor down.

That's all I can think of ... maybe someone else with experience with kerosene heaters can jump in.

During the ice storm and before we got the generator, someone in town loaned us a car battery complete with a 12 volt 50 watt light bulb. It ran for about 6 hours each night and then we carried it back to town each day for recharging. Next time you change your car battery, you might consider keeping the old one and picking up a small battery charger for outages of a few hours. There are also small flourescent lights that run on 12 volts (RV's) which would run much longer on a charge ... just a thought.

John

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