Power substations vandalized in Washington state

Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state by briffle on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:21PM (#34140827)

My gas fireplace will run without power, but the fans will not, so it will run much, much less efficiently and take hours to warm a room from the ceiling down. However, my gas furnace will not run because it needs the large electric fans to circulate the air from the furnace in the garage to the registers in each room in the house.

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Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state by 13of40 on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:29PM (#34140925)

I used to have a freestanding gas fireplace that worked great in a power outage, because even though the blower didn't run it could still radiate from all sides.

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Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state by tbalsam on Monday December 26, 2022 @03:03PM (#34141238)

Since this is hackernews, you might truly appreciate the simplicity and nearly-the-most-elegant-solution that is the mechanical joy of these guys right 'yere :D :https://youtube.com/shorts/AK4c3REFerw?feature=share

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Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state by 13of40 on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:19PM (#34144281)

That's brilliant!

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Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state by AnimalMuppet on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:28PM (#34140907)

I had one of those. During a power out, it was able to keep half the room warm reasonably well - liveably well, at least.

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Re:Power substations vandalized in Washington state by solardev on Monday December 26, 2022 @06:22PM (#34143055)

You've seen these heat-powered fans, right?

https://ecofan.caframobrands.com/

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