<br><span style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium">All</span><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium">
I have a way off topic question . My home heating system is on the
fritz again . It's a antique oil fired steam boiler , it's 85 years old
by my guess . I want to convert to a gas fired steam boiler , but I want
one I can run on batteries or one that doesn't need external power at
all. From my research I could get a standing pilot , micro volt, natural
draft vented, gas fired steam boiler . In that setup the pilot light
heats a thermocouple which generates the micro volt power to run the gas
valve and control system . Does anyone have this sort of setup ? </div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium">The
other option would be to go with a electric ignition , natural draft
vented gas fired steam boiler and have a manual switch setup after the
ac/dc transformer to allow me to switch to some deep cycle marine
batteries , which I could in turn charge via solar or standard electric ?
The batteries would only be used in a power failure . Anyone ever
tried this ? </div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium">Well if anyone has any ideas or can recommended a good boiler let me know .<br>
<br><br>---<br>Mark Saad<br><a href="mailto:mark.saad@ymail.com">mark.saad@ymail.com</a><br></div>