Fireplaces

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Only on days when the weather conditions are really bad. Happens maybe 4-5 times each in the summer and winter. Having lived here for so many years I’m not sure how they enforce, especially in winter because most people use the fireplace at night. I’ve never heard of anyone being fined either in summer or winter, although a few years ago this guy down the block was mowing on one of the days when it was like 95 degrees outside (thus the spare the air) and a cop who was driving by told him to cut it out. Small price for healthy air.
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but, but...freedom

or something
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Got a spot with a wood burning stove.
Has a screen that screws into the opening so you can keep the door open and hear/see the flame -- tried it out Friday night b/c it got down to 40 out.
Not quite a fireplace but as people have mentioned - you close that sucker up and is a good heat source.
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One thing that perplexes me (because I am, well, bad at being a homeowner): when my power is out, the gas fireplace (which is controlled by a light switch) still works. Is there like a capacitor or something that holds a charge? Closed system with a battery?
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Went to the local Tour of Homes last winter and discovered that it seems to be a requirement if you're selling a home for at least $2.5 million, it must have a fireplace in the bedroom.
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jfish26 wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 4:17 pm One thing that perplexes me (because I am, well, bad at being a homeowner): when my power is out, the gas fireplace (which is controlled by a light switch) still works. Is there like a capacitor or something that holds a charge? Closed system with a battery?
it’s magic
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Pilot light igniter is electric but once pilot is lit shouldnt need electricity to function
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c’mon...magic was a way better answer
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TDub wrote: Mon May 06, 2019 8:13 pm Pilot light igniter is electric but once pilot is lit shouldnt need electricity to function
No, I’m saying there’s no fire, and then when I flip the switch (with the power out) the fire comes on.
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Yup, magic.
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Sounds like an ipi valve pilot. In which case yes there would be a battery backup somewhere in the system, probably under the cover of the insert. It lights the pilot only when the main burner is on. So not a typical pilot.
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It's a capacitor...A flux capacitor. C'mon let's go check out 1955.
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1955?
Let's go to 2015.
They got hoverboards.
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