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A lot of old farm houses have burned down because of portable space heaters.
For those very reasons, I'm NOT a fan of portable space heaters... AT ALL!
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A lot of old farm houses have burned down because of portable space heaters.
For those very reasons, I'm NOT a fan of portable space heaters... AT ALL!
Hopefully it wasn't wired with aluminum wiring.
This was to be my suggestion as well. Right now I'm shot on any extra dishwashers.I do rental management and throw away working dishwashers all the time. On turns if they are a older model or dented or stained I replace them. Pm me if you want.
I lived in a place in Kansas City that had cotton wrapped copper wiring. It was not safe at all.It's the old wiring that scares me. I've seen a lot of old house wiring that should have put the building up in flames years ago, but by the grace of some higher up deity it didn't happen.
I'm not either. And if you are going to use them, keep them far away from flammable materials, and never, ever sleep with one on.
Unless it's ancient, those are usually fairly repairable.... blower motor, some heat strips, sequencers, some relays...
If you feel it needs to be replaced, you'll need to know the circuit ampacity, preferably the kw output of the heat-strips package inside the furnace, and how much CFM of airflow the blower will move.
A make, model, and serial number will go a LONG WAY in helping determine all of that.
I found this whilst searching on programs. Note this section:
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It also mentions priority given to senior citizens, and it sounds like there may be two of said in the home. I'd imagine it is worth a phone call (800-453-5511 option 2) or email ([email protected]) once you have all the facts on the situation.
Beyond that, thank you for helping these friends.
Agree with all of that.
Looks like new electric furnaces are fairly reasonably priced. I don't know if the Oregon residential energy code allows installing electric heat but it may for a replacement unit. If it allows installing a replacement one, then a unit of the same KW, and similar CFM/static pressure should be fairly inexpensive. If the old unit heating capacity was adequate, then they wouldn't want to get a larger KW unit or else may be replacing breakers, wire, etc.
Heat pump would save them money on their electric bill, but installation would be more expensive than an electric furnace unless there are significant state incentives. Heat pump would require another electrical circuit for the outdoor unit, plus running refrigerant lines.