[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: cost of electric versus natural gasand gasoline

[Kathy Cochran]

I am working to restore a Garland 6-burner gas stove with 2 ovens  -
Vintage 1975-ish   -  and I intend to put a good hood over it for
ventilation.  How can I meter this stove to see what it is using?  

Also, BTW, I have had it "adjusted" so that I have to light it each time
with a match, no pilot, because I suspected a long time ago that it would
use too much propane.  The only problem with this-  so far -- is that the
25" griddle covers the spot to light it, and is too heavy to lift off to
light the burner.  Any suggestions  ?????

Kathy Cochran
Kathys_old_house at goldrush.com

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Reuben
Deumling
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:47 AM
To: Lawrence Lile
Cc: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: cost of electric versus natural
gasand gasoline

drifting even further afield (at least given the hold-over title of this
thread):

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Lawrence Lile <LLile at projsolco.com> wrote:

> OTOH I do have a gas kitchen stove, which I guess is unvented if I don't
> turn the kitchen fan on.
>
And that depends on the fan. Mine which I inherited and ripped out just
redistributed everything back into the kitchen after passing it through a
'filter.'

I've been submetering my gas water heater and gas kitchen stove for many
years now, and we all know which one is required to be vented....

Anyway, with my old setup--when we lived in an apartment--the WH used <5cf
of gas per day and the stove used 7cf. Now with the WH in the basement I
have less control over its operation, so the WH consumes about 15cf/day and
the stove 9cf. For reference, a standard 400BTU/hr pilot flame corresponds
to roughly 10cf/day.

Reuben Deumling
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