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Personally I'd get a standby generator and run it on natural gas. The whole installation should run about $5k and you'll never need to worry about running out of fuel.
Our generator is 9kW and runs almost the whole house. It uses propane, and unfortunately is the only appliance we use propane for, hence $200 annual tank rental (which they waive now and then, but they're setting delivery minimums higher and higher to waive the fee).
Personally I'd get a standby generator and run it on natural gas. The whole installation should run about $5k and you'll never need to worry about running out of fuel.
Our generator is 9kW and runs almost the whole house. It uses propane, and unfortunately is the only appliance we use propane for, hence $200 annual tank rental (which they waive now and then, but they're setting delivery minimums higher and higher to waive the fee).
Natural gas lines seldom ail, but it can happen. I use a diesel generator as a backup to my propane which fires the furnace.
The worst of winter is about over so the OP needs to spend the summer researching and installing a system that satisfies him. A whole house generator with smaller gasoline generators should take care of anything.
WARNING: DO NOT USE PROPANE HEATERS AT ELEVATIONS OVER 5000'. THEY PRODUCE CO WITH THE REDUCED OXYGEN AT HIGHER ALTITUDES.
I was surprised by the "I believe it is gas" comment too, you should know not think, If you have a gas stove piped in Natural gas you can still light it with a match if power is out.
I also strongly recommend a good wood or coal stove placed where the heat can get to all parts of the house and leave any cabinets with plumbing in them open during severe cold.
I am not getting a lot of info on the Web on how to survive/heat my property in the winter if the power went out and it is dangerously cold up here in Minnesota this time of year.
I was wondering what the most prudent way to HEAT my house/property if/when a power outage occurred in dangerously Winter cold like it is now?
I don't have a fire place. I don't have fire wood. I don't have a sunflower heater (or whatever they're called).
Any suggestions?
I believe my furnace is run on gas.
I'd get a backup generator that ran on natural gas. You don't have a finite supply in a tank in your yard, like propane or diesel fuel. This will provide power so that your air handler can run to distribute the hot air, heated by your NG furnace.
If the car doesn’t have an anti-siphon/anti-rollover device like all modern cars do.
You need a very thin tube and to rotate it in.
If you plan to fuel a home generator, by way of siphoning from your car. That is still going to be a lot of trips to refuel your car during any power outage. And if the gas station has lost power, they can not refuel your car.
Neighbors in my town, commonly burn through $150/month of generator fuel. During foul weather, they will burn through a lot more generator fuel.
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