TT Solo Prestige vs. power outage

Margaret Ross

Just a quick question from a non-professional: I love my TT Solo Prestige 110 boiler, but am wondering what happens if/when the power goes out? Does having a fancy smart boiler mean no heat when the lights go out? If it doesn't go out, how is it controlled?



Just trying to prepare for two sick kids and 20 inches of snow in D.C. (where we have no idea what to do with that much snow).

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

Move to California

Even out here, when the power goes out, you've got no heat unless you have a generator.

Margaret Ross

re: move to california

Okay, I know I'm not the brightest bulb, and naive in the world of home heating. I was just wondering, since the gas oven stays on, if the gas boiler did as well. Thanks!



I'm from California, where we had electric heat, not gas, so when the power went out we were definitely (though, frankly, only minutely) colder.

TonyS

Since you have gas in the house

a freestanding or wall hung gas heater that requires no electric is a great backup heat source. I have one that looks like a wood stove with a thermostat that is set to 55 degrees. It has already saved my plumbing when I was gone for a week and had a boiler breakdown.

EricAune

Fancy smart or no-frills stupid,

If you have a circulator moving the water through your system you will not have heat when the power goes out.



Tony has the best recommendation.  If you live in an area where power is sometimes interrupted you should consider your options for some kind of back-up heat source. 



Generators are great, the whole house automatic type, but are a little over the top if you do not experience regular outages. 



Good luck!  I am sitting in Minnesota and we are experiencing a welcomed heat wave.  The mercury is about to blow out the top of the thermometer at about 25*F today.  A welcomed change over our regular (all winter) of sub-zero temps this time of the year.  About to go put on some shorts....

Mark Eatherton

Just make sure the gas fired appliance is vented to the outside...

no "VENTLESS" appliances.



They're still out there.



ME

Jamie Hall

and even

if it vented to the outside, make sure that you have a working CO detector in the vicinity, and that all your clearances and everything are correct...