> Luckily, I live in a city where furnaces aren't needed, but one of the conditions when we were looking for a house was that the water heater had to be solar powered. It is so much safer and cheaper. Our house is also well insulated so it stays a good temperature in summer and winter.
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> One precaution we did go to was to install smoke alarms. I do have a fear of waking up in the middle of the night and the house is on fire, so alarms are GOOD!
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> ding"likes loud noise"dong

Interesting... I can't even IMAGINE a place where furnaces are not necessary. I applaud your decision to go solar on the heater, though.

One other thing: IIRC, smoke alarms are required by law in Canada. I find it interesting that this is not the case in Australia... Of course, I could be wrong about it in Canada. Any other Canadians know? How about Americans? Are smoke alarms required by law in the US?

Don "Inquiring monkeys want to know" Monkey