First, if got natural gas to you home, carefully think about impact of changing any stove from gas to electric. Even if those modern shiny induction stovetop are really nice, they are dead in the water when the electricity is gone!
Why
- For cooking in general
- For boiling water when boiling notice is announced due to water treatment plans fails due to energy problems (like for instance in Texas in February 2021)
- For heating, fireplace if nothing else (don’t have generator et c – more in Recommendations below)
What
- Natural gas
- Way more convenient, when available as a utility to your home, ‘endless supply’ – as long as not also that utility gets into problems and fails like electricity…
- Lower energy content than propane
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas, see specification section on Domestic use.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas (LNG)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_natural_gas (CNG)
- Propane, part of family of liquified petroleum gases, LPG, LP gases
- As alternative if no access to natural gas, less convenient as have to replace gas containers once in a while
- Higher energy content than natural gas
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas (LPG)
Recommendations
Some recommendations, things to consider:
| Area | Good Idea, Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Furnace, heating | Gas (Nat.), where allowed…UK2025), but – also make sure to know on what circuitry fans are connect, for electricity from generator and transfer switch. |
| Stove, stovetop | Gas (Nat.), and make sure to have gas lighter / matches around, as electric ignition won’t work w/o electricity. |
| Fireplace | Gas (Nat.), solely or as complement to firewood |
| Propane indoors | NO. As a general rule, never use anything propane-based indoors if not part of a permanent installation that DO CONSIDER proper ventilation and safety measures like carbon monoxide (CO) alarm and fire fire extinguisher. |
- UK2025) UK is to stop allowing heating with gas from 2025, google.com/search?q=uk+no+gas+heating+by+2025
- google.com/search?q=camping+stove+use+indoors