On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 22:31:17 -0400, Matt Colie
wrote:
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The COP is the game killer. The required ventiation is next. Never
mind that the system has not moving parts and can not wear out.

I hunted for years for a Servel for my rural home. I finally found
one, not ready to pay thousand or so bucks for a new one.

The damn thing was 50 years old. It looked new. I dropped it in.

My electric went down 20 bucks a month, and my propane went up 5...and
only on the quieter winter nights could I hear the flame going.... I
heated with wood; what did I care if the power went out? Which
doesn't mean anything except I thought it was cool.

It was not as fast to recover, not as spacious, nor was the interior
design up to today's standards, but built like a tank. I hated to
part with it.