Can we trust the new technology we all want?

[TG Twinkie]

When you are out in the boonies and your refer, water heater, or furnace doesn't lite because of a bad control board. You are stuck.
I don't mind lighting the pilot in the furnace or water heater manually,, or even the burner in the refer.
After all. Isn't the idea of camping to enjoy the great out doors.
Why are we getting so lazy?

[rmkrum]

Dunno if it's so much lazy, as getting old and creaky, in my case. I'd rather not crawl on the floor or ground to light off things.

A reasonable level of gadgetry is ok. But having to depend on only one point of control and failure (like the firefly system) is not a good idea IMHO.

A little redundancy is a good thing. Like the night the heater quit (helps to have propane) and we went to the heat strip in the A/C unit. Noisy, but we stayed warm in the 26 degree weather where we were camping.

[73shark]

Originally Posted by amirm

Ouch. As my late grandfather-in-law would say, "it is hell getting old."

But it sure beats the alternative.