Burning ULSD in Kerosene Heater?

[mrutkaus]

So I've tried ULSD in kerosene lamps, works fine, just wondering, since it is cheaper, how it will do in a kerosene heater.

When I buy kerosene there is a warning label on it saying it is high in sulfur.

I'm thinking that ULSD might be even "purer" than the kerosene and burn cleaner but I want to ask experts if there's anything I'm missing.

Mike

 

[chambers1517]

I always use ULSD in my kerosene heater. I was working in my garage which is in my basement. I ran out of diesel and ran to a local mart. They don't sell diesel but do have kerosene. After 10 minutes my wife asked what I was doing downstairs, she said I was stinking up the house. Never noticed it or had any complaints while using diesel. This is a fan forces space heater and is about 10 years old. Works great and is always ran with diesel.

 

[mrutkaus]

that's what i was hoping to hear, i'm going to try it tonight, first in a mixture!

thanks

mike

 

[mrutkaus]

50-50 mixture in standard wick type kerosene heater working perfect no smell for several hours...(there was no smell with all kerosene either).

mike

 

[JJZ 109]

I'd like to know how this works out for folks also. Especially now that I've got a 15 gallon drum with a 12 pump/14' hose and nozzle that I use to fill a Kubota B3030.
I guess that I'd just as soon have one fuel both tractor and Kerosun that I use every now and then in the garage.

 

[LBrown59]

I'd like to know how this works out for folks also.

How what works out?

 

[mrutkaus]

NOPE!

Don't do it, even a 50-50 mixture of ULSD and kerosene caused a circular wick type heater to decrease output during the night and when I looked at the cooled down wick, it was encrusted with hard stuff which kerosene doesn't do or else takes way longer to do.

Mike

 

[Wis Bang]

Kero is still a lighter fraction than #2 fuel oil. ULSD is still #2 while Kero can be called #1 fuel oil and is added to #2 in colder climates to slow/stop 'gelling'...

I used to work for the US office of a Canadian Motor Carrier and had a guy load in Panama City, FL and he fueled up there. 24 hours later near Thunder Bay, ON his tanks gelled solid, had to have him towed to a heated shop and after 24 hours & a few gal of HOWES conditioner they got him re-started enough to top him off w/ winterized fuel.

There is more wax, etc. in #2 than #1 and removing the sulfur does not change that.

 

[LBrown59]

I'd like to know how this works out for folks also. Especially now that I've got a 15 gallon drum with a 12 pump/14' hose and nozzle that I use to fill a Kubota B3030.
I guess that I'd just as soon have one fuel both tractor and Kerosun that I use every now and then in the garage.

You don't want to run kerosene in your tractor.

 

[ToadHill]

When kero heaters first came out it was hard to find fuel in out area so I used to go to the airport and pick up jet fuel. It worked great.

 

[JJZ 109]

You don't want to run kerosene in your tractor.

The intent was to use ULSD in the Kerosun. But the post about the wax content being more in ULSD than in kero, regardless of sulfur content leads me to believe that I'll continue using separate fuels for each.

 

[LBrown59]

The intent was to use ULSD in the Kerosun. But the post about the wax content being more in ULSD than in kero, regardless of sulfur content leads me to believe that I'll continue using separate fuels for each.

The best thing to do is use the right fuel in the right equipment.
Kerosene in the Kerosene heater.
Diesel or HHO in the tractor.
As for the 50/50 mixture of the 2 fuels I might chance screwing up a 200 space heater with it.
No way would I take a chance on destroying a $20.000 tractor with that mixture.

 

[NIdaho]

I was chatting with the guy at the fuel distributor a couple of years ago when Kerosene shipments were on an alotment basis. He confirmed that K-1 (kerosene) and Jet A were almost the same -- Jet A has some additional additives put in it (like water dispersant, anti-corrosion, ... that you would want in Jet fuel but wouldn't need in kerosene for heaters and lamps).

 

[radioman]

I heard that old timers mixed kerosene with diesel or run straight kerosene in tractors in really cold climates before the howes, power service was around. I probably would do it in the winter when its 0 or below, but not in the summer since kerosene burns hotter then diesel.

 

[Redneck in training]

When I was kid we used to have a cottage by the lake without electric power. Therefore we used wick kerosene lamps (I think we called them storm lamps). When filled with diesel the flame was kind of reddish and didn't provide nice light. It also took for a while before the glass cleared. When filled with kerosene the lamp burned bright yellow giving much better light and it took only short time for the glass to clear up.

 

[LBrown59]

1*I heard that old timers mixed kerosene with diesel or run straight kerosene in tractors in really cold climates before the howes, power service was around.
2*I probably would do it in the winter when its 0 or below,
3*but not in the summer since kerosene burns hotter than diesel.

1*Old timere aren't always rite.
2*Not me because you'd be getting to much Kero in the Diesel due to the mixing.
3*Winter or summer /hotter burning makes no difference.