Oil & Fuel Kerosene?

[Firemanbuck82]

I think this unit does have a wick. I looked on line and found a picture of what this looks like. Mine needs to have the heat guard put back on so I just downloaded a pic.


Anyhow, I hope my Tractor supply or the BP might have it. I would rather use Kerosene especially the first time I use it. Oh and yes, it is to just take the chill out while I work.

Thanks,
Bill

I have the same unit that I bought at a salvage store for $40. I also have an unheated 60 x 40 shop, although we rarely get snow here in W. Washington, so the temps aren't quite as bad as in the MW. My heater barely takes the edge off, and then only near the heater. I've tried using a small fan behind it which helps some, but it's still pretty chilly.

My wish list is for a bigger blower type heater that I can mount up on a wall and run off propane. Just saving up my pennies.

 

[mguitas]

Depends on the type. I have a torpedo heater that is designed for dual fuel. It burns clean on diesel.

Ya but if you use diesel it stinks up the place. An believe me it does.

 

[cat fever]

Just buy LSD#1, it is the same product/oil. They have different names and prices but are the same cut off the crude towers.

Not sure on this, but my bet is that LSD#1 is cheaper than Kerosene/Heater oil.

I should also state that LSD#1 will be 15 ppm or less Sulfur content. Kerosene and Heater oil could be much higher. This depends on how much tankage the refinery has where it's being produced. Where I work all the LSD#1, Heater Oil, Kerosene all go to the same tank and are all 15 ppm sulfur or less.

 

[Mike68]

My Local heating oil company sells Kerosene and off-road diesel fuel. The prices are usually very good compared to canned fuel from a big box store.

Even in the garage it takes a while to heat the space up. Good in an emergency though. I used it in a power outage to keep pipes in a back room from freezing.

You need to maintain the unit for any hope of it burning somewhat clean. Read the instruction manual on proper wick maintenance.

 

[KennyG]

Ya but if you use diesel it stinks up the place. An believe me it does.

May depend on the heater. I have run mine on kerosene and on diesel and couldn't smell much difference. Neither is objectionable in a pole building.

 

[buickanddeere]

Do not stink yourself out or breath fumes nastier than necessary. Diesel is too heavy to burn clean. Use Kerosene. Cheapest source around here is Jet A-1 from the local airport. Works good in diesel engines too during the emissions equipment test .

 

[buickanddeere]

Just buy LSD#1, it is the same product/oil. They have different names and prices but are the same cut off the crude towers.

Not sure on this, but my bet is that LSD#1 is cheaper than Kerosene/Heater oil.

I should also state that LSD#1 will be 15 ppm or less Sulfur content. Kerosene and Heater oil could be much higher. This depends on how much tankage the refinery has where it's being produced. Where I work all the LSD#1, Heater Oil, Kerosene all go to the same tank and are all 15 ppm sulfur or less.

For the little bit of fuel he is going to burn, who wants to save $5 and breath stinking diesel fumes instead of using kerosene ?

 

[mike69440]

So who else mixes Kerosene, a bit of Power Service, Marvel Mystery Oil and diesel for winter extreme cold running?

Mostly we do this for the RTV900, as it is no fun doing chores without it every morning at 5:00AM.

 

[motownbrowne]

So who else mixes Kerosene, a bit of Power Service, Marvel Mystery Oil and diesel for winter extreme cold running?

Mostly we do this for the RTV900, as it is no fun doing chores without it every morning at 5:00AM.

I sent my dad to Fleet Farm with a diesel can a month or so ago. He came back with it full of kerosene on accident. Luckily both cans didn't fit in his trunk, or I'd have ten gallons of the stuff. I always use power service in the winter, but I guess I'll be blending this kerosene in this year. Actually, I'm glad he did it because it inspired me to buy a transfer tank I can put in my pickup, so now it's worth going to buy dyed diesel, and I can stop messing around with cans. It's much more pleasant to fill the tractors now, and I don't have to be filling diesel cans all the time.

 

[cat fever]

For the little bit of fuel he is going to burn, who wants to save $5 and breath stinking diesel fumes instead of using kerosene ?

LSD#1 is NOT Diesel fuel in the sense of LSD#2. It is Jet fuel, aside from the sulfur content; Jet A, JP4, JP8, Heater Oil, Kerosene they are all from the same side draw off the crude column, some have the sulfur removed some don't. But the smell will be the same with all of them unlike LSD#2 which has 2 other components mixed in along with the Jet fuel.

 

[buickanddeere]

LSD#1 is NOT Diesel fuel in the sense of LSD#2. It is Jet fuel, aside from the sulfur content; Jet A, JP4, JP8, Heater Oil, Kerosene they are all from the same side draw off the crude column, some have the sulfur removed some don't. But the smell will be the same with all of them unlike LSD#2 which has 2 other components mixed in along with the Jet fuel.

#1 winter diesel is #2 diesel with the wax removed. Kerosene is a much lighter fraction than #2 diesel.

 

[cat fever]

#1 winter diesel is #2 diesel with the wax removed. Kerosene is a much lighter fraction than #2 diesel.

If that's what you chose to believe.
However the facts are different, I've only been refining oil for 25 years now. Trust me #1 And #2 diesel are much more different than you have stated.

Your last sentence is true because Kerosene is Jet fuel not diesel fuel like you would think of #2 diesel.

 

[bigtiller]

My experience with kero heaters and breezy shop buildings ended 30 years ago with a lot of negative memories, like a lot of coughing, smelly, headaches, and even sick. Maybe todays heaters burn cleaner, but I don't want to spend much time around one. If it was me, I would re-gift your free kero heater, and roll the propane barbecue grill into the pole barn for some finger and tool warming.

 

[buickanddeere]

If that's what you chose to believe.
However the facts are different, I've only been refining oil for 25 years now. Trust me #1 And #2 diesel are much more different than you have stated.

Your last sentence is true because Kerosene is Jet fuel not diesel fuel like you would think of #2 diesel.

Going by what the lab guys said at the Petro Canada Refinery on South Down Road Mississauga . They just de-waxed #2 diesel . No wax, no low temperature gelling.

 

[buickanddeere]

Lighting the heater outside and letting get up to temperature leaves the startup stink outside . Just never liked moving a burning heater .

 

[Doofy]

I'd move it to the gravel pit and use it for target practice. Not worth the aggravation and the stink.

 

[buickanddeere]

We keep a kerosene heater and 25 gallon of fuel stored in the Church shed to keep the place above freezing in emergencies. In case there is a power failure or if operating through the transfer switch with a small generator. The church heat is 15kw of baseboards in the basement and 20kw of forced air upstairs.

 

[Doofy]

I keep a woodstove at the ready and also a 2,000 watt Honda inverter generator warm in the garage. I have a 3,000 watt inverter in the diesel snowplow that is always ready to go in the winter (will run most everything except the Toyo heaters, thus the inverter generator). Sine waves matter, on occasion.

The Power has never been out longer than 6 hours in the past 55 years BUT I'm Ready!

 

[mike69440]

I keep a woodstove at the ready.
The Power has never been out longer than 6 hours in the past 55 years BUT I'm Ready!

NH is so third world.

Worse cell service than Afghanistan. Power goes out like in Middle East war zone.

The Power has not been out longer than 6 hours in the past 55 days, (4-1/2 hours about 2 weeks ago.) Actually that is good for around here.

Then again ,I feel for all those without power in Puerto Rico.

 

[Doofy]

mike69440, that sounds more like Podunkville than God's Country! I live on the road system but pretty much in the "Boonies". Power and Phone/Internet is very dependable, we just pay through the nose for it as we do for everything else. Never hurts to be prepared though. Not a Prepper but I like to stay warm and cosy and keep my tummy fed.

I am always shocked to see that city folk don't even keep food on hand for disasters and such. The last disaster I was in was the Great Alaska Earthquake in 1964. We are overdue for something...and I want to be ready.