shop heater

[MadDog]

HGM: Kero does have some odor, but you don't notice it very much after you have been using it for a while. My barn is vented, primarily in order to control condensation. I doubt that it has much affect on odor.

Hope this helps

 

[HGM]

Tdog,
Sorry... I didnt mean to hijack your thread.. I hope you got some info you were looking for out of it, I know I have... Thanks guys..

 

[Tdog]

HGM, not a problem. I wondered about kerosine vs propane too.

I did break down & order that forced air heater - - it was shipped yesterday. It will come just in time for our return to 70 degree weather. Oh well.

Jack

 

[HGM]

Yea, thats what I'm afraid of too..... Though you may have gotten a better deal when it starts to warm and they dont sell... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[PineRidge]

<font color="blue"> PineRidge - - was that a kerosene or propane torpedo heater? </font>

We were using kerosene. Your sense of smell acclimatizes to most any smell over a period of time. I have been in some real bad basements in my younger days and the homeowner never even realized that they had a problem. They had lived with it for so long they didn't even know that it smelled.

That said I could always tell when I walked into any home that burned fuel oil from the odor.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm thinking of a Mr. Heater forced air propane heater for my shop. $119 for 30000-55000 BTU, model MN55FAV. Anyone have data on one of these??

Thanks,

Jack )</font>

I wouldn't recommend Mr. Heater to my worst enemy.

I've had 4 of them .
2 of them quit working within a year and couldn't be fixed.
The 3rd one caught on fire twice.
The 4th one I just hooked up a couple of months ago.
It exploded 3 or 4 days ago singeing my hair and eyebrows and would have burned down the building if i hadn't of had a half gallon jug setting close buy that was half filled with water

The things are nothing but a disaster waiting to happen ! ! !

 

[MadDog]

Hot d*mn, LB59, now you've got me worried. I bought one for my barn this winter (75k btu w/ thermostat) and it has been working fine. But I'm sure gonna keep a close eye on it now. But I bought a kero burning model. Hopefully, although it might still cr*p out, it's less of a risk to explode, at least.

 

[SnowRidge]

OK, I've just got to know. What made you buy a fourth, or even a third, if they are that bad?

Was nothing else available?

Inquiring minds and all that.......

 

[Tdog]

Well, LB59, you are too late to stop me. It came in a couple of days ago when the temp was ~~73 degrees. I put it together & fired it up. I'll give it a try in the next couple of days as a new cold front is moving in. And, I'll sure keep an eye on it. Were any of your units still under warranty? Anyone else have similar problems?

Thanks

 

[PineRidge]

Junkman just finished up installing a Mr. Heater in his garage. The burners wouldn't fire for more than a couple of seconds when the heater was fired for the first time. Turns out his had a defective printed circuit board. I wasn't real impressed with what the factory was telling him to check, and it sounded to me like they were going to replace parts one at a time until it was right.

I knew a few old HVAC technicians that worked the very same way, glad they weren't working for me at the time. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That said I have a Reznor unit heater in our attached garage and an identical Reznor unit heater in our pole barn. Never had a minutes problem with either unit. Reznor makes a quality product.