On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:12:00 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Keros...el-CV-2230/dp/
B000A6D1IC

Maybe 2 of them. Want to look locally first to avoid the shipping hit.
Got plenty of room in the garage for a couple 5-gal cans of kerosene.
BTU-wise kerosene looks like a winner. The heater John mentioned is
electric, and probably won't make a dent in the garage when it's in the
teens or lower, as it often is here.

Make sure you use K-1 kerosene. It has a lower sulfur content, and your
nose will appreciate the difference.

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:22:52 -0600, thunder
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:12:00 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Keros...el-CV-2230/dp/
B000A6D1IC

Maybe 2 of them. Want to look locally first to avoid the shipping hit.
Got plenty of room in the garage for a couple 5-gal cans of kerosene.
BTU-wise kerosene looks like a winner. The heater John mentioned is
electric, and probably won't make a dent in the garage when it's in the
teens or lower, as it often is here.

Make sure you use K-1 kerosene. It has a lower sulfur content, and your
nose will appreciate the difference.

Right. Have to find a kerosene supply now, as I ordered 2 of the
heaters above.
You mentioned propane before, and though it has some advantages,
there's a couple disadvantages. The propane cost as you mentioned,
and noise. Irritates some people. I don't like the gas/flame myself
unless I'm cutting metal.
There is some doubt that they pollute the air less than a well-run
kerosene heater too.
Most of guys who use propane also say you usually get substantially
shorted on bottle refills/swaps.
Here's something else that might be of interest.
Went to the Northern Tool site and shipping is $5 less than Amazon for
1 heater and was $14 less for 2 (and that's with 4 wicks thrown into
the order.)
From now on I'll check the supplier's site before I order from Amazon.
A buck is a buck.
Anyway, the wife was all for it too, as she wants a back-up if the
power goes out.

--Vic

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:48:10 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:22:52 -0600, thunder
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:12:00 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Keros...el-CV-2230/dp/
B000A6D1IC

Maybe 2 of them. Want to look locally first to avoid the shipping hit.
Got plenty of room in the garage for a couple 5-gal cans of kerosene.
BTU-wise kerosene looks like a winner. The heater John mentioned is
electric, and probably won't make a dent in the garage when it's in the
teens or lower, as it often is here.

Make sure you use K-1 kerosene. It has a lower sulfur content, and your
nose will appreciate the difference.

If you don't have a bulk plant or a gas station that sells K1 by the
gallon in your container, be prepared for sticker shock.
It can easily be $10-15 a gallon in the gallon can if you buy it in a
hardware store.
I suppose just about anything would burn in one of these, maybe even
low VOC paint thinner.
You could always burn diesel, if you want to dream you are Sonny
Pruit.

Don't want anything but K-1 in a wick heater. Some guys burn diesel
in kerosene salamanders though.
Looks like this may be the best, but I'll have to call the store first
and find out more about this "ship to store" and pricing.
About $7 a gallon with tax.
Never saw this kind of deal before.
http://doitbest.com/Paint+thinner+an...487.dib#online

Hope I don't end up moving a couple 5-gal kerosene cans around the
garage to get them "out of the way" for the next 10 years.
Always that chance though.

--Vic

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:29 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


Don't want anything but K-1 in a wick heater. Some guys burn diesel in
kerosene salamanders though.

I found a source that seems pretty informative. If you haven't already,
you may want to check it out. Bye the bye, the guy suggests Jet A fuel
is the cleanest.

http://www.milesstair.com/