23,000 BTU kerosene heater will heat a 1500 square ft house in 25 degree weather

Midnight shift

Well all it does is move the plate thing back and forth so you get an even burn, it works ok.
Yeah the instructions re the wick look even more convoluted than trying to put the thing together with unknown parts

Mine works the same

Little spring moves the wick around

It’s a hot sum bitch

They definitely work

If it was 30 degrees outside right now

It would be 80 degrees in my house

Like I said, I only fire this thing when it’s -20 below

Fiberglass doesn't wear out except very slowly. The cotton wicks do burn-out slowly. If the cotton wicks are allowed to burn dry, they will turn to ash on the final 1/4 inch and the wick will need to be "trimmed" of that ash next fill. The cotton wicks only have about an inch to burn, so 3 or 4 burns to dry is all they are good for. Moral--don't let the fuel burn out in the cotton-wick heaters.

Believe it or not

My instructions said the same about my fiber wick

Burn down to E or Empty

But don’t burn it dry, ruins the wick

It’s definitely a wing it system

But it works

Propane heater for the inside, Kerosene for the garage.

Propane won't make carbon monoxide. Again, it's impossible for it to make carbon monoxide by the nature of propane combustion. It does however create lots of moisture. Ok for inside, but bad for tools (rust).

Kerosene heaters make carbon monoxide, so you have to have a small gap for fresh air in the space your trying to heat. No problem for the garage. Doesn't make the moisture that propane does.

Yes, we are aware of that, like OP my place is an old farmhouse not sealed up and I do keep a window partly open. the heater gets so hot you don't even notice

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we'll be soooo happy with Bernie, or Hillary or the Pokey Haunted, that we'll drink the free kerosene

Important facts

Good to know

I like those wall propane heaters they’re selling

What ever you choose

Always have a back up

GLP crew gets it

Why are you talking to yourself?

Don't you know the user number give it away?

Keep it stored in a sealed metal container and it will last a long time. Don't store it in plastic very long or it will degrade.

I gave up on too cold of climates but can you tell me why you would heat a whole house? I'm just going with data from where I live but a bedroom is lightly heated with an oil heater to maybe 4-5C and then the woodstove is going so the main living is too hot not to open a door and the rest of the house can...well be cold. The whole place is about 1400sq ft and I only go there from my cabin if there is a power outage anyhow. I heat for about $7.00 a month with an oil rad but chip in on a 1/4 cord (1 1/2 cord for all year) in case I need to walk 35 steps next door.

I used some last winter that had been stored 27 years in a sealed metal container and somewhat to my surprise it burned just fine!

02:00

Steady 76 degrees at house core

Kerosene heater saved the day

Good back up when life gives you lemons

Stay warm GLP

There is some whack info in here. Propane most certainly can produce carbon monoxide during combustion. Glad people are advising to keep a window cracked and have CO detectors but shit if it contains carbon and you're burning it, then CO is going to form if there isn't full combustion. Stay safe & warm.

I bought a Japanese electronic heater - Qlima 3531 brand. I am very satisfied and I recommend it.

The power is variable between 1 - 3.1 kw, the temperature selection ranges from LOW (1 kw - 0.11 liter / hour) till HIGH (3.1kw - 0.33 liter / hour). The fan distributes the heat extremely fast.

It is relatively quiet and can be used at night to sleep. It has several safety systems that turn off when it is hit, when the air is blackened or when the flame does not burn blue, when it overheats, and so on ...

In minimum (1kw) you can burn almost two days (45 hours) with a 5-liter load of kerosene in the internal tank.

The device needs an electrical connection to operate - between 70-120 watts. If you have a not very reliable electrical distribution, it can be a problem ...

I use it with JET A-1 jet fuel. The liter costs 1.32 euro. It burns perfectly well.

Try using it with kerosene (RED DIESEL) sold at gas stations - 0.96 euro / liter ... It burns, but very badly and made smoke and smell. Not recommended.

Qlima brand prepackaged fuel is extremely expensive - 2.25 euro / liter of regular quality and the premium costs 2.50 euro / liter. Absolutely crazy.

Not exposed to air or any other contamination, kept in steel, glass or ceramic, I've read kero from WWII still burns properly. I've had mine stored for 14 years in sealed steel 5 GL cans and it burns the same as new.

Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

Acts 3:6

Thanks for reminding me to drag mine out

I used a kerosene heater for many years a long time ago. I had a carbon monoxide detector. It NEVER showed any level at all of CO.

They do recommend some ventilation. Houses are not that air tight and a lot of air exchanges happen in a day through air leaks.

If you want an emergency heat source kerosene is about the only way to go. Kerosene can be kept for a long time.

With the cost today it is for emergency use only.

Good thing to have

Furnaces break at the worst possible times

You gotta have something

A1 is much cleaner than K1

Um except for wood stove and no need to poison yourself with any level of co

I have a 55k btu torpedo heater I keep on hand in case the furnace fails, I have a wood stove too but that won't help if I have to go to work.

It needs electricity but it's more of my plan on case of furnace failure not power outage. I have a generator with about a week worth of fuel so I'm covered there unless it's SHTF.

I keep 10 gallons of kero on had but after that it would be heating oil from my main tank, I have run the heater in my garage on Diesel and it didn't register any CO on my meter which has a digital display. I still probably wouldn't sleep in there with it running, I'd use the torpedo when I'm at work then fire up the wood stove when I got home.

Good deal

Those torpedos are nice

I want one too

Wish I had a wood stove

Weight in gold

OH YEAH! I’m sitting by mine right now, 6am here and toasty! (and morning soldier)