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12-04-2006, 02:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 178
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Consider a Rinnai propane heater (permanent install that vents outside via pipe-in-a-pipe). Not cheap initially,but easy to install yourself. Get a small tank from the gas supplier and you're all set.
Very safe,efficient and cheap to run, it's WELL worth it. It's great to have real heat out there....I practically live out in my shop.
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12-04-2006, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Attleboro, MA
Posts: 453
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Sounds great but pricey......but not economical at this time. Garage is not insulated. Just wouldn't make sense to spend a lot of $$ on this right now. Eventually the shop will be insulated and be upgraded.
Need safe, cheap, quick heat to last a couple hours, a couple days a week. My spinner is a heated box so the heat is for me, not the work!!
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12-04-2006, 09:27 PM
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Jburt
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Falmouth
Posts: 338
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my parents have a house on the vineyard that isn't winterized, when i use it in the late fall and early spring i have been using a kerosene heater. i just got it last year, but it worked amazingly well. most of the fall wasn't that bad but that first weekend in november was super cold and that heater kept my girlfriend and i toasty...not that she didn't kee me warm enough  
why are you afraid to use it? |
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12-04-2006, 09:48 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
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mugz i use exactly what you are talking about. Been using it for about three years now and it works fine for me. I go through about 3-4 tanks over the winter.
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12-04-2006, 10:03 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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THose work great I use one in the ice fishing shack, and it takes the chill out. I would invest in a couple of rolls of insulation, some staples,and some plastic that would be your best bet.
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12-04-2006, 10:07 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Order a 100 lb tank from the propane company. Worth the hassle, that way you won't run out just as you start to spray!!
And leave it outside also, never had a problem with it out there even at 30 below.
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12-05-2006, 09:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Attleboro, MA
Posts: 453
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightprowler
my parents have a house on the vineyard that isn't winterized, when i use it in the late fall and early spring i have been using a kerosene heater. i just got it last year, but it worked amazingly well. most of the fall wasn't that bad but that first weekend in november was super cold and that heater kept my girlfriend and i toasty...not that she didn't kee me warm enough
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I am worried about fumes with the kerosene heater. It's an older model...but the thing is big (bazooka type). Has wheels. Not sure of the BTU's or what size tank it is....looks like 5+ gallons to me.
Where the hell do I buy kerosene anyways? I think I've seen them in 1 gallon cans at the hardware store.
Maybe I'll clean it this weekend and try to fire it up. I'll bring out my carbon dioxide alarm just in case. |
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12-05-2006, 10:00 AM
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Jburt
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Falmouth
Posts: 338
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there is a gas station near me that has a k-1 kerosene pump. just go and fill-er up when i need. on mv it was $3/gallon, so im sure it is cheaper on the mainland. there is a place here in falmouth that fills them also, im not sure the name though.
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12-05-2006, 10:03 AM
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Jburt
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Falmouth
Posts: 338
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I also found that with regards to fumes, its all in the adjustment of the wick. i was having nasty smoke and fumes, so i actually read the instructions and it turns out i was burning with to much wick. as the heater warmed up i had to keep decreasing the amount of exposed wick. I never burned it when i was out or when i went to sleep. my girlfriends dad who gave me mine uses one in his basement to supplement his heating, keeps his costs down. he just lights it up and keeps it going all the time. the heat rises up through and warms his floors.
and with regards to cleaning, the instruction manual had a nice section on dry burning the wick and how to clean to get the optimum performance out of the heater.
its amazing what those little manuals can do for ya
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12-05-2006, 06:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ake G
Consider a Rinnai propane heater (permanent install that vents outside via pipe-in-a-pipe). Not cheap initially,but easy to install yourself. Get a small tank from the gas supplier and you're all set.
Very safe,efficient and cheap to run, it's WELL worth it. It's great to have real heat out there....I practically live out in my shop.
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I heat my home in Truro from April 1 to Thanksgiving weekend with Rinnai heaters. Worth every cent. |
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