Good job I usually don’t stay long on videos but I watch yours to the end because I could tell you know what you’re talking about. Thanks.

Another KZfaqr did a temp read. These things reach over 600 degrees! I’m impressed. I actually picked one up yesterday. Thanks for the helpful tips!

I found this information very helpful and appreciate your posting it, getting tired of being a victim of the Texas Grid!

I live in the mtns of NC and we have one of those we got back from the blizzard of 1993 when it snowed 5ft, I was 7 at the time and have never used it and I just got it out and was wondering about cleaning it up and getting a new wick and using it in my out building and this video cleared up everything I was concerned about with it, thanks a lot I subscribed to your channel.

All good information to know. I've got several that we keep at the ready

Thank you for easing my fears. I needed a heat alternative to electric and got one of these. But I have been afraid to use it. Thank you for this education!

Stumbled on this, I just bought a kerosene heater about 3 or 3 weeks ago. I use it in my living room sporadically, for about an hour & one half. I do plan on getting one of those little fans, but I REALLY like the big one. Winter in the desert can get a bit nippy, so it's not going to be used THAT much. Thanks for all your tips.

Excellent video, thank you. Now the search is on for that kettle fan, and thanks for the links!

@Greg Hall, great info. Thanks

I've used those before. It will heat a good sized room fine. And just leave bedroom doors open. 20,000 BTU. I didn't have a fan. The fires are from where people set them. Don't put near a window with curtains, furniture etc.

Thank you. Great video

Some smart ideas here! You’ve got me thinking about sterling engine fans that use heat to power the fan without ever converting to electricity, making them much more efficient. I’ll have to get one of these old surplus military ones and convert it

Great video! Thanks!

Ive used a lighter for 10 years on the same heater with original wick without failure. Just figured I'd throw that out there!

Wonderful videos glad I found them. Kerosene seems like such an economical fuel source for cooking and heating. I think it gets forgotten about with it being more of an "old school" method compared to our Mr buddy propane heaters, msr isobutane stoves etc. Ir can be a bit daunting looking at a lot of these used older stoves and tech for someone whose never seen it before. But for the cost of kerosene and how far your dollar goes its such an excellent option. I'm in the middle of Canada in a bigger city so unfortunately I don't own a wood stove. It gets extremely cold here in the prairies with minus 30 celcius or minys 40 celcius isn't abnormal in the winter. My plans for temporary heating before was just a Mr buddy running of a 20l with a fuel filter and hose. Adding a kerosene heater and hopefully a stove soon will be fantastic. I've already got some feuerhand oil lamps.

Great video. Very informative 👏 👌 👍 😀

thanks for your knowledge ,

Heater works fine by itself no need to buy the fan

Yes I still have my 2 heaters from the ice storm in Montreal in 98 ..still running on the same wicks

Anyone knows how many liters these heaters consume per hour please? Thanks for the info and your effort!

Thank you sir.

I used my woodstove fans for my 9000 BTU kerosene heaters and I noticed that even though they work just fine, the kerosene heaters get hotter than what the woodstove fan temperature is rated for. I read in your comment section that the woodstove fan will eventually burn up because of this excessive heat and for this reason, I have decided to use my ceiling fan instead the woodstove fan and save my woodstove fans for power outage use only.

😪There was a Old Man that I knew that called the Police because the flame🔥was to high and he did not know what to do, heater was New to him. This Cop showed up and tried to push the kerosene heater with a broom to get it outside of this mans garage. The Cop knocked it over and caught the mans garage and home on fire. 🔥🔥Total loss. True story ! 😪

Thanks you for the video, I bought one at Lowe's the big storm coming

Thank you very helpfull!

I have a the model 2301 heater, got mine in 1999 use it when it really gets cold, I have never had a problem with mine, I use the long reach matchs, 75 matchs to a box

Thank you

Can you use high-grade diesel fuel? Someone said that with a bit of rubbing alcohol in it one can use diesel.

good stuff thank you

What it legs are cold to the knees then from there to your belly button if kind warm then to your tights cold. What do I do.

I can't find that surplus fan anywhere online? anybody have any links? I am using a cast iron fry pan on top to keep the heat from going up to the ceiling, but that fan looks like a great idea.

What model could you recommend for not pinned wick kerosene heater? Please help me as I was paying $1500 monthly for my electric studio type apartment. Thanks in advance, appreciate it.

15 years of kerosene devices in use is enough to offer advice. Batteries quickly die and the holder rusts. I get cheap boxes of matches at Dollar Tree. Long type butane lighters that are refillable are easy to maintain and refill.

I could not find the kettle fan. Your link is only a post. No link to buy one.

Could I sit a metal pan with a little water on top of a kerosene heater to help with dry air?

The problem I see is that 1 gallon of kerosene only lasts maybe half a day. So if you had to use the heater for at least 21 days since the roads were closed as you say, that means you must have had over 40 gallons of kerosene on hand. Do you always keep that much kerosene on hand? How long will the kerosene still be good if several years go by without needing to use it?

Do you have a link where one can order one of those fans?

Do you have an updated site for that fan.

Thanks but how often do we change the wick?

Glad I found your video. I have been looking at kerosene heaters. Used one in Japan years ago and I don't know why they have a bad rap. How do know if it has a pinned wick or not? or did you mean to buy one to with the heater that is not pinned.

I learnt a lot, I have a request for you to please write down all the other items you mentioned in the video including the website. Thank you.

Have you worked w radiant heaters? Good info. Thanks.

Gotta ask: can I burn jet A fuel in my heater? Kerosene is impossible to find unless I'm at lowes and 1 gallon is $14.00

I have searched and searched for a kettle fan unsuccessfully. Any ideas? This would be a good thing for an engineer minded person could make available

What color is the flame supposed to be , blue or orange ?

Do you light the heater outside and then bring it inside?

we use a tower fan near it and it heat most of the house fine

Love it! Where do you get that fan? I’m heating with one!

👍 Thanks

Were did you find that fan????

Do you know where to buy the kettle fan?

cant you use a ceiling fan? or a normal fan from a distance?

Cheap lighting replacement is a piece of spaghetti, which keeps you from getting burnt

It is a 23000 BTU Envirotemp Omni 230 style C. I have one...made in Ja!

Can you leave these heaters on over night?

You can never tell what the weather is going to do here in Texas.

I have some kerosene I’ve had in Jerry cans for over 10 years. Can I still use it!

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how long does a gallon of kerosene last?

i was going to use a heater like this for winter tent camping but was worried about the smell

Can i burn diesel in mine?

That fan is impossible to find now. Not sure why it was discontinued.

What do you mean by "PIN" - what is it?

This is very helpful information, but it doesn't help showing the kettlefan since it not available. Please show us another type of fan that is available that would help to distribute the heat.

Kerosene is expensive compared to Diesel... I have found videos of people using diesel by adding an oz of 90% Isophrel Alcohol and using it for years... What say you?

2.5 gallons of 1K kerosene at Fleet Farm in Wisconsin costs $20.99; I haven't used my heater yet but read that 2.5 gallons will burn about 15 hours; in one 24/7 week that would take 11.2 containers of kerosene, costing approximately $235.00 in fuel. That's freak'n expensive!!!

Run it on diesel. It's cheaper and burns hotter (diesel puts out more BTUs because there's no wax in it) Kerosene stinks and is too dam expensive. And if you can, install a ceiling fan above it (or small fan blowing down from above) really helps distribute the heat.

Miles Stare's website has a lot of kerosene information

Finding Kerosene is hard to find. Can't find a gas station that sells it and it's about $10 a gallon in stores.

Your army "direct heat to electricity" fan sits directly on top of the heater. All the heaters I see for sale have the wire grid over top. So, the solution is,,,,?

How many 'dumb ones' are left? Are we near the end yet?

92 matches

$5.99 per gallon ....5 hours warmth....any questions ?

Greg I think you doing a good job but you would really benefit from an editor so that you could shorten your 15 minute videos to 5 or 10 minutes tops the information is good but the presentation is L-O-N-G

What is a pinned wick ? Be nice is you showed it.

$800 for a thermo-electric fan? What a ridiculous proposition. At that price better to buy a portable generator to run a $30 fan, a fridge and a bunch of lights as well.

Forgive my ignorance. Is this model pinned?

Don't burn cotton wicks dry, only fiberglass.

I dont know what the hell U talking about. if You talking about something that no one has no idea about it show a picture at least.

Thank you