oldbikedavey
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If the starting fuel setting is excessive, it'll do a fair impersonation of a pulse jet, which is more than a bit frightening...
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The first time I had it running I went through the set up with the trimmer/fine adjustment screw so that it's low on 1 and high on 6 with 3 being in the middle as opposed to a bit high or low. Took a few minutes of 'tweak and wait' but worth doing.
oldbikedavey
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Perhaps one of the greatest virtues of the things is their entirely unobtrusive reliability.
No fuss, no drama, no noise or attention seeking, just abundant, economical and safe warmth....
No fuss, no drama, no noise or attention seeking, just abundant, economical and safe warmth....
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We had two in the house when we bought it. Not the cylindrical type, more like an old storage heater. Very effective and ran on heating oil.
As for books, nothing, just filled them up and lit with a bit of firestarter.
They now sit in the shed, as we have central heat with rads.
As for books, nothing, just filled them up and lit with a bit of firestarter.
They now sit in the shed, as we have central heat with rads.
Cato
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I'm finding it to be brilliant for the workshop as it's a dry/indirect heat. Seems to work best on 3 which keeps the workshop around 10 degrees.
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These come up on auctions ex. military, some never lit.
Always looked at them as a possible workshop/garage heater.
Always looked at them as a possible workshop/garage heater.
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Really well, even on the coldest days, which it has to be said aren't particularly cold although you'd never know that from the media and Met office hysteria.
The only difference being that it takes longer to warm the workshop up, it still brings it up to a decent 8 - 10 degrees.I chose the position carefully which has worked out well as it keeps the area around the benches and lathe warm enough for comfort when standing or sitting still, with the opposite end of the workshop a few degrees lower where I do more moving about type work. I haven't altered the metering valve setting from 3 which seems to be the 'Goldilocks' setting to balance the amount of fuel it uses with a decent heat output. At no point from first lighting to full running does it make any smoke or fumes, a genuinely impressive clean burn.
I think overall I'd give it a solid 9/10 and would definitely recommend one to anyone needing heading.
