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Not as powerful, but gets good reviews, made in Japan??? - not a bad price, looks better deal than messing with Chinese diesel heaters?
Might do some research on it..
Might do some research on it..
waddycall
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I say this every time you bring this heater up. Apologies if it’s boring just think it needs to be mentioned. It’s not designed to run on kerosene. It’s designed to run on C1 paraffin which is more refined. It may run ok on kerosene but you don’t know what it may or may not be kicking out in terms of emissions.
Do you get a painful upper nasal reaction? I do, can detect diesel fumes at 100m, even if I can't smell them.
I really suffer as well. Hate the smell of kero. Always wear gloves. Even gas fires and lpg cars set me off but this burns really clean.
They only stink for a few minutes at startup and shutdown. Other than that it's a really nice heat. Needs a bit of ventilation so not for a modern house. Fine in an old farmhouse or workshop.
Obviously there is an open flame in there so no spraying wd40 or paint close by.
Yes it needs mains. But an inverter on a car battery would do it. They do the old fashioned wick type which don't need power but they do stink.
Inverter heaters you need to search for.
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Mine is 4.6kw but very hard to find. 3.2 seems the normal.
I have had to service mine 3 times due to cooking oil contamination. Was using the same jerry cans for my chainsaw.
Just strip down and clean the combustion chamber. Pretty easy.
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Mine is 4.6kw but very hard to find. 3.2 seems the normal.
I have had to service mine 3 times due to cooking oil contamination. Was using the same jerry cans for my chainsaw.
Just strip down and clean the combustion chamber. Pretty easy.
I know but as I keep saying our c2 is also ultra low sulphur now. I am very sensitive to fume. Trust me it is far far better than a calor gas heater.
No problems in 3 years or so. They are very popular in Japan and Europe.
Paraffin is very expensive and defeats the object.
If you have decent ventilation then better than the diesel type. They are all very similar to mine.
And no it doesn't last 15hrs flat out. 10 I would say. But you get a real 4.6kw. I would say the 3kw version produces as much heat as the so called 8kw diesel heaters. It's all down to fuel usage. The diesel heaters only use 0.5L an hour which equals less than 4kw of actual heat.
@fizzy thanks for posting this, there are a fair few recent posts on the same theme - but it's the season..
The "best" type of heater for my needs would be this ilk.
Running a 3kw electric fan type & charging a hybrid off the same garage supply plus tools etc and needing to heat a new workshop shed aint working out.
But, "never buy in season" a stove maker mate used to tell me, so ballsing it out until spring when they will come down in price.
But as at @waddycall what is a good source of C1 grade paraffin in cica 20L quantities ?
I do. Just because you cant smell fumes doesnt mean there arent any. There must be. Combustion is taking place.
Plus of course, loads of water being generated.
Not for me im afraid.
