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To: jbe who wrote (521)	12/7/1998 12:47:00 AM
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I have been looking into Kerosene heaters from about a month. I was able to contact 4 people on the internet who were caught by the Montreal ice storm last winter and who were without electricity for upto a month. The first thing I learned is to buy your heater before you need it and the fuel as well. There won't be any if you need one. No one recommends heating food on the top of a kerosene heater and the new ones sold this year in Canada are built such that this is less practical than with the older versions with a grate at the top. A 10 000 BTU heater uses a quarter of a litre of K1 fuel per hour and these new ones can not be regulated to produce less heat as this process produces CO and a few people died in Montreal for this reason. It is not recommended that everybody in a room sleep with the heater going so you should plan on burning fuel about 18-20 hours per day depending on the temp and how long you sleep. Kerosene is not kept under pressure and you can make up your own mind on whether you want a flaming cylinder or hose if a leak occurs in you rec room. There are several dealers on the web in the US and 1 or 2 in Canada.

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