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To: jbe who wrote (521)	12/6/1998 8:34:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 888

jbe--I have a KeroHeat cylindrical kerosene heater which gives 10-12 hours of heat on one refill. I will check the instructions for the size of the fuel container. (I need to do this anyway to gage what size fuel tank I need.) It cranks 22,000 BTU. I've only had to use it a few times myself. I have heard it mentioned on another thread that you can cook on a KeroHeat if you remove the top grate and place the pan directly on the top of the heater. Never tried it myself. I certainly wouldn't put a large or heavy pot on it. Perfectly safe to heat with, but you will need some ventilation (crack the window.) Store any combustible fuel away from the house. I also have an Alladin watchman lamp. Was also told you could heat food in a pot over the lamp if you had some kind of tripod stand to place the pot on. Never tried it myself. The lamp itself is like a heater and will run you out of the room if it is at all warm outside. If you get the wall mount holder, hang a small mirror behind the lamp and you'll be amazed at amount of light you get. Mine has a conventional style shade to cut the glare which also unfortunately cuts the light, so the mirror really helps and I must say looks rather attractive. Perfectly safe. Again crack the window for some ventilation. (I keep my lamp oil in the garage. It is just highly refined kerosene and I probably should keep it there since it is attached to the house.) I have a coleman propane stove for cooking off numerous 20 lb. tanks using an adapter hose. Coleman makes a propane heater that runs about $100 bucks on sale. I have not had any experience with them. I use my lamp and stoves so infrequently that I have to reacquiant myself with them every winter (or summer in the case of the camp stove.) I think the key to safe operation is do a dry run on each lamp/stove, but only after you've read the instructions again and again. Other than wood for the fireplace, kerosene, propane and lamp oil are my fuel sources. At this point I do not want the attention, noise, and expense of a generator. Solar in the winter is not reliable in my neck of the woods. I won't go off the grid until I can get an affordable proton emission fuel cell. I'll most likely be dead by then. "flatsville"

To: jbe who wrote (521)	12/6/1998 10:35:00 PM
From: foobert	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 888

What you say is true! I know. I work in a pressure cooker.

To: jbe who wrote (521)	12/7/1998 12:47:00 AM
From: Scripts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 888

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.