[Homestead] Kerosene

Rob becida at comcast.net
Sat Nov 1 21:07:58 EDT 2008


I have a kerosene heater for backup heat. I'd used kerosene for heat 
before and knew about the smell, I have 4 gallons of "odorless" 
kerosene heater fuel in case it's needed. I tried it two winters back 
and it worked well.

When I bought the 'odorless fuel' it was a lot less than what wm had 
it for today. The last time I bought kerosene in Minnesota I went to 
a bulk dealer and pumped the 10 gallons and it was a lot less than 
the prepackaged.

Rob
becida at comcast.net




At  11/1/2008 05:33 PM,EarthNSky wrote:
>How do you tolerate the smell?  They seem to give me a headache.
>I have one, but I have it relegated to the greenhouse.
>
>B
>
>Marie McHarry wrote:
> > That's an insane amount for kerosene. I haven't gotten any this year,
> > but it's usually about the price of diesel. I have two kerosene
> > heaters, and they are nice for immediate space comfort -- keep the
> > house at 50 and the spot where I am comfortably warm. The cats like
> > them a lot too.  :)
> >
> > Marie
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Rob <becida at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> I was down at Walmart  for some motor oil and as I walked by the part
> >> of the store where they have the heater  they had A-1 Kerosene on an
> >> end cap. A 2.3 gal jug for $21.
> >> That's a lot of money....
> >>



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