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Default kerosene heater?

On Oct 27, 2:50*pm, Oren wrote:

Last time I looked a few years ago, kerosene was selling at HD for
$35.00 for a 5 gallon can.


Like their hardwood, HD's price on Kerosene is obscene. Ditto a lot
of hardware stores. I heated my garage shop with kerosene until this
past year when I changed to a radiant natural gas heater. I could buy
kerosene from a few local co-ops or oil companies for slightly more
than diesel fuel.

While the heater did a good job in the garage, I would not use one in
the house. My shop had garage doors that allowed some air exchange.
Even at that it did begin to smell when the fuel ran low; and during
the startup and shut down process. Besides that, it is an un-vented
device and running it full time could be dangerous.

RonB