Kerosene heater questions

[AK Troutbum]

Just wondering if anybody uses Dana-Glo (or similar), kerosene heaters regularly, and if so, I was wondering if you ever burned anything besides kerosene (ie., diesel), in them? I have a Dana-Glo kerosene heater that I use regularly during the winter at our cabin, but the price of kerosene is unbelievably expensive up here. The cheapest I’m able to find it in the Anchorage area is $17.20 a gallon, so I was just wondering if anybody was using an alternative, like #1 diesel fuel, and not having any issues with it.


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[mtnobsessed]

Just wondering if anybody uses Dana-Glo (or similar), kerosene heaters regularly, and if so, I was wondering if you ever burned anything besides kerosene (ie., diesel), in them? I have a Dana-Glo kerosene heater that I use regularly during the winter at our cabin, but the price of kerosene is unbelievably expensive up here. The cheapest I’m able to find it in the Anchorage area is $17.20 a gallon, so I was just wondering if anybody was using an alternative, like #1 diesel fuel, and not having any issues with it.


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Diesel is all I use in them. Maybe used kerosene once 20 years ago but it was expensive so stuck with diesel. You can smell it a little more though. Have a smaller maybe 30,000-40,000 btu heater that has been great for 10+ years. The larger 150,000+ heaters burn fine but tend to be problematic on automatic restart at times but I think that's pretty normal from what I've heard from friends as well.

 

[Rich M]

I tried using diesel from a tractor to light a camp fire and it wouldn't light with a match. Is it diff in a heater?

Kerosene is expensive. I had always thought kerosene, no. 2 heating oil, and diesel were same.

 

[Choupique]

thought kerosene, no. 2 heating oil, and diesel were same

Technically, not exactly. They are so similar that I would use them interchangeably for any type of heater.