Paraffin Heater On Diesel ?

[maccavvy]

Ive got a paraffin heater to keep the chill off in the garage.

 

Can it be run on red diesel, as I can get that cheap , paraffin is expensive long term .

Edited December 30, 2014 by maccavvy

[tractor]

yep it will run on the vat free stuff

[Guest peter2b2002]

Bit smelly

Peter2b

[Guest mark little]

Is it one of those jet heaters you can get from machine Mart, I've got one and its multi fuel so there shouldn't be a problem.

[tractor]

cant beat the smell of burnin diesel in the mornin

[Guest 2b cruising]

Yeh, it gets you to cough all the muck off your chest.

Probably why I've ended up with copd. Bin messing with diesel, brake dust etc all my life. Ain't funny now though.

[maccavvy]

No it's a greenhouse frost heater type.

[tractor]

yes it will work in that

[fry61]

Be very careful -- burning one litre of diesel/ heating oil (28sec) / paraffin will put one litre of water into the garage -- so if not well vented (& it probably won't be cause the doors shut to keep the warmth in) & all your shiney bits/tools will be red-rusty in days.

 

Plus you will be breathing the products of combustion; the answer is electric heating (expensive.) or a wood burner with proper chimney.

[maccavvy]

cheers for the replys .

 

it do work on gas oil ,got the flame low enough not to smoke. its only to keep the frost away , garage is a little damp ,hopefully sorting this year.

 

@ florin ..it is well vented ,all seems ok so far. electric is impossible ,wood burner impractical too, as the garage is remote from my house.

interested to see how the burning diesel puts water into the garage ,my idea is to remove the chill to stop damp, will this make it worse ??

[fry61]

From what I remember ( so may not be gospel) all hydrocarbons when burnt in air will produce water vapour -- "smoke" is mainly dirty water vapour -- check your car exhaust on start-up on a cold morning, the visible output from the exhaust is water vapour; or hold a thickish sheet of metal over the hot "air" coming from your greenhouse heater -- the plate will get wet before it gets hot. HTH

[chris n]

Bob is spot on for every kg of diesel fuel burnt 1.38 kg water vapours are made, plus 3.106 kg CO2 is also produced

[maccavvy]

so would this make my garage damper due to extra vapour or not enough and gets vented out. ??

[Guest 2b cruising]

I recon leave it out unless you are working in there and want to warm your hands now and then. There is also the danger that if it gets tipped over somehow. Always some rubbish knocking about in the garage to soak up the fuel and catch fire.