wiskersnatch Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Up until April we were able to but (edit - Buy) paraffin for the heaters at most brico places. It seemed to disappear overnight and at the same time the garages here started selling something called ‘Petrole Lampant’ or something like that. Is this the same stuff. I ask because on the pump at the station there is a sticker which says not suitable for mobile units. All of our heaters are mobile. Have Leclerc stopped selling the 20L drums of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 We don't use the stuff, but as far as I can see from googling Petrole lampant it is paraffin. http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/p%C3%A9trole%20lampantWhy you can't use it in mobile kit I have no idea?We have always been totally amaised that the supermarkets have thousands of litres of it piled up near the checkouts. The English health and safety would have a fit if it was tried there. There would be a mountain of EU regs against it, not even thinking of the fire regs!![:-))]The secondary effect of the sale of all the paraffin is, of course, all the dehumidifier things to get rid of the gallons of water the paraffin throws into the air when it's burned! Talk about "it all makes work for the working man to do"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 We found the same instant shortage a few weeks ago, When I asked I was told ...."Its summer"... no more petrole until next winter. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I have not yet fathomed out how/why the awful stuff is still so popular here? My Mum used to have to cook n it when we were in Malta in the mid 50s! Yuk!!Why do people still use it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 JJ,If you have no heating in the house, what do you use?We searched without success for a portable bottle gas heater, then resorted to petrole. Its convenient, effective and portable. Yes, its "wet" heat but thats better than no heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 [quote user="powerdesal"]We found the same instant shortage a few weeks ago, When I asked I was told ...."Its summer"... no more petrole until next winter. [:(][/quote]It's no different to the brico's rotating the wood burners and electric radiators etc, with the garden furniture, inflatable pools, and barbecues according to the season.I've still got a SuperSur portable gas heater kicking around somewhere and I guess I can get bottles to fit it here although they probably wouldn't take my existing one in exchange. I have also got a 110kw space heater for those chilly days in the garage and that will run on petrole or diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 You remind me, Little Ern of many years ago and a house warming given by a motor trade chum in his new bungalow.By midnight and with no central heating, the stragglers or determined boozers I suppose [:D] were complaining of feeling cold.Whereupon our host wheeled out his workshop Master Redy Heater (paraffin space heater) and plugged it in!Certainly warmed up the bungalow in no time: not sure what his bricks and mortar insurers would have thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Obviously not drunk enough if they were able to both feel the cold and complain about it [:-))]The concept has not entirely escaped me, for a bit of instant gratification it would be hard to beat [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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