Frederick Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I have been left with an oil heater that I am a bit wary of . It has a container for oil on one side you fill through the top and feeds through a valve to a mesh dome that obviously glows when lit.and heat convects out of the front slots.....It has a chimney made up of flu pipe sections that vent out through the wall ...I have never come accross one of these ....there are two 80 gallon drums of oil ..and its red in colour...I have been told that the fuel may be farm "diesel " and I am not to happy about firing this thing up. I have seen them in the "Brico " so they are still sold its not ancient ......what have I got ?.....a parafin heater and two drums of diesel ? .and just how good are these things ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Sounds like a fixed version of the old oil heaters everyone used to have years ago.Either the oil is farm diesel or more probably Fioul, which is Mazout; basically, domestic heating oil (lower rate of duty to road fuel) used in all oil-fired central heating systems.The top quality stuff flows down to -20C and is far cleaner: cheaper fioul tends to be dirty and needs filtering before using in any heating appliance.Normally, your sort of heater uses paraffin or in France, petrole; not to be confused with essence, which is what you put in the car!Personally, I would be careful about using the oil in your heater; until and unless you can ascertain the manufacturer's specific gravity recommendations. That type of heater is normally designed to use less viscous oil, mainly paraffin/kerosene, which vapourises more easily. I would also be very careful until it has been serviced and checked out by a suitably qualified and certified French heating engineer: as if the whole place goes up, your insurance company or mutuelle may well repudiate any subsequent claim.We have a Deville which does use fioul, but this is a totally different type of burner: this type heater, is still available and still used, but expensive to run and dirty to maintain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 Thank you Gluestick.......I will leave it alone ....I will get the contents of the drums checked out ... am sure somebody will have them off me ! there is a hell lot to just clean paint brushes with ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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