Heating Oils

MotherNatureVer2 · 03-05-2005, 08:56 PM

Well guys ...... its that time of year again & it is cooling off :(

Im am really lucky in this new house ..... I have a wonderful old combustion stove & I adore it ..... but its only in the kitchen .........(wood I can handle :P )

In the lounge room we have an Oil Heater built into the wall where obviously an open fire place used to be (yes this house is old as the hills :P ).......... I have never had one before & have no idea about the costs or use of these things ........

My boys have got it going & I have checked the tank outside ...... Its empty but we are still getting the thing lit & its warm as toast ..........

Is it normal that these things run on amlost nothing ??????? Ive heard they chew the Oil & are expensive ....... the other question is does anyone know how much this oil stuff is ????????????

BJ · 03-05-2005, 09:27 PM

I dont thing they sell it any more but i could be wrong. Try you local stock and feed agent they may no.

03-05-2005, 09:54 PM

hey bro the first house I lived in when I moved out at 16 .. lol .. had an oil heater cost me $300 bucks every 1-1.5 years to fill if me remember right and it was one of the best heaters I've ever liked , there great and they do run on neally nothing for a fair while ..
I'm 27 now so me guesse the prices might'a changed a little but surely not that much ..

MotherNatureVer2 · 03-05-2005, 10:00 PM

Well thats a whole lot cheaper than buying wood all the time ........ thanks guys

RSgerry · 03-05-2005, 10:07 PM

we used to have one and there was a company that delivered and topped the tank up. no use to you as i am in perth, but they do exist ;-)

as for heating, sensational. this old thing didnt look great, but it heated the entire house so well, i usually wandered around in a t-shirt.

good luck.

Tote · 04-05-2005, 10:31 AM

I havent had one for a few years, they'll run on diesel or a mix of diesel and kero if you can't get heating oil.Give your local fuel depot a call, BP used to do a lot of oil heaters and they still have distributors who are a little intelligent. If it's all black inside pull the front off and give it a clean out, they put out much more heat when they are clean. If you are home most of the time run it on low all the time and keep the house warm, rather than turning it up flat out to try and heat the house.
The last one I had in Orange used to use a couple of Jerry cans of fuel a month in winter used at night so they aren't that expensive to run and they're MUCH warmer than an electric heater.
Regards,
Tote

Tote · 04-05-2005, 10:35 AM

Many years ago when I was an Govt apprentice we decided to see how hot we could get the office in winter. The record was 102 degrees farenheight in a 10m x 5m office when it was snowing outside. So yes, they work OK
regds
Tote

AUII_Forte · 04-05-2005, 11:16 AM

Lisa, I know BP distribute it here in Dubbo, so I'd say they do out that way as well. My mate had a few drums of heating oil, it's basically the same as kero, but I think it has a higher flash point. I'd say designed to burn slowly and not ignite explosively.

07-05-2005, 11:32 PM

Heating oil is diesel with a different dye, check the yellow pages under "heating oil" - Gas space heaters are cheaper R/C air con. cheaper still.

Every time you see someone cutting down a tree pull up with a trailer and offer to remove the big bits.

Regards Prof. Rabbit

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotherNature

Well guys ...... its that time of year again & it is cooling off :(

Im am really lucky in this new house ..... I have a wonderful old combustion stove & I adore it ..... but its only in the kitchen .........(wood I can handle :P )

In the lounge room we have an Oil Heater built into the wall where obviously an open fire place used to be (yes this house is old as the hills :P ).......... I have never had one before & have no idea about the costs or use of these things ........

My boys have got it going & I have checked the tank outside ...... Its empty but we are still getting the thing lit & its warm as toast ..........

Is it normal that these things run on amlost nothing ??????? Ive heard they chew the Oil & are expensive ....... the other question is does anyone know how much this oil stuff is ????????????

Gammaboy · 08-05-2005, 02:49 PM

you could always run it on sump oil and old ATF..... :P

AlbertM · 08-05-2005, 06:56 PM

Ummm... Heating oil is Kerosine. It is blue in colour.

I buy a 44gallon(202litres) drum, last me for a winter, 8hours a day for my small heater. Last year I paid 80cents a litre, would have gone up by now though.

Any fuel depot should be able to help. Buy in bulk though, it's alot cheaper almost by half.

09-05-2005, 01:04 AM

Please DO NOT PUT KERO IN YOUR HEATING OIL TANK.....

The risk of explosion is high!

From Caltex.com.au
[quote]
Diesel Fuel Distillate fuel oil used in compression-ignition engines. It is similar to home heating oil, but must meet a cetane number specification of 40 or more. It is derived from gas oil and is sometimes called Diesel Engine Road Vehicle (Derv) fuel.
[end quote]

That being said I have heard that BioDiesel works really well and can be made easily and cheaply.

Regards Prof. Rabbit

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Originally Posted by AlbertM

Ummm... Heating oil is Kerosine. It is blue in colour.

I buy a 44gallon(202litres) drum, last me for a winter, 8hours a day for my small heater. Last year I paid 80cents a litre, would have gone up by now though.

Any fuel depot should be able to help. Buy in bulk though, it's alot cheaper almost by half.

AlbertM · 09-05-2005, 02:01 PM

What ever, I've been buying it for 6 years and everytime I get "Heating Oil" It's from the Kero tank at the local fuel depots, BP and Shell. They know I use it in a heater.

Power Kerosine is what close to Diesel, used in old farm tractors for example. Not used very much any more.