keeping warm.

[racsan]

after 2 weeks of freezing while trying to keep the thermostat down due to a 200 dollar gas bill (and im in a single-wide 14x70 trailer) i remembered a christmas gift my dad got me 10+ years ago, i used it once out in the shed, then drained it, hung it up from the rafters with a garbage bag over it and forgot about it-until last fri. upon researching it, the newest it could be would be 1982, due to no tip-over safety feature this heater was discontinued and no longer made, the only i.d. is the "perfection" name/triangle and on the fuel reservoir it says to use #500 wick. it works absolutly great and is very effecient. kerosene is about 3.00 a gallon locally, ive only been going thru about a 1/2 gallon a day. hopefully the next gas bill will be much better, im certainally much warmer now. cant beleive id forgotton about this antique. heres a pic:

 

[Daniel_187]

Hope it works out for you. It's like 65 degrees here in Colorado

 

[dusto2]

that little thing looks cool, looks like a newer version of this really old one my parents have thats like for the 40s or something

 

[racsan]

its 35 today, heat wave after last weekend's -20.

 

[97ranger4x4]

35* heat wave? ARe you kidding me? You guys are nuts!

 

[Psychopete]

its 35 today, heat wave after last weekend's -20.

Man, that sucked. I never thought I would hear myself say that I couldn't wait until it was 20 degrees out again.

The coolant in my Tempo froze that Friday, should have changed it this summer. Engine is still fine, but it's looking like it put a hairline crack in the radiator. I thought for sure it would have cracked the block or blew out a freeze plug.

I do the same thing; keep my heat lower, but use electric space heaters. My old apartment (2BDR) had only electric heat, everything was electric, my electric bill was never over $130 all year long and I kept nice and warm.

Out in the garage, I have a 125K BTU salamander that does well, but that thing really sucks down gas.

Pete

 

[superdave1984]

I have a propane burning reddy heater. Works incredibly well. Much cleaner than kerosene and no fumes. It will run all day on just over half a tank of propane. Grill size tank.

 

[smallfarm123@aol.com]

i have one of those out door wood stoves and i love it when it was -30 here in the house and my shop it was 70

 

[naford]

I'd be careful with that thing in a closed area. The fumes will kill you.

 

[Mark_88]

That is a nice unit...but you really should vent it somehow...like crack a window open about a quarter inch and cross draft it if you have double windows (let me know if you need an explanation)...

I heated my garage all last winter with a kerosene unit...the fumes weren't too bad but that was due to some major gaps in the insulation...

Cost me $300 roughly for the fuel and that wasn't running 24 hours...it would have been even less this year because we finally got around to finishing the ceiling...last year it was just vapor barrier and 4" of insulation...with quite a few heat loss areas...but there is now a gas heater that keeps it a nice 62*...

 

[RobbieD]

That looks like a good heater. We use the fireplace a lot when it's cold (my wood is free) and it does help a lot on the power bill.

 

[krugford]

its 35 today, heat wave after last weekend's -20.

+1

I was outside for a little bit with no coat on and I didn't feel cold....

 

[Jim Oaks]

Last year I was spending $300 a month on propane.

This year I bought propane in October and then didn't need any more until about a week ago.

What I did (other than the plastic/hair dryer treatment to the windows) was go buy a couple of Holmes electric heaters. The kind with the digital thermostat. Their $25-$30 a piece. I have (3) of them and another electric heater. I shut the doors to the (2) bedrooms and (1) bath I'm not using and have an electric heater in the living room, kitchen and bedroom. When my kids are here I put one of the heaters in each of their bedrooms.

My furnace is set @ 64F-65F. During the day I heat with the electric heaters. At night I turn them off and just use one in my bedrrom to stay warm and let the rest of the house drop to 65.

It has saved me a lot of propane and my electric only went up $50 a month. Cheaper than the $250-$300 a month in propane.

I had tried lowering the thermostat to 50F at night but found the furnace used to much propane trying to heat the house up in the morning. That was before the electric heaters. But even with the electric heaters, it seemed like it took to long to warm back up. 65 degrees on the thermostat and the electric heaters has proved to be the best set up for us.

FYI, we're in a double wide.