Kerosene Fan Heaters

[MissVeronikaBlack]

You can run kerosene heaters at night, even though they tell you not to. Why is it any more dangerous at night than it is during the day? If I didn't run mine at night, I'd freeze to death.

Just make sure there's nothing around it that's flammable, keep a window cracked, and as long as you have a CO detector and a smoke alarm... you're fine. And if you live in a drafty older house like me, you don't even need to crack a window.. my CO detector always sits at 0 ppm.

[hitachi088]

why dont we have those in canada?

[blondemax]

@hitachi088 Because your in a civilised nation and have gas

[hitachi088]

@blondemax north of canada? if you think that is civilized go and get a dictionary...

[blondemax]

@hitachi088 you get the point though :)

[lostindiancamp]

I really don't understand these units. They run on electricity and gas. You have ot open a door or window to ventilate the gas, which makes the room even colder. Doesn't Japan have an electric radiator unit for sale?

[kalevraa]

there is no need to worry overmuch about carbon monoxide with these modern heaters. they sense when the air quality gets low and beep to let you know, and if you do nothing they switch themselves off. i used these during the `12 years i lived in japan, and never got as much as a headache using them. in the usa people seem to be rather paranoid about kerosene heaters indoors --often the same people who think nothing about spraying the shit out of their houses with cancer-causing chemicals.

[WDEVN]

Thanks for this post in English. I live in Taiwan and it can get cold here, too. It doesn't get as cold as in parts of Japan, but it can get as low as 8C in Taipei.

Anyway, I just got a Dainichi FX-676LX and it works great. Instructions came in both Japanese and Chinese. I can't read Japanese. I'm not Chinese, but I can read Chinese. However, I felt there was some bits lost in the translation. Also, I got a battery powered pump from Rakuten and it pumps fast.

[smurfboywv]

Why don't today's kerosene heaters have blowers?

[ScienceProjek]

This is too much work, I need something I can just turn on and forget about. Worrying about the odor, The Carbon Minoxide, Turning on a fan, Opening A window etc etc etc. Is too involved. I need a heater with just a few buttons, One click and I'm warm in less than 10 minutes, Then I can carry on with my day. A Kerosene heater requires too many other things "outside" of it to work succesfully, No thanx.

[plojka1]

carbon monoxide is minimal and you need only open a window a bit if you are in a small, enclosed room. In a large living area it really isn't necessary because enough risidual air comes thorugh walls and other crevices in the structure.

[gofasternowadays]

I don't understand what the point is if you need electricity to start it and keep it running.

[redsquirrelftw]

I would prefer just a regular electric heater in a case like this! Safer, and less pollution (in this case, pollution that could kill you!)

Also since you need to open a window it makes it very inefficient! Guess you could always open a window that is very low such as a basement window, since CO is heavy and heat rises, so you'd lose less heat.

[teslaccy]

Where can I find one of these in the U.S.?

[prisonson]

nice upload

[lostindiancamp]

It's cold in the apartment so you light the heater. However you have to open a window and let the cold air in in order to heat the apartment. LOL!!!!

[rsea910]

this was a interesting video. I still use a old perfection kerosene heater. works good. i didn't realize modern kerosene heaters were all computerized and such!! Nice video!

[justanotherjet]

Thanks!

[xxl606]

What's the point of having a kerosene heater if you anyway have to open a window or an exhaust fan which sucks all the hot air out :l

Anyway, how long can it run with the tank full?

[justanotherjet]

I agree actually :/ Keeping your place warm and not poisoning yourself is a bit of a balancing act. Most units advise you to only open a window about once every hour. I used to crack a window just enough to let some air in.

Using the heater only in the morning and evenings I think a tank would last me about 1-2 weeks

[discountbrains]

@justanotherjet

I am using one of the radiant types. I have gotten where I like it. I have it fairly near the door and open the door a little when I 1st light it and it warms up. Then I close the door. I pick it up and take it outside to turn it off since I can't stand the smell when it shuts down. Otherwise there's very little smell. I have a CO detector. There is almost no CO reading. I only run the heater for about an hour.

[LeoBurns728]

Where can I go to buy this particular model?

[justanotherjet]

Any "National" shop in Japan should have something similar.

[AlbertaAllan]

I think the Japanese are very smart people to use kerosene heaters. They are very good for an emergency situation. In Calgary everybody is dependent on gas and ATCO makes us pay through the nose. I can also see that Operation Blessing distributed them when the tornadoes struck in Tennesee.

[justanotherjet]

Actually they're not as useful in an emergency as you'd think. Even though all the heating is done by kerosene, the heaters have to be plugged in to work most of the time. So as long as there's electricity you are okay, but if that goes out, you're out of luck.

[hitchmasters]

a simple inverter run off your car will run one of these in an emergency

[Christopher711]

Are you comfortable with the idea of sleeping with it on or is that a bad idea?

[justanotherjet]

It's a bad idea. I think people used to do as much, and open a window or something, but it's a bad idea. Nowadays they are required by law to shut off within three hours if a button isn't pressed, so if you have a modern machine it isn't really possible to run it while you sleep anyways.