Review - Protemp 175,000BTU Kerosene Heater

Today I review and do a field test of the Protemp 175,000 BTU kerosene torpedo heater. (PT-175T-KFA) This unit is multi-fuel capable, I test it with diesel. The performance is quite good.

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[ScoutCrafter]

Great review!

[TheWreckingYard]

@ScoutCrafter Thanks

[mrwiggles2]

Nice heater, man it sounds loud. I have the Protemp 70k btu kerosene heater that is shorter. I can only run kerosene in it, it only smells in the beginning. Clean burning but kero isn't cheap. Wood stove is the best idea.

[TheWreckingYard]

@mrwiggles2 Yeah that heater is like running a jet engine in the shop, it really works well but is incredibly noisy.

[wburhans]

caution: keep away from flammable and combustible liquids.......and bumpers of white vehicles.

[TheWreckingYard]

@wburhans LOL

[theonerepo]

U need to run 1 diesel not the off road .or kerosene.then u won't have the smell.

[hdyudu]

if you can hear it on this video glowplug ignitor start sparking first that way the fuel oil instently ignites when it injected into the combustion chamber so no fuel oil puddles up now if it not firing up your spark glowplug could be bad or your injecter nozzle is dirty and is spraying away from the spark

[TheWreckingYard]

@oldsmagnet I don't get a headache from it, my shop is really open above me so I do get a large amount of airflow. I do have a CO detector so I know if it's dangerous, but it's never detected any. Headaches are one sign of CO poisoning so it might be a good idea to pick one up. Incomplete combustion is typically the cause. I will say that my wife can't stand the smell for any time, but I've gotten to the point that I don't notice it anymore. One gallon per hour sounds about right.

[TheWreckingYard]

@oldsmagnet That's exactly what happened to me yesterday, it decided not to start, took three tries before it finally did. Fortunately I didn't have to open it up.