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Show Kerosene Heaters li recent years the return of it wood-fueled heater has ( big news. Now the bsene-fueled heater is w. imtACTIVE new designs al supy pripes) are part of It appeal if these new -isiiene hea'ters. Makers ia one can heat a store or )a for only a few cents a i), and that the Kerosene is II not quite all that good, the w heaters are almost odor-to. odor-to. They cut off automatical-Yi automatical-Yi lipped over. They light somatically (via two D bat-msl.and bat-msl.and they put out an im-psive im-psive amount of heat. ONE MAKER claims his achieves 99.9 percent Pitney, No wood stove can "ith that. Also, handling wne, while perhaps more rous to transport, is less jrsome than wood. And t are fire dangers with during heaters not found wosene burning heaters. t are important precau-one precau-one should keep in mind JJi'ig kerosene heaters. "Wacturers recommend burning in a room with doors open. A slight crack in an outside out-side window may be desirable. The danger is that oxygen in the house or office will be con-sumed con-sumed by the burning kerosene. This is a minimal danger when doors of other k, rooms are left open or when the house is not well insulated. But it's a possible cause of tragedy, and must be faced. MAKERS recommend that these heaters not be left on overnight. Yet many people do just that. Manufacturers also suggest they not be refilled while hot or moved about when burning. They should also be placed at least three feet away from walls, draperies draper-ies or furniture, etc. Used with sensible precautions, precau-tions, the new kerosene heaters hea-ters are often a solution as a backup system or as a primary system in small living spaces. They are not unattractive and they light and turn off automatically, automa-tically, so that they can be burned for a few hours to take off the chill or all day long. MOST OF them use a gallon or more kerosene in 12 to 18 hours. The bigger ones, selling for about $250, put out as many as 19,000 BTU's per dollar for models ranging down to just over a hundred dollars. |