a long time ago we had a old brooding house heater which as i remember it, had a stack about 4 feet tall and i think around 6 to 8 inches around, it had a cap which covered the top and a damper on the bottom, the pot was about 2 feet around or so as i remember it and about a foot tall, you put kerosene or diesel fuel in it, lit a rag on a stick and just lit the fuel itself the fire was controlled with the damper, and the cap on the pot which has a variable opening in it, that thing also worked good as a small shed or shop heater too, i seem to remember they stopped making them, is anything like that around today? thinking about one for a shop heater
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Look on eBay this one is close >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Kerosene-Chicken-House-heater-burner-/253417034769
fixerupper
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New brooder heaters appear to be either gas infrared or heat lamp. The kerosene heaters are probably antiques from the past. We always used a heat lamp but I only go back to 1951 myself and by then most farms had electricity.
If the chicks are huddled up we lowered the lamp. If they were ringed around the outside we raised it up.
If the chicks are huddled up we lowered the lamp. If they were ringed around the outside we raised it up.
You will find out they did not burn real clean. They will fume up a tight building like a modern insulated shop.
For a shop heater I would look at the many different kinds of propane heaters. They burn cleaner and give off few fumes.
As for a modern K-1 heater. There are the Kerosun type but the wicks are a maintenance item. You can get one that are like the old K-1 room heaters too. (Like in the picture) I have one just as a back up heat type of thing. It is pretty neat to just watch burn.
For a shop heater I would look at the many different kinds of propane heaters. They burn cleaner and give off few fumes.
As for a modern K-1 heater. There are the Kerosun type but the wicks are a maintenance item. You can get one that are like the old K-1 room heaters too. (Like in the picture) I have one just as a back up heat type of thing. It is pretty neat to just watch burn.
JDSeller- Up here in South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana, you can't find kerosene for heaters. When you ask someone they don't even know what you are talking about.
The only place in Billings, out of 22 that I called, sells kerosene and they want $9.00+ per gallon. Shoot, back home every gas station has a dedicated pump for Kerosene.
The only place in Billings, out of 22 that I called, sells kerosene and they want $9.00+ per gallon. Shoot, back home every gas station has a dedicated pump for Kerosene.
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I have a heater like the one in the picture. I have never used it. Does the heater stink up the house? Would diesel fuel work instead of kerosene? Stan
Greg Check the farm supply type stores. Many of them have it in 2 1/2 gallon jugs that you buy the jug and all. It is usually around that $7.50 range. The local station here has it and it runs right at $4 for the clear K-1. They have the #1 fuel oil that has some color to it and it is $3.5 bulk. I use the clear in the lamps and portable heaters like I posted. I use the K-1 bulk in the hot water washers and space heaters.
farmerwithmutt
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Amazon has kerosene for sale only about 18 bucks. Ask for lamp oil different areas use names that are not the same as others use.
showcrop
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Eric, I heat my shop with a catalytic wall mount propane unit. The heated part of my shop is 16x 22x10. I keep it at 50 degrees, then bump it up to 60 when I go in, so I don't have to worry about things freezing or getting a fire started when I go out there. I am in NH and I burn only around 200 gal per year.
If that is even a kerosun brooder house heater it is only a part of it. They had a hood about 5 ft diameter over them to keep the heat down to the chicks and not up against the roof. First heater I remember was the kerosine and later electric with a hood. After the kerosine one I used it for a while in shop without hood. You could not afford to run one today as jusr dumping the fuel into a pot with the thermostat deciding how much fuel to dump in to make a bigger or smaller diameter surface area on the fuel to determine heat output the oil does not produce much heat like that. To get heat from the fuel you need a burner syatem like a torpedo heater putting a lot of air to the flame. The 2 I have I got several years ago when times were better when I was going to set up a tractor show display with a lot of that type of items. Was planning on like a open side shed on a trailer but age health and money ended those thoughts.
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