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[*] posted on 12-9-2009 at 12:30 PM
Diesel Heater!!!


Sorry for the partial post above, hit the button before I was done.

Bahalou, saw one of those roll around units with the 5 gallon tank in Cedar City for $150 at Home Depot, should have picked it up as they are $250 online.

I love the diesel option Arrowhead, they have some cool ones online, I could swap out one of the wood stoves and use the flue for the kerosene heater. God knows diesel is cheap....Here is a website with some...Diesel Heater

I agree totally with Hook, need to seal those porous bricks, they do let the wind through.
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[*] posted on 12-10-2009 at 05:28 PM
Old days


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If you have the time to look around, look into a diesel space heater. They use them in Europe a lot, but they do sell them in the US. They use the very same diesel that you put into a truck and is available everywhere in Mexico. These type of heaters are vented to the outside with a stovepipe, just like a pot belly stove. A gallon of diesel puts out about 50% more BTU's than a gallon of propane, so for the same heat you would burn 1-1/2 gallons of propane to each gallon of diesel.


Thanks never even thought "heating oil"

Thanks for that one, however, the wife hates the smell of diesel .. once tried "coal" too, that's not to good one on smell either... and it's a bit messy too..

But, they are a means to heat and very good bang for the buck.. again thanks

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[*] posted on 12-11-2009 at 12:21 PM


We have a small kerosene space heater but find it almost impossible to find proper clear 1-K fuel for it! In Ensenada closest we found was something they call "petroleo" smelled like cheap solvent. besides even in the states its like $7 a gallon, hardly cost effective!

Since Bajais so sunny the best option is in floor hydronic with passive solar panels! $$ to start with but free except for on cloudy days where a propane powered boiler would take over.

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[*] posted on 12-12-2009 at 06:37 AM


The propane man never showed up, so the wife and I drove up to Rosarito and got them filled... the cost to fill two 20LB cylinder (the guys took them out of the trunk and put them back for this old "viejo").. funny folks down here treat old folks a lot better down here than in the states..

The cost to fill was $12 USD.... or 4.2 gallon per tank = 8.4 gallons @12 = figures out to be $1.43 a gallon. Fill date was 12/8/09.. the place is in downtown on the right side of the street on a corner, so you can enter from a side street or off the main street/road through town..

They were busy, you have to stand in line for a bit.. but, the folks were nice and all helped out...

Another good day in Baja, for us :):):)

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