Nice video! I just bought the same thing only in black. And you may have realized, that cage is supposed to be higher up, the pins on the bottom snap into the holes on the side. You should be able to open the door without taking off the wire cage, I had to look at the owners manual to figure it out LOL. I'm gonna go out in my garage and fire mine up for the first time right now!
You probably know this by now, but you have the cage on all wrong. You need to raise it up to the next level of hooks and then you’ll really like the cage that way you won’t have to open it ever again.
With my unit I've found that you want the electric ignitor to just touch the top of the wick and it will light right up. You are probably doing what most people do, myself included, and have it hitting lower on the wick so it just sits there and smokes. It's why I prefer the ones that lift the burner up for you as you press in the ignitor button so you can turn the knob at the same time to line it up with the wick.
Just picked up a 10000 btu Radiant Kerosene heater. Last winter, here in the Catskills, we had power outage after power outage and nearly froze to death. Almost impossible to get anyone to put in a wood stove or an electrician up here with the building boom that's going on, so, I'm hoping this will do the trick. Kerosene is almost 60 bucks for a 5 gallon container at the cheapest big box store - Tractor Supply. I haven't checked out the local NY gas stations yet. Thanks for this video.
Don't waste your money on store bought Kerosene. There should be gas stations around you that sell K1 Kerosene from a pump at about $7.00 a gallon now, and when supplies are great, in previous years the price of Kerosene was $3.50 a gallon.
I watch a video on the kerosene heater. the advice was to turn on the heater outside of the house.and shut it off outside of the house. fill it with kerosene out. in order to keep the kerosene smell out side of the house.
I always make sure that I have kerosene on hand.for this heater. As I grew up with these and unlike .propane it dosent explode..its fat safer than propane..and my heater will fun for 12 hrs on a tank full
These are great for power outages or as in my case a furnace that dies and landlord doesn't have the money to replace it until spring.My apartment is pretty big and drafty so it doesn't make place toasty warm but takes the cold out of air and makes place livable.
Kerosene is by definition a " combustible " liquid, having a flashpoint [ temp. at which vapor production will ignite ] of greater than 100 F. It will burn freely, as you can see, but is much more stable than gasoline. It has been used for lighting and heating for over a century. If you have any questions about it's use, consult your local fire dept.
The Saturn-V rocket, that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon, was fueled with a high grade kerosene with liquid oxygen (LOX) as an oxidizer to make it burn violently.
And a silver/titanium catalyst. At one time they thought that gold would explode leaving the atmosphere of the Earth because of it's density, they didn't know what kind of reaction it would create. So they didn't use a Gold catalyst at one time, they used titanium flecks because of the materials conductivity plus lightness
Unfortunately, here in New York, it is over $6.00/ gal. On a cold day, I run mine from sun down until it is time to go to bed. Then I run the central heat at night at around 66°F. It has helped a lot. When I run it, I can get the four closest rooms to go from 67° to 74° in about an hour!
Walmart and the big box hardware stores sell a commercial purified kerosene in metal cans. I use K-1 kerosene from a nearby by fuel depot. It works well and burns clean. They have a dedicated kerosene pump. Some gas stations sell it from a pump for about $6.00 to $6.50/gal. Just take note that they legally cannot sell it to you unless you have a dedicated blue colored kerosene can so you don't accidentally put gasoline in your heater.
Mine works fine except I am not able to get the wick low enough after the start up period. The know "bottoms out" before I get the wick to the correct lower height of the wick. It still heats great but I wish this wick adjustment problem could be solved. I am just wondering if this was a defect in the construction of this particular unit or if others have noticed a similar problem.
I've experienced this. The solution is to hold onto the knob and press the shutoff lever at the same time. This will cause the wick to drop partially as the wick mechanism ratchets down a few notches. Release the shutoff lever and you should now have a range of adjustment with the wick lowered sufficiently to find the best setting for proper flame height. The best solution is for manufacturers to increase the normal adjustment range on these heaters.
Yes but that means the wick is not installed correctly. A perfect flame should be in the free roll range of the knob. Take it apart and raise the wick on the roller. You get an ideal flame with good blue tip, no visible smoke and almost no stink....the best flame height, the unit advises is shown on the side of most heaters with a drawing. You don't turn it up or down to make it hotter or cooler. The knob is for different air conditions on wet or dry days, high and low air pressure. I typically advise using room doors as a "thermostat". Close doors till the room gets hot, then open them to let excessive heat spill into another room....then close the doors again if your room gets cool. Real hot....extinguish it...then light it again. Modern HVAC systems don't turn down the hidden burner or heat pump....the thermostat turns them on and off.
Anyone know why when I try to adjust my flame my heater shuts itself down, its like Ive hit the shutoff button when I’m just trying to adjust the flame
@@Run_N_Gun83 the tip safety tumbler system is somehow wacko. You may have the "verge" ratchet stuck. It's a plumb bob connected to your shutoff system to pull the shutoff if the unit is hard knocked or falls over.
@@STho205 I just purchased it today and its doing this on the first burn, any idea how I can fix it or should I just try to return it ? Thanks for your reply
How do I shut off A Kero Heat Heaters that does not shut off ? I tried shutting it off to the Shut off Manual and it is still running ? I tried the Adjusting Range But it is still going .
This is one of the worst videos I have watched on one of these heaters. It's clearly been assembled incorrectly. Cannot be making reviews on things you do not know how to use. This and all the videos floating around telling people to mix gasoline, rubbing alcohol and other things like injector fuel cleaner. Lots of misinformation out there. People talk about needing cotton wicks. They don't even make cotton wicks anymore. Why are people talking about needing to buy thoes? Kerosene is a diesel additive you can run diesel in these just fine too.
Shouldn't matter if the wick is raised or lowered. It has "tails" which reach all the way to the bottom of the tank, so it will definitely soak up kerosene (after all, that's how these things work). If the wick is fully lowered you won't see it. The top of it is only seen when raised and this is by design.
get the 10K heater, uses half as much kero and still puts out decent heat, close all doors, don't open a window. The 23K heater is way too hot for my house.
Love people trying to explain something they know nothing about. You need to reassemble the unit the correct way. Maybe even take time to read the instructions
you can light them inside.Its best to do it outside the very first time with a new one.one of the main things for me is to be sure that little coil handle is centered and seated evenly.
Try no to bump it or upset the safety switch, which is a heavy little balanced thing that's connected to the wick level mechanism. It helps to protect your hand with a mit or glove as you carefully! CAREFULLY! move a lit Kerosene heater. It can be done safely.
VERY important to keep the handle swiveled down against the side when it is operating. Then lift the handle to carry, put it back down once you have relocated it. Heat goes up. The handle will get flesh-burning -hot if you keep it in the up position for too long. Just like a Coleman or a kerosene lantern.
The safety tumbler is likely extinguishing the flame as you move it. There's a plumb weight connected to the extinguish trigger. If it gets bumped hard, rocked or the unit falls over....it is designed to retract the wick (roll bang). Light it. Wait for a stable flame (usually under 2 minutes) pick it up by the pail handle and smoothly bring it inside. Same in reverse to extinquish. Only warm wet kerosene stinks. When burning the kerosene is boiling to gas on the wick tip. Therefore worst smell is start and stop of the combustion. Smoldering hot wick stops stinking and smoking after 5 minutes. Stay warm. Be safe.
Hey dude , you have the cover on incorrectly, it mounts up higher and you don't ever need to take the cover off to light it. You are not qualified to operate it .
You don't have to pull that heat grade off just to light it that little door to be with the opening that so you can light it that way look at it instructions and figure it out it's not rocket science
I have just bought one and it smells too much for inside. So frustrating when I see and hear of people using these in homes, garages and even tents. I read the instructions and followed carefully. Cost a lot to not be able to use it.
@@carolw1624 If you are experiencing any odor at all, you are not using it properly. I have two and there is zero smell. You MUST light them outside, let them run 10-15 minutes before bringing them inside. When its time to shut them off, take them outside and turn them off.. Never start or stop them indoors.
Where do you buy a big drum of kerosene like that? What is the cost? I have a 10000btu that I use in my enclosed patio area. Buying quality kerosene from Big Box stores is extremely expensive and not worth buying. Instead I buy the low grade kerosene at the gas station at $5.79 gallon. Still expensive and does immediately clogs up the wick and stinks but I refuse to buy the better kerosene at $11 plus at home depot. I'm in California.
K1 is just as good as the ripoff price of store bought Kerosene. One trick to clean the wick is to let it burn totally out of Kerosene, but that's best done outside, so when the level guage is near E just carefully carry it out to a porch or somewhere that is well ventilated.
Kerosene is a more refined version of coal oil. Both of which can be used on small cuts & abrasions to promote healing and stopping infection. It works and is much cheaper then pharmaceutical ointments & antiseptics.
Coal oil is coal oil. A byproduct of burning coal to make town gas or in a factory. Kerosene/Paraffin is a Standard Oil product distilled from crude oil to compete with whale oil and coal oil in the mid 1800s. Kerosene is heavier than gasoline and slightly lighter than diesel....all coming from an oil refinery.
This it the type of amateur video that should be kept off TH-cam. It ignores the proper placement of safety cages and the safe use of kerosene by dumping it from a glass jar over live flames. He must be bucking for then Darwin award.
Actually I found this video very informative and technically is showing us what not to do in those certain areas in the video, he also mentioned that he usually uses a funnel. I never know why ppl who have nothing nice to say just can’t scroll on.
OK Professional Professor.................... Since you know it all where is your video? Your snide comments bring forth the truth that you are a miserable person with no life at all so you resort to bashing on someones youtube video in an attempt to feel superior when in fact you are just a pitiful loser. Darwin isn't proud of you at all.
@@pat11conrad agreed. Quality of kerosene can't be told by dye, no dye....just the intended purpose. I've bought some terrific red K1 and some crappy clear K1 (water in it) from pumps. Once you find a good quality supply, stick with that seller. J1 (jet kerosene) is pretty good too if you have a small airport near you...they have a pump.
Dyed kerosene..u need #1 clear kerosene that is recommended to use in these heaters then there no kerosene smell. Do as instructed and all will be safe
If one is going to do an instructional video, they should be more toward the expert end of the novice/expert spectrum. The cage on your heater is a total shit show. I’m not saying I could do any better, but I don’t have an instructional video posted either.
Wow to anyone with a brain that cage around the heater is on all wrong. And he goes on to light the heater with it improperly installed? I've never seen a video like this with such obvious incompetence. If you don't know what you are doing the last thing you should do is post videos showing other people how to improperly use something.
Nice video! I just bought the same thing only in black. And you may have realized, that cage is supposed to be higher up, the pins on the bottom snap into the holes on the side. You should be able to open the door without taking off the wire cage, I had to look at the owners manual to figure it out LOL. I'm gonna go out in my garage and fire mine up for the first time right now!
That explains that!
Just fixed the cage
Just saw this video, was going to say the same about the cage guard.
I leave my kerosene heater on all day..I'm not sitting there babysitting it..light I said I've used them f8oor over 50 yrs
He should know what he's talking about first before he does a video as he confuses the public
There is one setting where it will burn cleanest. And that is where you leave it. They do not turn up and down to regulate the temperature.
You probably know this by now, but you have the cage on all wrong. You need to raise it up to the next level of hooks and then you’ll really like the cage that way you won’t have to open it ever again.
LOL!!! 😂 right…I noticed that too.
With my unit I've found that you want the electric ignitor to just touch the top of the wick and it will light right up. You are probably doing what most people do, myself included, and have it hitting lower on the wick so it just sits there and smokes. It's why I prefer the ones that lift the burner up for you as you press in the ignitor button so you can turn the knob at the same time to line it up with the wick.
Just picked up a 10000 btu Radiant Kerosene heater. Last winter, here in the Catskills, we had power outage after power outage and nearly froze to death. Almost impossible to get anyone to put in a wood stove or an electrician up here with the building boom that's going on, so, I'm hoping this will do the trick. Kerosene is almost 60 bucks for a 5 gallon container at the cheapest big box store - Tractor Supply. I haven't checked out the local NY gas stations yet. Thanks for this video.
I pickup my kerosene at speedway gas station
Too expensive in the big box stores
I think you can get it for about $5 a galllon at the gas station
Don't waste your money on store bought Kerosene.
There should be gas stations around you that sell K1 Kerosene from a pump at about $7.00 a gallon now, and when supplies are great, in previous years the price of Kerosene was $3.50 a gallon.
I run diesel and alcohol in mine I refuel with it burning to lol
I watch a video on the kerosene heater. the advice was to turn on the heater outside of the house.and shut it off outside of the house. fill it with kerosene out. in order to keep the kerosene smell out side of the house.
Kerosene additives will eliminate smell too.
I always make sure that I have kerosene on hand.for this heater. As I grew up with these and unlike .propane it dosent explode..its fat safer than propane..and my heater will fun for 12 hrs on a tank full
These are great for power outages or as in my case a furnace that dies and landlord doesn't have the money to replace it until spring.My apartment is pretty big and drafty so it doesn't make place toasty warm but takes the cold out of air and makes place livable.
Sounds like a deadbeat landlord
Kerosene is by definition a " combustible " liquid, having a flashpoint [ temp. at which vapor production will ignite ] of greater than 100 F. It will burn freely, as you can see, but is much more stable than gasoline. It has been used for lighting and heating for over a century. If you have any questions about it's use, consult your local fire dept.
The wire cage, you have to move it up, theres another set of holes. I did thesame thing.
Thanks for the info
The Saturn-V rocket, that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon, was fueled with a high grade kerosene with liquid oxygen (LOX) as an oxidizer to make it burn violently.
And a silver/titanium catalyst. At one time they thought that gold would explode leaving the atmosphere of the Earth because of it's density, they didn't know what kind of reaction it would create. So they didn't use a Gold catalyst at one time, they used titanium flecks because of the materials conductivity plus lightness
Kerosene is marvelous, high BTU fuel ( like coal is! ).
Unfortunately, here in New York, it is over $6.00/ gal. On a cold day, I run mine from sun down until it is time to go to bed. Then I run the central heat at night at around 66°F. It has helped a lot. When I run it, I can get the four closest rooms to go from 67° to 74° in about an hour!
@@philipbattaglia4773 I went to Walmart and it was 13 bucks.
Walmart and the big box hardware stores sell a commercial purified kerosene in metal cans. I use K-1 kerosene from a nearby by fuel depot. It works well and burns clean. They have a dedicated kerosene pump. Some gas stations sell it from a pump for about $6.00 to $6.50/gal. Just take note that they legally cannot sell it to you unless you have a dedicated blue colored kerosene can so you don't accidentally put gasoline in your heater.
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Glad I could help!
Mine works fine except I am not able to get the wick low enough after the start up period. The know "bottoms out" before I get the wick to the correct lower height of the wick. It still heats great
but I wish this wick adjustment problem could be solved. I am just wondering if this was a defect in the construction of this particular unit or if others have noticed a similar problem.
I've experienced this. The solution is to hold onto the knob and press the shutoff lever at the same time. This will cause the wick to drop partially as the wick mechanism ratchets down a few notches. Release the shutoff lever and you should now have a range of adjustment with the wick lowered sufficiently to find the best setting for proper flame height. The best solution is for manufacturers to increase the normal adjustment range on these heaters.
Yes but that means the wick is not installed correctly. A perfect flame should be in the free roll range of the knob. Take it apart and raise the wick on the roller.
You get an ideal flame with good blue tip, no visible smoke and almost no stink....the best flame height, the unit advises is shown on the side of most heaters with a drawing.
You don't turn it up or down to make it hotter or cooler. The knob is for different air conditions on wet or dry days, high and low air pressure.
I typically advise using room doors as a "thermostat". Close doors till the room gets hot, then open them to let excessive heat spill into another room....then close the doors again if your room gets cool.
Real hot....extinguish it...then light it again.
Modern HVAC systems don't turn down the hidden burner or heat pump....the thermostat turns them on and off.
Anyone know why when I try to adjust my flame my heater shuts itself down, its like Ive hit the shutoff button when I’m just trying to adjust the flame
@@Run_N_Gun83 the tip safety tumbler system is somehow wacko.
You may have the "verge" ratchet stuck. It's a plumb bob connected to your shutoff system to pull the shutoff if the unit is hard knocked or falls over.
@@STho205 I just purchased it today and its doing this on the first burn, any idea how I can fix it or should I just try to return it ? Thanks for your reply
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing.
Look at the video thumbnail. The view of the flame inside the flame window of the heater looks like a scene from a spacecraft about to land on Mars.
How do I shut off A Kero Heat Heaters that does not shut off ? I tried shutting it off to the Shut off Manual and it is still running ? I tried the Adjusting Range But it is still going .
Man I wish TH-cam would bring back the dislike button. You don’t even have that thing put together right.
This is one of the worst videos I have watched on one of these heaters. It's clearly been assembled incorrectly. Cannot be making reviews on things you do not know how to use. This and all the videos floating around telling people to mix gasoline, rubbing alcohol and other things like injector fuel cleaner. Lots of misinformation out there. People talk about needing cotton wicks. They don't even make cotton wicks anymore. Why are people talking about needing to buy thoes? Kerosene is a diesel additive you can run diesel in these just fine too.
First time using. Manual says soak wick for one hour. Does not tell me if you raise or lower to soak it. Can't see the damn thing either.
Shouldn't matter if the wick is raised or lowered. It has "tails" which reach all the way to the bottom of the tank, so it will definitely soak up kerosene (after all, that's how these things work). If the wick is fully lowered you won't see it. The top of it is only seen when raised and this is by design.
why use a funnel
why not just light it and turn off outside ?
more like at least an hour to let a new wick soak
Agreed
Thank you for telling me just got one growing up I ran into one had huge burns. So just like with everything safety 1st.
I'd like to know how do u use less kerosene but b able to warm place up without spending so much weekly
get the 10K heater, uses half as much kero and still puts out decent heat, close all doors, don't open a window.
The 23K heater is way too hot for my house.
Id say just heat a couple rooms its not going to heat a whole house
Love people trying to explain something they know nothing about. You need to reassemble the unit the correct way. Maybe even take time to read the instructions
Was waiting for you to throw a tire on the fire and really get things rolling;)
no explosion, although you tried by pouring a flammable liquid on an open flame
The title falsely impugns the the safety of Dyna Glow.
I tried
How the heck do i move it after starting outside? Picking it up causes flame to extinguish! I'm new to these so trying to learn.
you can light them inside.Its best to do it outside the very first time with a new one.one of the main things for me is to be sure that little coil handle is centered and seated evenly.
Try no to bump it or upset the safety switch, which is a heavy little balanced thing that's connected to the wick level mechanism.
It helps to protect your hand with a mit or glove as you carefully! CAREFULLY! move a lit Kerosene heater.
It can be done safely.
VERY important to keep the handle swiveled down against the side when it is operating. Then lift the handle to carry, put it back down once you have relocated it. Heat goes up. The handle will get flesh-burning -hot if you keep it in the up position for too long. Just like a Coleman or a kerosene lantern.
@@markkraus8674 👍 yes the handle gets hot quickly too, so lift and getter done moved carefully and quickly.
The safety tumbler is likely extinguishing the flame as you move it. There's a plumb weight connected to the extinguish trigger. If it gets bumped hard, rocked or the unit falls over....it is designed to retract the wick (roll bang).
Light it. Wait for a stable flame (usually under 2 minutes) pick it up by the pail handle and smoothly bring it inside. Same in reverse to extinquish.
Only warm wet kerosene stinks. When burning the kerosene is boiling to gas on the wick tip. Therefore worst smell is start and stop of the combustion.
Smoldering hot wick stops stinking and smoking after 5 minutes.
Stay warm. Be safe.
They ain't making them like they used to. People just don't believe in good workmanship anymore. It's all about money.
I'm still waiting for the explosion, click bait at its finest.
Hey dude , you have the cover on incorrectly, it mounts up higher and you don't ever need to take the cover off to light it. You are not qualified to operate it .
If you were more familiar with the heater you would know..
You don't have to pull that heat grade off just to light it that little door to be with the opening that so you can light it that way look at it instructions and figure it out it's not rocket science
In all my years of using it over 50 years I've never had a problem with it yet
I have just bought one and it smells too much for inside. So frustrating when I see and hear of people using these in homes, garages and even tents. I read the instructions and followed carefully. Cost a lot to not be able to use it.
@@carolw1624 If you are experiencing any odor at all, you are not using it properly. I have two and there is zero smell. You MUST light them outside, let them run 10-15 minutes before bringing them inside. When its time to shut them off, take them outside and turn them off.. Never start or stop them indoors.
Wow, you should not be doing an educational review of this product.
Where do you buy a big drum of kerosene like that? What is the cost? I have a 10000btu that I use in my enclosed patio area. Buying quality kerosene from Big Box stores is extremely expensive and not worth buying. Instead I buy the low grade kerosene at the gas station at $5.79 gallon. Still expensive and does immediately clogs up the wick and stinks but I refuse to buy the better kerosene at $11 plus at home depot. I'm in California.
www.uline.com/BL_8156/Steel-Drums
I have heard that putting a small amount of a fuel additive in the K-1 pump kerosene keeps the wick clean.
get clear no.1 kerosene
K1 is just as good as the ripoff price of store bought Kerosene.
One trick to clean the wick is to let it burn totally out of Kerosene, but that's best done outside, so when the level guage is near E just carefully carry it out to a porch or somewhere that is well ventilated.
Kerosene is a more refined version of coal oil.
Both of which can be used on small cuts & abrasions to promote healing and stopping infection.
It works and is much cheaper then pharmaceutical ointments & antiseptics.
Kind of like Windex.
Coal oil is coal oil. A byproduct of burning coal to make town gas or in a factory.
Kerosene/Paraffin is a Standard Oil product distilled from crude oil to compete with whale oil and coal oil in the mid 1800s.
Kerosene is heavier than gasoline and slightly lighter than diesel....all coming from an oil refinery.
Can u add desiel to it?
Diesel would smell the place up pretty bad and leave a lot of smoke.
In an emergency yes diesel would work but I don’t recommend
Diesel and gasoline are a big no
where is the explosion?
It’s upside down
Votre grille est mal fixée.
The cage is on wrong. To low. Good video thank you
That's a heck of a lot safer than gasoline!
Thank you
Hope it helped
This it the type of amateur video that should be kept off TH-cam. It ignores the proper placement of safety cages and the safe use of kerosene by dumping it from a glass jar over live flames. He must be bucking for then Darwin award.
Thanks for the review
I never claimed to know it all lol
Actually I found this video very informative and technically is showing us what not to do in those certain areas in the video, he also mentioned that he usually uses a funnel. I never know why ppl who have nothing nice to say just can’t scroll on.
OK Professional Professor.................... Since you know it all where is your video? Your snide comments bring forth the truth that you are a miserable person with no life at all so you resort to bashing on someones youtube video in an attempt to feel superior when in fact you are just a pitiful loser. Darwin isn't proud of you at all.
Be nice
@@ThriftyCats because hes giving bad advice
should get dyed kero, will be a lot cheaper.
Good advice
no.clear no. 1 kerosene is best
@@frankgambrel1683 clear and dyed are the same thing. just ones dyed and one is not, for tax purposes. just like on and off road diesel.
@@pat11conrad agreed. Quality of kerosene can't be told by dye, no dye....just the intended purpose.
I've bought some terrific red K1 and some crappy clear K1 (water in it) from pumps. Once you find a good quality supply, stick with that seller.
J1 (jet kerosene) is pretty good too if you have a small airport near you...they have a pump.
Only use k1
There’s a hole for your lighter fyi
I fill mine while it’s burning 😮
hahahaha what is this guy he must be from CALIFORNIA WHERE FRUITS AND NUTS GROW,
LOL it sounds funny what you mean
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Harbor freight pump handle.😂😂😂
Make sure you guys have a battery operated carbon monoxide detector
And crack a window. Just a sliver.
No explosion
Dyed kerosene..u need #1 clear kerosene that is recommended to use in these heaters then there no kerosene smell. Do as instructed and all will be safe
This is how you absolutely don't want to run your kerosene heater. I want to see the video of how you burned your house down. Wow just wow!
If one is going to do an instructional video, they should be more toward the expert end of the novice/expert spectrum. The cage on your heater is a total shit show. I’m not saying I could do any better, but I don’t have an instructional video posted either.
this dude not the one
Very poor safety , good intentions yet very poor safety measures.
That's not quite how you do it lol.
Wow to anyone with a brain that cage around the heater is on all wrong. And he goes on to light the heater with it improperly installed? I've never seen a video like this with such obvious incompetence. If you don't know what you are doing the last thing you should do is post videos showing other people how to improperly use something.