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Originally Posted by order99
BTW Ford Man-I love the idea of a 'safe' Kerosene heater, this is the first i've heard of it. I had a heater myself in case of winter blackout in my former home, but I dreaded the fumes...I would have had a woodstove myself but I wasn't willing to blow $7000+ on an electric fan insert, and NC wouldn't sign off on my $20 hand-made unit no matter how many times thier OWN INSPECTOR signed off the Safety Approval (yes my little feud has long-term roots...). Not to derail this Thread, but i'm curious as to your layout...do you have plenty of room facing the South, with two or more windows and room for some Thermal Mass tanks , either sand or water based? PM me, I may have some cheap ideas for you, and if you think they're worth it we'll start a different thread ( HINT: it involves Soupcan Thermal and transmission through coils snaking through Thermal Mass storage...)
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My front lawn is the south facing side of the house and the side of the house most of the windows are located in, so not a good idea unless the tanks would be underground.
Where are you located in NC? From 1987-2010 I lived in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county NC (approximately 35 miles north of Charlotte).
If you are interested in one of the Monitor heaters send me a PM I can give you the name of a supplier in Hickory, NC.
The Monitor has an electronic igniter and small electric blower to help circulate the heat throughout the house so it can't be used during a power outage. At those times which as a normal rule are few and far between I rely on closely monitored portable kerosene units to keep from freezing to death.
I know all about those NC power outages, I lived there through Hugo in Sept. '89, 90MPH winds in Charlotte, 200 miles from the coast. I got up the next morning to go to work and every direction I went there were trees across the road within a mile of the house. At the time I was working construction and we were building a large church, approximately a $50 million job in Mathews, NC, one of the project superintendents told me the storm caused about $1 million in damages to what was already finished.