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Old 01-17-2019, 11:49 PM   #17 (permalink)
oil pan 4
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Yes it has to be diesel. I like diesel. Diesel can sit in the heaters fuel tank all summer and be good to go for next winter.
Diesel has almost 0 evaporative emissions compared to gasoline.

Running a little space heater off a little generator is only going to net me around 3,000 to 4,000 BTUs per hour. I want more like 15,000 BTUs per hour.
On a typical cold night the heater demand is between 8,000 to 12,000 BTUs per hour.
Normally it's over 9,000.

If I'm running the defrost I can use all 17,000 BTUs per hour of diesel heat no problem.
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