I'm looking at one of those heaters that look like the backend of a jet turbine that burn gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, kero, etc. Has anyone tried running wmo in them? or even a blend? I know we ran bio in the chapter garage and it would smoke a little on startup and smell funny but ran fine other than that. Just planning for the winter in my new garage!

 

Like these? If this is the style you want remember that they make allot of fumes and you'll probably have to leave the door open to some degree for ventilation.

http://www.masterheaters.com/

 

ads say for outdoor use

 

Find a Monitor or a toyo for a Garage. Very efficient and no fumes....

 

We use one for thawing vehicles and for quickly heating the garage but don’t use it in a fully enclosed area for long or you may never wake up. Have only used kerosene or number 1 diesel in ours. Seems like even number one makes a little more smoke than the kerosene so I would think that running wmo would not be a good idea. As was mentioned above. If this is going to be used in an enclosed area might as well spend the $ on a Monitor or Toyo. I believe I have seen an article in mother earth news on converting them to run a wmo blend. You don’t even need to vent them through the roof because they sell a wall vent that doubles as an air inlet. They are good on fuel and pretty safe. With that said, I try and avoid open flames in my garage so have a hot water set up for the garage.

 

Thanks guys, it was just an idea that crossed my mind. I might go with a waste oil burner, who knows. Luckily I have some time before it gets cold! Im not worried about open flames in the garage because flammables are kept in the shed. Id rather see the shed blow up than have my valuables damaged in the garage.

 

Because I cant keep my mouth shut I just wanted to add something. About 15 years ago on a cold day in February we pushed my sons Ford Ranger into our attached garage and used the space heater to start thawing it. About an hour later we noticed a strong smell of gasoline. Turns out, the metal fuel line running to the engine (on the frame) had water in it, had frozen and developed a crack. When it thawed it started siphoning gas out of the tank onto the floor. The space heater was about six feet away from the pool of gas. Don’t know why it didn’t ignite. Since fuel vapors usually settle to the floor it stopped me from keeping any flame devices in the garage unless they are mounted on the ceiling.

 

I can comment on the vapors there Bark. With anything that gives off flammable vapors there are a few things that get taken into account. LEL, UEL, and flash point.

LEL = Lower explosive limit. This is the lowest concentration of vapor that will be flammable. You could also say this is the leanest mixture.

UEL = Upper Explosive Limit. This is the highest concentration (rich mixture) that will be flammable.

Flashpoint - lowest temperature that liquid will ignite.

The vapor concentration MUST be between the upper and lower explosive limits in order to catch fire. What I think happened in your case Bark was that the fan of you heater circulated the vapors around and kept them under the lower limit. The cold garage floor probably helped keep vapors down too.

Be safe out there guys.

 

Weld up a 50 gallon barrel into a wood burner.

 

Theres some waste oil heaters, but not cheap: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...970_122+770142

 

Good info!

 

I installed a mobile home furnace in my 28X28 insulated shop and love it. I picked it up cheap, so that may add to the cool factor, LOL! It hoveres around zero here quite a bit in the winter and it'll maintain 70* quietly and not use much fuel oil at all. When it stays below 0, I dump in some kerosene and have avoided gelling so far.

 

I bet a water heater with a pump & radiator would heat a garage well too.