Master 75,000 BTU Forced Air Heater

[Ihateclevernames]

Gents, I know there has been alot of talk on here thus far about heaters and what not.

Especially for those of us who are still working on our shops without power, or natural gas. I picked up one of these today and am extremely impressed.

http://www.grainger.com/product/MASTER-Kerosene-Forced-Air-Heater-32MY51

I was exploring radiant heat options and eventually settled on this as i always have a significant amount of diesel on hand here on the property, so i figured it would be the most convenient. The instructions say that kerosene is best, however i would like to continue running diesel in it, unless of course........

Some of you disagree and have experience with this heater. I was thinking maybe run it with kerosene every so often to clean the lines out and what have you.

Overall, I like that it doesn't use a ton of electricity and can be filled with a trip out back to the fuel tank.

Any tips on this type of heater and maintenance?

I will eventually be moving to a wood stove of some sort in the shop as i also have access to alot of timber on the property and could use the abundance of downed trees each year to fuel it. So, overall this is a temporary solution. one that will not eat up propane at $2.59 a gallon and will be multipurpose. My shop is insulated with R-19, so that helps hold the heat it. I heated up the shop in about 15 minutes earlier, so we will see how well it does when it drops below freezing tonight.

 

[manwithtools]

I hope you have adequate ventilation for that. My experience is that these are noisy, smelly and need plenty of fresh air - i.e. leave a window half open. Just be careful.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I had one of those, It stunk so bad running kerosene. I would go to the air port and buy #1 jet fuel, Still smelled bad.

 

[burnedzr2]

I was working in a New house on the second floor, they had been using one like that. I was there for several hours. I started feeling funny my face felt very hot and my lips were tinging I got out of the house I think just in time. I would never use one or recommend one, please be careful.

 

[Dragfluid]

I borrowed one (different brand) from a friend at work, before I got the furnace running. Started with using kerosene, but then switched to diesel. Really couldn't tell the difference. Not stinky at all. And my best friend never complained about it, and he's got a sniffer like a bloodhound.

I'm guessing that they're not all created equal.

 

[Ihateclevernames]

I borrowed one (different brand) from a friend at work, before I got the furnace running. Started with using kerosene, but then switched to diesel. Really couldn't tell the difference. Not stinky at all. And my best friend never complained about it, and he's got a sniffer like a bloodhound.

I'm guessing that they're not all created equal.

Agreed. I had no issues in the shop for hours last night.

Got it up to about 70 Degrees and then killed it and shut the window that was half open.

I didn't notice any unpleasant smell what so ever.

However I spend about 6 months out of the year in the middle east, so my sense of smell has evolved in order to filter out things that are unpleasant............haha.