You buy kerosene at the hardware store? It's 3.599, taxes included, at the Charlotte Speedway station. http://www.speedway.com/StoreDetails?store=7515
> On January 11, 2016 at 2:02 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Our oil company puts a de-watering agent in the oil tank twice a year when > they deliver. Theres a filter at the bottom of the tank that the burner tech > replaces when he services it. > I bought some "Ultra Pure Lamp Oil" to use in my Aladdin lamps in the house > since it doesn't smell like straight kerosene does. It burns good but its > expensive and freezes sold at around 45F. I put mixed it 50:50 with kerosene > and found the smell is still gone and it doesn't freeze at least down to 4F > we've had so far this winter. Interestingly I had another test bottle with 25% > kero and it froze hard at around 35F. I want to experiment with more kero > since the lamp oil is $19/3quarts and kerosene at the hardware store is > $8/gal.Actually the next step is to try Jet A. A friend gave me a few gallons, > it burns great in kerosene Colman equipment and I've been told its good in > wick lamps but I haven't tried it yet. Smells like machine oil, none of the > sulphur smell of kero but not quite like diesel either. > -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
