WMO and portable kerro heaters

[Brad S.]

I started using RUG in my wmo mixes a while back and the thinner viscosity made me think of my portable kerro heater.
Has anyone tried a mix like this in a smaller portable heater???

 

[Blind Driver2]

The rug will behave just like rug when set on fire *wooosh!* then the wmo will fill the space with smoke.

Try it and post a youtube vid

 

[Brad S.]

Ok good point with the RUG. What about changing to all diesel or kerro to thin it down.
If I knew I could do it without much injury that could be kind of funny. Hey maybe I could try it on a old heater, out in the middle of somewhere nothing will burn.

 

[Shadetreemechanic]

do you mean a portable torpedo heater or one with a wick. I have tried them both with WVO and can say tell you that the wicked ones will not work with any sort of mix. The torpedo heaters will work with a blend, but the one I bought at TSC is really finnicky about the viscosity. It will work great with a blend one day, but if it gets colder you better have room in the tank to cut it because it gets too thick quick. You will have to experiment, but I will never fill mine up all the way because you may need to add some K-1 on a real cold day.

 

[Blind Driver2]

Kerocene smokes very little.
Diesel smokes much more.
WMO even more.

 

[wmoguy]

All winter my buddy burned WMO blend fuel that I gave him, for his Torpedo Diesel Heater. I forget what brand it is, IIRC it's something like 120k BTU. Anyway, he probably burned 30'ish gallons in it this winter, and it burned fine. (and I often use RUG in my blend when i don't feel like driving to get Kero)

 

[Brad S.]

All winter my buddy burned WMO blend fuel that I gave him, for his Torpedo Diesel Heater. I forget what brand it is, IIRC it's something like 120k BTU. Anyway, he probably burned 30'ish gallons in it this winter, and it burned fine. (and I often use RUG in my blend when i don't feel like driving to get Kero)

Do you know what percentages he used???
50/50, 60/40. etc

 

[wmoguy]

Do you know what percentages he used???
50/50, 60/40. etc

He used my winter blend (my fuel) which is 80% wmo / 20% thinner (either Kero or RUG)

 

[Shadetreemechanic]

He used my winter blend (my fuel) which is 80% wmo / 20% thinner (either Kero or RUG)

blends must vary by heater manufacturer, or else wmo stays way less viscous than wvo. My heater would never burn a mix that heavy. I could do 50-50 unless it was down in the low teens, then I had to really cut it.

 

[jhnlennon]

blends must vary by heater manufacturer, or else wmo stays way less viscous than wvo. My heater would never burn a mix that heavy. I could do 50-50 unless it was down in the low teens, then I had to really cut it.

Same here, Pro-Temp 120kbtu brand new. Does not like anything over 25%. I can go higher in percentage but it gets REAL HARD to get it to ignite. Once its ignited though it burns fine.

 

[sassyrel]

i tired to burn,,the 1/3 2/3 mix of wvo and diesel in my knipco..nope!!! 2/3 being wvo---had a h of a time getting that stuff out...maybe if i mixed more dsl in.......

 

[wmoguy]

blends must vary by heater manufacturer, or else wmo stays way less viscous than wvo. My heater would never burn a mix that heavy. I could do 50-50 unless it was down in the low teens, then I had to really cut it.

The only time it gave us issue is when it was close to 0 fahrenheit ambient temp. A gallon of diesel or so mixed into the tank and she fired right up. Once they are running I think you could probably drop bearing grease in there and it would burn that thick of stuff.

 

[Shadetreemechanic]

Mine (bought last year at TSC) will light with thick blends, but will slowly dim over several minutes and then turn off all at once. I am guessing the pump is too weak to push the viscous fluid to the burner and it must have a thermocouple of some sort that turns it off. When it shuts down you can restart it immediatly and it will run another five minutes. I dunno.
What brand heater do you have that eats the thick stuff so well.

 

[wmoguy]

Mine (bought last year at TSC) will light with thick blends, but will slowly dim over several minutes and then turn off all at once. I am guessing the pump is too weak to push the viscous fluid to the burner and it must have a thermocouple of some sort that turns it off. When it shuts down you can restart it immediatly and it will run another five minutes. I dunno.
What brand heater do you have that eats the thick stuff so well.

I'll find out next time I see him. I know he got it at some garage sale for $75 (jealous he found it instead of me!)