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Originally Posted by eng92
Your post is a little misleading. Kerosene and #2 fuel oil have very close to the same heating value. Propane is about 40% less.
Your new oil furnace is heating the garage up faster because it is burning more fuel not because the fuel has a higher heating value. Also it would be externally vented so you would not be losing heat from having to leave a door or window partially open.
Kerosene heaters are fine as long as you have an ample supply of fresh air for dilution of the combustion products.
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So where is my post misleading? I didn't say it was cheaper. I just said it was faster and warmer. Obviously faster because it is larger then the other two forms of heat we used and warmer because there is no window cracked open, but to me it is completely worth the extra money on the oil. It is only used when the garage is used. I could see not wanting to use an oil furnace if you were continually heating your garage, but if you are just turning it on when you are in there it is fine. We have used the furnace about five or six times and are still on our first 5 gallons of oil.