If you like damp in your home-
Quick calculation shows complete combustion of 13Kg of Butane would produce over 20Kg of water
That over 20 litres being soaked up into your walls & ceiling !!!
shadey12 to sowotsdis
19 Nov 16#3
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sam_of_london to sowotsdis
19 Nov 16#6
Keep a dessicant dehumidifier next to it. Dessicant dehumidifier works as heater as well. I keep one next to the bathroom . It's very cold to open the windows or risk mould in the house.
jgtuk to sowotsdis
20 Nov 16#8
They can also be very dangerous: This is a fumeless heater. Ensure the room is ventilated while the heater is in operation. Do not operate in a bedroom, caravan, boat, tent, awning or any room less than 80 cubic metres in volume.
80 cubic metres is a very large room, much bigger than the average living room etc.
irononreverse
19 Nov 165#4
but it's winter
shahidali47
19 Nov 163#5
defeats the purpose
edilyasini
20 Nov 16#7
to avoid creating to much dump inside the house. can we use propane gas instead of bustane gas in this heater ?
RoosterNo1
20 Nov 16#9
Burning ANY fossil fuel, including butane and propane will produce water, as well as poisonous products... you MUST provide adequate ventilation with these things.
airfix
20 Nov 16#10
If you want a bad chest then go for it.
SCOUSEKEVIN
20 Nov 16#11
We had one of these years ago, tons of condensation and we open windows for at least 30 minutes every morning regardless of weather.
SFconvert
20 Nov 161#12
1kg of butane is equivalent of 13kwh (assuming 100% efficiency of heater, which it won't be)
So 13kg is 169kwh for £20 so 11.83 pence per kwh. Which is comparable to electric. Surely safer and more convenient to just use an electric heater, which will be 100% efficient, so in practice cheaper, as electric heaters re cheaper in the first place too?
tek-monkey
20 Nov 16#13
I ordered this yesterday to heat the shed, its the size of a garage but made of wood and gets quite cold. Ventilation isn't a problem as one of the windows wont shut, and as its used as a smoking shelter my flatmates are already inhaling poisonous fumes!
They used an electric heater last year but kept leaving it on resulting in massive bills, this way they just have to order a new gas bottle themselves.
Nk74
20 Nov 16#14
I thought these had been banned!!
I get bad flashbacks from the 80's when I see these horrid things.
Hotandtoasty
21 Feb 17#15
Just brought a portable gas heater why .simple chimney stacks taken down and caped so only have radiators in our old house. Old houses were not built for radiators they were built for open fires which we cant have since chimneys have been taken down house is always cold and has developed cold spots . If central heating is on all the time smart meter claims we are using 5 to 7 pounds a day on gas and electric . So We have brought an electric heater for up stairs and and a portable gas heater for down stairs finally after years of a freezing home even with rads on full we now have a warm room . As for moisture and damp we had that even with rads on full so we have brought a dehumidifier something we would of had to do with or with out gas heater. our home has no wall insulation and is not suitable for having any due to its design. Old houses with closed of coal fires never heat properly with just radiators and damp is a comon problem when you alter the way the house was designed to be heated. For us a gas heater is a god send our home is actually warm . The fire does not need to be on high and our ridiculous heating bills have now been drastically reduced. These heaters are not dangerous if sensibly used and instructions followed. they have safety features built in and are no more dangerous then a central heating boiler that is not ventalated or regularly serviced.
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Quick calculation shows complete combustion of 13Kg of Butane would produce over 20Kg of water
That over 20 litres being soaked up into your walls & ceiling !!!
This is a fumeless heater. Ensure the room is ventilated while the heater is in operation. Do not operate in a bedroom, caravan, boat, tent, awning or any room less than 80 cubic metres in volume.
80 cubic metres is a very large room, much bigger than the average living room etc.
So 13kg is 169kwh for £20 so 11.83 pence per kwh. Which is comparable to electric. Surely safer and more convenient to just use an electric heater, which will be 100% efficient, so in practice cheaper, as electric heaters re cheaper in the first place too?
They used an electric heater last year but kept leaving it on resulting in massive bills, this way they just have to order a new gas bottle themselves.
I get bad flashbacks from the 80's when I see these horrid things.