Hank,
contact me off line about propane "accessories"...
just kidding,
HoHoHoYo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Carpenter" <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>
To: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
Cc: <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Head Nuts/Garage Heat
> I'm heating with propane. 24 x 30 garage and an 80,000 btu furnace in
> Pitsburgh. We can get into sub-zero temps in Jan & Feb. It gives me
> plenty of heat and pleasant working temperature. The gas supplier
> provides the 150 gal tank as long as I fill up once a year. Using it
> strictly on weekedns, it lasts almost the whole heating season. If the
> cost is $150-$175 to fill, and that's a hobby related cost, I fill it
> when I have the cash and if I need to wait a while to work before I fill
> it, then so be it. It's not like the family will freeze. I had 1000,000
> btu Kerosene and it worked well, used about 3/4 gal per hour, but it
> always smelled like a bus drove through the garage. Propane may csot a
> little more, but it's been money well spent.
>
> Hank Hill, manager
> Strickland Propane and propane accessories
>
> Dave Carpenter actually
> 67 BJ8
> 60 BT7
> 60 Bugeye
>
> >
> >Is propane a viable heat source?
> >
> >Any other kerosene type units that don't smell and make so much noise?
> >
> > Its a bit hard to test these things in the stores.
> >
> >Thanks in advance, Mark
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