Author Topic: Kerosene heating  (Read 2952 times)

Money is tight right now
Want to know what also costs a lot? Funeral expenses.

I would have turned that heater off the first time I woke up in smoke. This is not something to mess with and the heater needs to be deactivated for good. Keep it up and the smoke with eventually overwhelm all of you in your sleep and then you won't be waking up to shut it off.

How about a regular electric space heater? They aren't above $50 and won't burn your house down.

And wait a minute, you're using a computer and likely a cathode monitor (big power guzzlers) and paying for internet at whatever speed it is, but your only source of heat is a kerosene heater that will likely kill you? I think there is some priority mis-management going on here.
« Last Edit: January 06, 2014, 07:38:23 PM by dorkdotdan »

Want to know what also costs a lot? Funeral expenses.

I would have turned that heater off the first time I woke up in smoke. This is not something to mess with and the heater needs to be deactivated for good. Keep it up and the smoke with eventually overwhelm all of you in your sleep and then you won't be waking up to shut it off.
Its because it was lit inside, where it isn't suppose to be lit.

How about a regular electric space heater? They aren't above $50 and won't burn your house down.

And wait a minute, you're using a computer and likely a cathode monitor (big power guzzlers) and paying for internet at whatever speed it is, but your only source of heat is a kerosene heater that will likely kill you? I think there is some priority mis-management going on here.
First off, stop with the electric heater stuff. It isn't going to happen.
The monitor is turned off each time I leave the PC and the PC only uses as much power as it needs because it self-throttles.
We require internet because both my school and my dads college requires it.

We are stuff out of options here. Maybe if our electric company would quit loving everyone over than it wouldn't be so bad.

you mean that electric company that needs profit to survive so everyone doesn't lose their power?

Best of luck to you, try not to die in a fire

Get a soda can, spray paint it black with two coats of paint, put it on the windowsill or the microwave for a while and you have a portable heater.

just light your house on fire

In Arizona, we literally don't need any form of heating.

At all.

you mean that electric company that needs profit to survive so everyone doesn't lose their power?
You need to remember that money doesn't grow on trees, if we could afford it we would.


night time is the bane of our existence here

Get either a wood burning or coal heater.

Get either a wood burning or coal heater.
Already discussed, can't happen.

Is there any way you could set the heater up outside and let the heat radiate in?

So you're saying you can't afford an electric bill but you can buy kerosene?

My dad doesn't like using our heater. I argued with him for about half an hour about why he should turn the heater on.
His only excuse was "It's not that cold out." Even though last night it was down to 20 degrees. (I live in Florida)

Already discussed, can't happen.

Is there any way you could set the heater up outside and let the heat radiate in?
I wish.

So you're saying you can't afford an electric bill but you can buy kerosene?
Yes. We don't run the heater 24/7, if the temperature is above 20 than we don't use it. Yesterday we didn't use it till the temperature dropped below 15.

-nvm- turns out I just got too hot and needed something cool to drink
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