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Re: [Shop-talk] 55k btu radiant kerosene heater?

To: "Mark Andy" <mark@sccaprepared.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] 55k btu radiant kerosene heater?
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:29:55 -0600
If you want to fix your existing heater, Reddy-Heater is part of Desa - in 
Kentucky as I recall - and should have parts.  They're set up for DIY'ers - 
decent tech support is available by phone and they'll mail parts right out.

Karl


> So my forced air kerosene heater has finally decided to stop working...
> For a couple years now I've kept the cover loose so that I could slide it
> out of the way and spin the fan by hand to "loosen it up" when it wouldn't
> start.  Now I can still do that, but the fan never seems to really spin up
> to full speed and eventually kicks the breaker on the unit (Reddy heater,
> 55k btu, if you have ideas on how to make it work.  I can see the spark,
> so I know its not that).
>
> Anyway, I was looking at other options and ran across this one at lowes:
> 
>http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=239878-57645-PT55SS&lpage=none
>
> Anyone know anything about this type of heater?  The btu output is much
> higher than other radiant kerosene heaters I've seen and the promise of
> less noise would be welcome...
>
> Googling ProTemp Sun-Stream got me nowwhere.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
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