LBrown59
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- 2003 Kubota BX1500/2004 Kubota Bx23/2005 Kubota BX1500
2 of these were the Mr. Heater Buddy series.
The 3rd and scariest and most serious incident was with the larger Mr. Heater Big Buddy model. These are the portable propane units.
All 3 of them developed internal leaks that exploded and caught fire when the fumes reached the burner flame or the pilot lite.
These heaters are fueled by the 1 lb LP cylinders which are very dangers to use because there is no way to shut the gas off when a leak develops.
I don't know if the Mr. Heater residential units are prone to the same leakage problems or not, but I'm not going to buy or install one to find out.
I might have been dumb enough to try 3 of them but I'm not stupid enough to go for 4 or more.
I did learn one thing - Never hook up one of those LP tanks to anything that don't have a shut off valve right in front of the tank.
The 3rd and scariest and most serious incident was with the larger Mr. Heater Big Buddy model. These are the portable propane units.
All 3 of them developed internal leaks that exploded and caught fire when the fumes reached the burner flame or the pilot lite.
These heaters are fueled by the 1 lb LP cylinders which are very dangers to use because there is no way to shut the gas off when a leak develops.
I don't know if the Mr. Heater residential units are prone to the same leakage problems or not, but I'm not going to buy or install one to find out.
I might have been dumb enough to try 3 of them but I'm not stupid enough to go for 4 or more.
I did learn one thing - Never hook up one of those LP tanks to anything that don't have a shut off valve right in front of the tank.
