Kerosene Vs Home heating fuel

[Marster]

Thanks for all the replies. I called my oil company and again they are telling me not to worry..........but it sure sounds like I need to either use a kerosene mix or an additive...or maybe either both.

George2615, Where would I find Power Service ( White bottle) at?

Temps are to drop into the teens this week....so it should be a good test as to what might happen. If #2 fuel oil is the same as diesel. How do they keep that from gelling?

Thanks again for all the replies!!

 

[shvl73]

I've bought PS at TSC and Wal-Mart.

 

[George2615]

Thanks for all the replies. I called my oil company and again they are telling me not to worry..........but it sure sounds like I need to either use a kerosene mix or an additive...or maybe either both.

George2615, Where would I find Power Service ( White bottle) at?

Temps are to drop into the teens this week....so it should be a good test as to what might happen. If #2 fuel oil is the same as diesel. How do they keep that from gelling?

Thanks again for all the replies!!

In my area the local auto parts stores, Walmart, and local truck stop all carry PS in white and red (911) bottles

 

[LBrown59]

* I called my furnace man for a general cleaning and he told me I should mix my tank 50/50 since it's an outside tank.

I live in the northeast. Central Pa. Anyone out there from this area that has any problems with an outside tank using fuel oil these days?

Thanks

*Ask around and see if folks put Kerosene in their diesel pick ups and cars.What do these people do take their tanks in the house at nite>?

 

[LBrown59]

Have a question. The oil company I buy my fuel from said I no longer need to use kerosene due to the fact that fuel oil does not jell unless we are at -20 for a peroid of time. They said an additive is put in fuel oil that prevents gelling. I called my furnace man for a general cleaning and he told me I should mix my tank 50/50 since it's an outside tank.

I live in the northeast. Central Pa. Anyone out there from this area that has any problems with an outside tank using fuel oil these days?

Thanks

Nobody here is having problems do to their diesel cars and pick ups being outside.

 

[LBrown59]

I had a new tank installed in the basement.

Yep Nothin like feedin a house fire with a few hundred gallons of diesel fuel.

 

[LBrown59]

Any additive you'd use in a diesel engine would work. But your tank is probably 275 - 300 gallons, so you'd need a lot of it. Check with SAC before doing this. Also, when the fuel in my line, not my tank, froze we had not been below -20F for a long period of time.

Takes the Same .6 per gallon as any other container.

 

[LBrown59]

Most of the people around here have their tanks in the basement or outside. .

How do you know?

 

[LBrown59]

I live in Dillsburg, Pa.........and have never used fuel oil.......but due to the price of it this yr, I decided to go with fuel oil just to save a few bucks.

So what were you using instead ??

 

[Marster]

In my area the local auto parts stores, Walmart, and local truck stop all carry PS in white and red (911) bottles

What is the difference between the white and red bottles? Sorry I have to ask but I have no idea what I'll be looking for. Is it expensive?