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2. Kerosene heater - Wikipedia

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   However, most kerosene heaters do not require electricity to operate. Most heaters contain a battery-operated or piezo-electric ignitor to light the heater without the need for matches. If the ignitor should fail the heater can still be lit manually. The Japanese non-vented "fan" heater burns kerosene gas and is known as a gasification type ...

3. Salamander heater - Wikipedia

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   Salamander heater. A salamander heater is any of a variety of portable forced-air or convection space heaters, often using kerosene or propane as fuel but also requiring electricity, [1] [2] used in ventilated areas for worksite comfort. Salamander heaters are most often found at construction sites. [3]

4. Fan heater - Wikipedia

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   Portable fan heater A Japanese kerosene fan heater that burns kerosene for fuel. It contains an electric fan and computer controls. Electric fan heater. A fan heater, also called a blow heater, is a heater that works by using a fan to pass air over a heat source (e.g. a heating element). [1]

5. Kerosene - Wikipedia

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   Kerosene is widely used in Japan and Chile as a home heating fuel for portable and installed kerosene heaters. In Chile and Japan, kerosene can be readily bought at any filling station or be delivered to homes in some cases. [45] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, kerosene is often used as a heating fuel in areas not connected to a gas pipeline ...

6. Space heater - Wikipedia

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   Turning off the heater when the last adult leaves the room or goes to sleep and keeping children and pets three feet away from the heater. Placing heaters on a flat, hard, nonflammable surface. Avoiding the use of heaters near flammable materials such as paint or gasoline. Installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors nearby.

7. Primus stove - Wikipedia

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   The Primus stove was the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held blowtorch ; Lindqvist's patent covered the burner, which was turned upward on the stove instead of outward as on the blowtorch. [ 1 ]