Re: Flamegun weedkiller - Sheen X300

On 2008-05-13 22:07:11 +0100, "Dave Liquorice" 
<allsortsnotthisbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:42:50 +0100, adm wrote:
> 
>> One question: will these run happily on ordinary heating oil (which I
>> think is Kerosene 28)?
> 
> Yes, kerosene, 28sec oil, paraffin, jet fuel are all more or less the
> same. Some one has already re****ted running one on diesel (35sec oil).
> 
> Provided you can get the oil to vapourise and the burning oil produced
> enouigh heat to keep up a supply of va****ised oil I reckon you could run
> it on anything from used veg oil or engine oil to kerosene/parafin. I
> wouldn't try petrol or camping stove fuel though...
> 
> Veg oil and used engine oil may well increase the need for more
> maintenance in keeping the thing clean. I doubt old engine oil would
burn
> particulary cleanly. Used veg oil would have to be filtered before use.

Ta.

Now - if my heating oil is basically jet fuel I wonder if I can run my 
diesel car on it......it's about a third of the price of diesel.