kerosene heaters
Portable oil burners
Kerosene heaters are portable heating devices that burn kerosene fuel to warm indoor or outdoor spaces.
They're used as supplementary heat sources or during power outages, though they require ventilation due to fumes: We kept a kerosene heater in the garage for winter.
Also called paraffin heaters in British English.
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- carbon monoxideToxic combustion byproduct gas
- fuel tankContainer for combustible liquid
- combustion chamberEngine's ignition cavity
- heating oilPetroleum for home furnaces
heat output · power outages · emergency preparedness · winter storm · off grid · ventilation · rural homes · camping · paraffin · fuel · fuel can · vaporization · pilot light · ignition system · odor · fumes · flame · temporary shelters
- heatingfurnace, boiler, baseboard heaters, radiator, heat pump
- heating equipmentspace heaters, electric heaters, propane heaters, portable heaters, radiant heating
- heating systemsboiler, radiator valves, gas burners, pilot lights, radiator
- respiratory irritantsdust mites, mold spores, pet dander, pollen, smoke
kerosene heaterselectric heaters
Plug-in warming appliances
heat pumps · wood stoves · propane heaters · geothermal heating · central heating
kerosene heatersair conditioners
Machines that chill rooms
swamp coolers · central air conditioning · refrigeration systems · fans · refrigeration units