Oil Burning Stove

You need to compare BTU's not how long something burns for. A gallon of #2 has 138000 BTU, a 40lb bag about 8000 * 40 = 320000 BTU. Not a exact comparison I suspect the oil is slightly more efficient.

As a kid (1950) We had 2 of these in our apartment they were called space heaters. I remember lugging 2 five gallon tanks a day up 3 floors .Approx. 4 hours per gallon on low fire. rarely did we use It on low fire. 1950 technology.

New Hampshire Jim said:

As a kid (1950) We had 2 of these in our apartment they were called space heaters. I remember lugging 2 five gallon tanks a day up 3 floors .Approx. 4 hours per gallon on low fire. rarely did we use It on low fire. 1950 technology.

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Oil was $.14 a gal and less back then. And you didn`t have one like the ones used today.
The ones from the 50`s had a wick and often gave off sooty smoke. We had one in the living room with 2 round pot burners inside the porcelain cabinet. The painted ceilings yellowed quickly and the odor of kerosene was always in the air.
The new wickless oil stoves have a catalytic appliance inside the burn pot that actually burns the oil vapors producing much more heat .
I really liked mine as it did heat the whole house but when oil prices went sky high , I replaced mine with a pellet stove and never looked back. Mine was built in Belgium (Franco Belge)

Couple of guys on you tube converted pellet stoves to waste oil stoves. Great idea but scary contraptions.

So these stoves were producing probably around 7500 BTUh? And this was enough heat?

mepellet said:

So these stoves were producing probably around 7500 BTUh? And this was enough heat?

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At that rate, a bag of pellets would last 2 days. (Producing the same heat)

I had 2 Franco Belge oil stoves in my old house. They had a cristallis in them to vaporize the fuel. They were very nice and provided good heat, but in my new home I went with pellets because of the price of fuel oil. Here is a link to them. I had the Normandie and Continental models. http://www.duvallheatcool.com/FrancoBelge/Franco Belge.htm

SwineFlue said:

At that rate, a bag of pellets would last 2 days. (Producing the same heat)

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Yea. Doesn't sound like much heat to me.

Mine produced 33,000 BTU's.

mepellet said:

So these stoves were producing probably around 7500 BTUh? And this was enough heat?

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I don't think it ever gets really cold in Ireland - not like here, anyway.

An electric room heater is around 5k btus. A company in Isanti,MN handled fuel oil fireplaces, Tradewinds. Were popular for cabin owners with no electricity needed and cheaper than humping in small LP tanks. I have a Jungers single burner that is very miserly. Had in my old house for backup heat.