New Heater

[Kilgore47]

A few months back I picked up two new dual fuel heaters for the green houses.  They can use natural gas or propane.  Replaced the one in the green house that had stopped working and stored the other one until it was needed.  The green house heaters run on natural gas so I hooked it up and it worked fine.

I was planning on using the other one for temporary heat in the shop while the carpenters were working.  So I pulled out the 20 gallon propane tank and hooked it up.  There are two connections on the heater - one for NG and one for LP.  Tied into the LP side and I could not get the new heater to stay lit.  So I found the instructions and actually read them.  I did everything per the book.  Still wouldn't stay lit.  So I called the company.  After an hour on hold I finally gave them a number to return my call and went back to work.  They did call back - wasn't sure that would happen.  Turns out that there is a small round panel on the back of the heater that you have to remove and turn that little valve behind it from NG to LP.   There is nothing in the instructions about this NOTHING.  Everyone else in the world probably knows this already but this is my first dual fuel heater.  So if any of you get a duel fuel heater and plan to use propane.  Remember that you have to find that little hidden valve that they don't tell you about and switch it to LP.  It all makes sense now.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Many things today are not serviced with a complete manual or for that matter, any true to life specifications.  Glad you got this figured out.  These heaters are super efficient units.

[Los_Control]

I also like those heaters ... they are cheap

I have the big 30K BTU in the living room to replace the original gas under the floor furnace ..... that heater cranks the heat out and does heat the whole 1200 sq ft house.

I originally put that heater in my office and it was simply too big. I could run it for maybe 1/2 hour then have to turn it off .... A real pita having to turn it off and on all the time to try and maintain proper heat.

 

So this fall I moved it into the living room replacing the old inefficient floor heater and that thing works perfect in a larger area, heats living room, kitchen , bathroom and sends heat down the hallway.

Then in 2 bedrooms I have the smaller 10K BTU heaters and they are perfect for the size of rooms. .... If you lose power you still have heat and they do not need a chimney to vent outside ... central heat would be nice .... would most likely end up in the garage 😡 .... for the short time we use heat they work great, and we just heat the rooms we are using.