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Aladdin Blue Flame Heater

Aladdin Blue Flame Heater by Ron Gerlach
Posted: Nov. 06, 2002 @ 00:54.
Can someone identify the model of this Aladdin heater? What is the best source of wicks in the US? I fired this baby up with clean 1-K Kerosene and it has an annoying smell. I guess I need to replace the wick as has been recommended in other posts. Can I expect this heater to be as smell free as an Aladdin lamp once the wick is replaced? Would Clear-Lite be a preferable fuel for this heater?

On Nov. 06, 2002 @ 11:04, Fil Graff wrote:
This is an English model (I don't know the specific number); Yes, change the wick; No, with a clean wick it should NOT smell at all (except at the moments of lighting and extinguishing); and yes, Clearlight is fine, but expensive. Regular kerosene (OFF-ROAD...don't use the dyed stuff!) will work fine...that's what I use in my 2" wick model in the shop. :: Fil Graff ::
On Nov. 06, 2002 @ 11:48, Darcy wrote:
Hi Ron, follow the archives about replacing a wick. In all the Blue Flames we have that had a smell are from the wick being wet. Fil is correct - these are best run on kerosene. We use one in the shop and with the amount of ventilation it operates well and doesn't have an ordor. The only time so get a slight ordor is when you turn them off. Our shop is small and it gets almost too warm they work so well. We open windows in no time. You should find a model number somewhere on the frame unless it has been removed. Darcy
- On Nov. 08, 2002 @ 07:42, Guy Richards wrote:
  Ron You have most of the information you need from Fil and Darcy. When they are working well there is hardly any smell. I grew up with them - used to heat a grocery store in Mid-Wales - and so whatever smell there was I think is great! A new wick should solve any problem but if you can't get a new wick then dry out what you have, swill out the tank with clean paraffin (kerosene)refill with more of the same and you should be fine. Normal paraffin/kerosene (known as heating grade in the UK)is probably the best for a blue flame heater. As Darcy says you should be able to find a label somewhere that tells you what model it is. If it has an extinguishing device that operates when the heater is tipped then it is probably a late 60s or 70s model as various regulations were put in place in the UK because of a number of fatalities caused by paraffin heaters in the 60s. If it doesn't have an extinguisher then you have a proper Blues Flame (in my opinion). And don't forget that if you take the top off, turn and lift, then you can boil a kettle etc too! Use it, enjoy it. Guy