Advice needed on Paraffin ...

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I have just bought a modern indoor laser paraffin heater for use in the home, as being in a very rural area, I really can't afford to use electric heating any longer, and are off-grid for gas.
Does anyone have any knowledge on which type of paraffin is usable safely with this, that I can buy from a heating oil company?
I know that normal heating oil (28 second kerosene) is not suitable, and that I require "C1 paraffin"... but can anyone tell me, is
Premium Kerosene for AGAs the same thing, (and safe to use without any nasty fumes) ?
Premium AGA kerosene is less than £1.00 per litre, compared with about £2.50-£3.00 a litre for C1 paraffin.
Thank you for anyone with any advice.
Does anyone have any knowledge on which type of paraffin is usable safely with this, that I can buy from a heating oil company?
I know that normal heating oil (28 second kerosene) is not suitable, and that I require "C1 paraffin"... but can anyone tell me, is
Premium Kerosene for AGAs the same thing, (and safe to use without any nasty fumes) ?
Premium AGA kerosene is less than £1.00 per litre, compared with about £2.50-£3.00 a litre for C1 paraffin.
Thank you for anyone with any advice.
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A 15kg cylinder of butane is anywhere between £40 and £50 depending on where you get it (15kg of butane =205kwh) = 19-24p/kwh..
Looking on t'iinterwbeb 47kg of propane is around £150 if you don't have a cylinder to swap and £90-100 if you do. There's around 657kwh in 47kg of propane = 13-15p/kwh at present prices if you have a cylinder to swap..
You also need to bear in mind that both paraffin and LPG heaters produce a lot of moisture when burning so you need a lot of ventilation both for burning and to help prevent condensation otherwise you'll end up with a problem with mould
The previous owners of our bungalow used LPG heaters instead of the manky old storage heaters and we had a major problem with damp and mould to clean up and eradicate when we moved in
As others have said for goodness sake don’t use kerosene or home heating oil, it’s all too unrefined and will gum up modern laser heaters.
I have tended to buy it in 4l containers from hardware shops etc it works just as well.