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Propane Or Butane ?
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I have bought a new push-along gas room heater. Its says it gives out 4.1kw with all three panels alight, but I fancy it isn't as warm as it could be.
At present I am running it on butane, but the instructions say butane or propane. If I used propane instead, would it be much hotter ?
At present I am running it on butane, but the instructions say butane or propane. If I used propane instead, would it be much hotter ?
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I was always under the impression that propane was much hotter than butane. I have a spare propane bottle in the garage, so I think I might try it. Another thing...even though the instructions say butane/propane, I was a bit concerned that the hotter flame might harm the burners, but perhaps not ?
I was always under the impression that propane was much hotter than butane. I have a spare propane bottle in the garage, so I think I might try it. Another thing...even though the instructions say butane/propane, I was a bit concerned that the hotter flame might harm the burners, but perhaps not ?
If your heater is indoors there will be no advantage in using butane. Propane is available for eg, caravans where the cylinder is outside and may give problems in winter. In our early years of marriage we lived in a caravan where the gas cylinder was completely outside (ie, not inside a locker) and, on frosty mornings, we had to pour a kettle of boiling water over it before we could use the gas.