[AT] Fuel Oil vs. Diesel Fuel

[Ronald L. Cook]

Charlie,
	It has been 40 years or so ago, but If my memory is a little correct, I 
think you are right.  It seems to me that the #5 had to be preheated to 
atomize for the burners in the kiln.  Bunker fuel is what ships use, is 
it not?  That is preheated before it goes to the boiler burners, I 
think.  At any rate, it would not make good diesel fuel.
	I buy #1 tractor fuel for my shop heater instead of #1 stove fuel. It 
is exactly the same thing as #1 diesel fuel except for the dye and 
taxes.  Here in Iowa the tractor fuel is not taxed as the home heating 
fuel is, and of course has no road tax.

Ron Cook
Salix,IA

On 5/7/2011 7:20 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Is #5 the same thing that is sometimes called "bunker C" oil.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Cook
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 12:12 AM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Fuel Oil vs. Diesel Fuel
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> Same in Iowa, Ralph.  #5 is pretty thick.  Lots of btu's, though.  I
> used to work at a petroleum jobber.  The only place locally that I know
> of that used #5 was the brick yard to fire their kilns.  That arrived in
> tank cars.  In the winter I would deliver #1 to their storage with a
> tankwagon to thin the #5.  That was 40 years ago.  If that tractor had
> #5 in it, it likely could not atomize well enough to fire.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
>
> On 5/6/2011 10:39 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>> On 5/6/2011 8:28 PM, Charlie V wrote:
>>> I will most likely be corrected on this, Joe. since it may not be
>>> accurate.  As I recall from a Diesel mechanics course that I took over
>>> 50 years ago, heating oil is #5.  Diesel is #2 and Kerosene is #1.  I
>>> believe these numbers derive from the cuts (after gasoline) in the
>>> refining distillation process from crude.  I keep in mind that when
>>> our local school district got the first real cold day with the new low
>>> sulfur fuel a couple of years ago, they ended up with about 25 of the
>>> buses not running at the same time.  The fix was found to be to add 15
>>> percent Kerosene.  I did the same to my '86 Ford F-250 and that also
>>> solved it's cold starting problem so I assume the kero not only
>>> prevents jelling, but also improves volatility a little.
>>>
>>> Charlie V.
>> To the best of my knowledge, in Canada anyway, the fuel oil you burn in
>> your furnace to heat the house is the same fuel that goes into the
>> diesel tractor and trucks. Only difference is the price.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.