[AT] old propane stock tank heater

[Cecil Bearden]

Carl:
I found those also.  I read the lighting instructions on the Trojan 
heater that is available today if not sold out.  It stated to light the 
pilot outside and put the whole assembly into the container.  Did not 
sound too easy to me.   Also, no way to even get the pilot out of this 
one easily.  so, I hooked it up, dumped a couple of squirts of gasoline 
in the bottom, soaked a paper towel with gas, lit it and dropped it in 
the heater.  Then I help the pilot button down and after about a minute, 
I turned it on and it fired up.   It is working so far in the horses' 
tank. However, they don't like the sound of it when it is heating.  I 
guess they will have to get thirsty before they get used to it....
Cecil

On 1/28/2022 10:51 AM, Carl Szabelski wrote:
> Cecil,
>
> I did find two cws-8 heaters that sold for $20 for both.........eight 
> years ago. They were listed as 1950’s vintage. Doesn’t seem to be a 
> lot out there on those heaters.
>
> Carl
>
> On Friday, January 28, 2022, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net 
> <mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:
>
>     Carl; Thaks.  I got a reply back this morning from the company. 
>     They had a fire on 12/14/21 and lost all the old stuff and most of
>     the building.   I guess I will just try to light it with a long
>     wire that was furnished with the heater.
>
>     Cecil
>
>     On 1/28/2022 8:37 AM, Carl Szabelski wrote:
>>      Cecil,
>>
>>     Took a quick look on e-bay and what they have is a cap and a
>>     brochure for the heater, no actual heaters.
>>
>>
>>     Carl
>>
>>     On Thursday, January 27, 2022, Cecil Bearden
>>     <crbearden at copper.net <mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         I picked up a nearly new Johnson gas appliance cws-8 Propane
>>         stock tank heater.  It appears they stopped making these in
>>         the 60s  This one is in like new condition,  I would like to
>>         find an operators manual or lighting instruction for it. 
>>         There was an instruction manual on ebay over 2 years ago, but
>>         none available now.  If anyone knows where I might find one,
>>         I would certainly appreciate it.  The Johnson gas appliance
>>         company is in Cedar Rapids Iowa, and still in business. 
>>         However, they do not list the stock tank heater.  I have
>>         contacted them and waiting on a response.   Maybe there is a
>>         museum in Cedar Rapids that has some of the literature from
>>         the company...
>>
>>         Cecil
>>
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