Paraffin vs Kerosene?

[markheolddu]

I have just bought a pressure lantern (tilley) it runs on both so they say but what is the difference and which is better?

Thanks Mark

 

[Ogri the trog]

I have just bought a pressure lantern (tilley) it runs on both so they say but what is the difference and which is better?

Thanks Mark

The cheapest one!!!
As far as I know, they are one and the same thing (ducks in preparation for the plethora of posts to the contrary) perhaps even UK/US "same but different" type of thing.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Chainsaw]

I think you're bob on Ogri, a much smarter man than I posted a link on SotP telling you different names for fuel round the world. I use paraffin from a garden centre for my Tilley.

Link here

Cheers,

Alan

 

[hiraeth]

I always thought they were the same thing,just called paraffin here and kerosene in the USA

 

[S3ymour]

Hmm...across the pond paraffin is a type of sealant wax, but kerosene is a readily available fuel....
At least as far as this colonial knows....

 

[rik_uk3]

Kerosene in the States, paraffin in the UK

http://members.iinet.net.au/~mbuckler/fuel/index.shtml

 

[EdS]

unless you run your heating off it then it is kerosene or 28 second burn oil over here.

And you can get paraffin wax as well over here - most cheap candles are made from it.

 

[ANDYRAF]

There is Kero A and Kero B, Kero A is aircraft jet fuel Kero B is light and heating fuel. Kero B is the one we call paraffin and the US call kerosene.

 

[king100]

You have numerous types of heating oil that you can use.

They differ as follows.

Kerosene - also known as 28 secs oil(the time it takes to burn) home heating oil, domestic heating oil, kero.

Most commonly used in central heating systems, also can be used in AGAs and Rayburns. It tends to soot up your AGAs more that PBO aka paraffin.

They as most definately not the same product as some may have stated.

Parraffin is a premium burning oil that alot of people use in AGAs, its has a cleaner burn and is most definately not the same as kero.


Additives can be added to kero to give it a cleaner burn and a new product has come out that is the only product sanctioned by AGA called glowmax. It has an additive to make it cleaner and perform better than normal kero.

 

[EdS]

28 second oil/ kerosene and yellow/white Paraffin are the same - it is 35 second oil (gas oil) that is different and soots things up.

But there are also refined versions of 28 second oil - Premium Kerosene or Pink/blue paraffin

http://www.rye-oil.ltd.uk/fuels.htm

 

[stevec038]

I have a book by Showell Styles called "Backpacking A Comprehensive Guide" published in 1976. He recommeded Primus stoves and used the terms paraffin and kersone interchangebly. He is British, so apparently are the two fuels, just a little marketing talk on the packaging probably.

 

[JP78]

Hi guys, new here! Not sure if this helps? http://ingoeoils.co.uk/kerosene/ Thanks!!