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Heating oil - diffrences

  • 07-01-2011 4:43pm
    #1
    Seafight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi. I live in Ireland and use KEROSENE - which have a red color for heating its priced about 1 euro per 1L just before Derry I can get heating oil which is 73 cents per 1L but it have a yellow color.

    Is there any diffrence in burning ? if not I can save lots of money buying yellow one. Thank You :)


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  • #2
    glic83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭glic83


    heating oil is diesel and is different to kerosene and you should only be paying around 80 cent max per litre of kerosene have you rang around?


  • #3
    Seafight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Seafight


    Yes the cheapest one I found is priced 90 cents per 1L and have red color its called KEROSENE. But my question is wht is another one yellow coloured. Why its cheaper?


  • #4
    glic83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭glic83


    its different they are not the same home heating oil is usually cheaper than kerosene,kerosene is a cleaner fuel supposed to be more efficent older boilers usually run on heating oil and i have seen larger installs running on it as well


  • #5
    Seafight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Seafight


    ok. Thanks for Your help :)


  • #6
    creaghadoos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭creaghadoos


    kerosene has a red dye added in the south, and no dye added in the north.

    a domestic oil burner will run on 28sec kerosene, no matter what colour it is.

    it is LEGAL to bring quantities less than 100 litres across the border as long as it is for your own use


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  • #7
    glic83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭glic83


    yes but its not kerosene he would be getting it would be heating oil (diesel) so unless he wants to change over hes system to heating oil its not much good to him,if he can get kerosene at 73 cent/l then all well and good


  • #8
    creaghadoos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭creaghadoos


    28sec kerosene is what is supposed to be used in a normal domestic setup. it is the standard that the domestic oil burners have been designed to burn.

    35sec gas oil is what is supposed to be used in a commercial setup. it burns a bit slower because it has a lube added to it.

    these are the only 2 burning oils commercially available anymore.
    the only other variant available is parrafin oil which has the sulpher removed so as it can be used indoors in heaters and lamps, very hard to get in large quantities


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