Kerosene Heater, Monitor 30? [Kerosun, MPI]

l...@gsg.com

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Nov 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM11/1/97

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Rick> We are currently looking at a house with a Kerosene Heater
Rick> (Monitor 30). This is used in place of the existing electric
Rick> heat. (Electric heat is very unpopular here in New Hampshire,
Rick> where the electric rates are high, and winters cold and long).
Rick> Have you had experience with this model of heater, and can you
Rick> give me an idea of what the service life and replacement cost
Rick> might be. Also, what would be a reasonable service schedule?

We have 2 monitor 30 installed to replace the electric heat. We have
used them for 15 years and the average cost is $400-$500 per years to
heat 2600 square footage house in southern NH. We keep both heaters
running about 12 hours a day (6am-10am, 4pm-12pm) with temperature
setting at 72 F.

We have a semi-contemporary house with large open area so the heat can
flow thru different room without too much trouble. If you have
traditional colonial house, you will need method to guide the heat to
different rooms.

We do simple maintenance ourselves every year to remove carbon built
up, occasionally, we have local service people to do a complete
cleanup. A regular yearly checkup will not be a bad idea.

The monitor 30 line has been discontinued and you will not be able to
find parts if something breaks. The average life of a monitor 30 is
10-15 years and we need to replace them soon. Since there are no
moving parts we have not need to replace a single part in the past 15
years.

You might want to buy one of those generators in case there is power
outage. The monitor heater need electricity to run the fan to
delivery the heat.

The newer model: monitor 441 is bigger and better, cost around $1300.
Check out the monitor home page at:

<URL:http://www.monitorproducts.com/>

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Rick Miller

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Nov 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM11/1/97

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Thanks for your feedback. I've heard a lot more positive responses than
negative one to this question. My main concern is that everyone say
they last 10 - 15 years, and the unit in the house was put in in 1983.

l...@gsg.com wrote:
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> Rick> We are currently looking at a house with a Kerosene Heater

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> Rick> might be. Also, what would be a reasonable service schedule?
>
> We have 2 monitor 30 installed to replace the electric heat. We have
> used them for 15 years and the average cost is $400-$500 per years to
> heat 2600 square footage house in southern NH. We keep both heaters
> running about 12 hours a day (6am-10am, 4pm-12pm) with temperature
> setting at 72 F.

> The monitor 30 line has been discontinued and you will not be able to

> find parts if something breaks. The average life of a monitor 30 is
> 10-15 years and we need to replace them soon. Since there are no
> moving parts we have not need to replace a single part in the past 15
> years.

You mention that you will need to replace the heaters soon. What is the
usual cause of failure? I would expect that the combustion chamber or
heat exchanger would rust out over time due to condensation.

> The newer model: monitor 441 is bigger and better, cost around $1300.
> Check out the monitor home page at:
>
> <URL:http://www.monitorproducts.com/>

Thanks again, I check that home page out.

Tomato Man

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Nov 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM11/6/97

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l...@gsg.com wrote:
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: The monitor 30 line has been discontinued and you will not be able to

: find parts if something breaks. The average life of a monitor 30 is

The only part that wears out is the ignitor plug, call:
Carswell Distributing in North Carolina, 919-767-7700 or 800-929-1948,
maybe even ask for Joe Niten. PO Box 4193, Winston Salem, NC, 27115-4193.
Niten is the service guy.