Kerosine or light oil

[MikeJhn]

Testo, mostly set to Kerosine on domestic premises using 28sec, why would you set it to anything other than what is being burnt?

 

[Theboilerman]

I've got a Kane and it's light oil, you have to use the light oil setting even if you are using heavy oil/gas oil/35sec.

 

[island fling]

I use a testo 327-1 & I have always had it set to light oil.

 

[MikeJhn]

Interesting, anyone carried out a comparison to see what the difference between Kerosine and light oil is on the results?

 

[SimonG]

Interesting, anyone carried out a comparison to see what the difference between Kerosine and light oil is on the results?

Probably not as they are the same thing.

 

[MikeJhn]

Probably not as they are the same thing.

If that is so, why do Testo have the two different settings in their units?

 

[MikeJhn]

This seems to indicate they are different: Analysis of Kerosene and Light Oil (GC) : SHIMADZU (Shimadzu Corporation)

 

[Theboilerman]

Testo could class light oil as paraffin perhaps?

 

[MikeJhn]

I think paraffin and Kerosene are the same viscosity.

On my Testo 327-1 there are setting for:
Kero
Light Oil
Heavy Oil
Pellets
Propane
Butane
Nat Gas.

 

[DaveyHep]

Paraffin and 28sec kero are much the same. What we in the U.K. know as Paraffin (dum dum dum dum....Esso Blue) is just more refined than heating kero and is better suited for indoor appliances like Tilley Lamps and greenhouse heaters as it smokes less, but chemically it’s the same stuff.
35sec diesel is light oil - sometimes called gas-oil or Marine gas-oil (MGO). Intermediate fuel oil (IFO) is a medium weight oil (like engine oil). Heavy fuel oil (HFO) is ‘orrible thick industrial stuff than needs to be pre-heated.

Some analysers don’t discriminate between ‘Kero’ and ‘Light Oil’ as there’s not much difference in the figures produced.