Why Not Kerosene?

[wolfenzee]

You have to preheat with diesel also. The way Dickinson tells you to preheat for a diesel stove of heater (and the way I preheated my kerosene heater) is to open the valve long enough to allow a small puddle of fuel to accumulate, close the valve, make a small cylinder of toilet paper (or some such thing) let it wick up the fuel, light it, when the puddle of fuel is gone, the stove/heater is ready to go. I did this in my kerosene heater, but replaced it with a wood heater between my main cabin and forward cabin.....I am lot happier with it. I am not thinking about replacing my propane cook top, just adding a diesel cook stove w/oven. There exists a myth some where that everyone that has a boat automatically has lots of money...I thought that myth only existed among landlubbers. I got this diesel stove in a trade for something I had no use for......that is a lot cheaper than buying a 3 (or4) burner propane stove and oven designed for marine use ($500 used at the local marine exchange), also it will fix the list I have that resulted from the previous owner replacing the "real" head, holding tank and plumbing with a plastic port-a-pottie.