dearborn heater question?

[coy-ote]

have a couple of older Dearborn heaters that were in my grandmothers house and we now have in storage, I was wanting to know how to change them over to propane from natural gas? any pros cons would help out.....thanx. plan on using them in a shed/cabin build after deer season or buy a window ac/heater

[Guerrero88]

They work well on propane. I have three. A guy with northwest propane in Lewisville Texas converted mine. However they don't do it anymore. He changed the orfice out then tweaked the air flow. I have a hearthglo that I use in the garage. Can't beat these little heaters.

[coy-ote]

hearthglo I will look these up thanx

[Rtsimp89]

I'm not positive about the Dearborn but in furnaces it's just like he said change the gas to air ratio in some way or another.

[Guerrero88]

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[poisonivie]

Any propane place should have the new orfice and show you how to change and adjust air flow. Most don't do it for you anymore. Its no biggie.

[Guerrero88]

They guy that converted mine would not touch it unless it had the data plate attached showing the btus. Based off of that he had a conversion chart. Unscrewed the small brass orfice and replaced.

[brianlg31]

As mentioned above, check with your local propane company. They should be able to at least point you in the right direction. If you are going to use it in a small cabin, you won't need a window unit with heat.

[Bluetex]

Find out how many BTW it is, go down to the propane store to pick up an new orfice

[Rtsimp89]

Visit Strickland propane for all your propane and propane accessories

[coy-ote]

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I like that heater i've seen many similar to it anitiquing with my wife

[easeup]

I use one like guerro88 and never switched anything out and it works OK.

[DEG]

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