Question....Customer just called asking about Jet fuel

Posted by daytona° on April 28, 2007, 1:24 pm

for in an oil furnace. This person selling it says it is OK for oil furnaces
and has the same BTU content as Fuel oil
WHAT SAY all of YOU

Posted by Noon-Air on April 28, 2007, 1:48 pm

JP5 will work just fine with a little fuel/air mix adjustment. It has a
flash point of roughly 150 degrees, dame as #2 diesel. That was all we used
on the CG high endurance cutters....main diesels, generators, small boats,
boilers, etc.
FWIW, when we got a load of #2 diesel, we had to punch the carbon out of the
tubes in the boilers every 3 or 4 days, with JP5, it only had to be done
every month or 2.

> for in an oil furnace. This person selling it says it is OK for oil
> furnaces and has the same BTU content as Fuel oil
> WHAT SAY all of YOU
>

Posted by daytona° on April 28, 2007, 2:34 pm

Thanks Noon
This customer says he can get the fuel at $2.00 per gal...so all he sees is
the $$$$ signs

> JP5 will work just fine with a little fuel/air mix adjustment. It has a
> flash point of roughly 150 degrees, dame as #2 diesel. That was all we
> used on the CG high endurance cutters....main diesels, generators, small
> boats, boilers, etc.
> FWIW, when we got a load of #2 diesel, we had to punch the carbon out of
> the tubes in the boilers every 3 or 4 days, with JP5, it only had to be
> done every month or 2.

>> for in an oil furnace. This person selling it says it is OK for oil
>> furnaces and has the same BTU content as Fuel oil
>> WHAT SAY all of YOU

Posted by Bubba on April 28, 2007, 7:21 pm

Isnt that just so sad? Jet fuel is $2.00 gal and he's happy about it.
Regular gas is $2.99 gal here. If it drops to $2.50 or lower everyone
will be happy as hell. How programmed we've become.
Once I figure out how to burn water in my vehicles those damn oil
companies will really have something to worry about.
Bubba :-)

wrote:

>Thanks Noon
>This customer says he can get the fuel at $2.00 per gal...so all he sees is
>the $$$$ signs

>> JP5 will work just fine with a little fuel/air mix adjustment. It has a
>> flash point of roughly 150 degrees, dame as #2 diesel. That was all we
>> used on the CG high endurance cutters....main diesels, generators, small
>> boats, boilers, etc.
>> FWIW, when we got a load of #2 diesel, we had to punch the carbon out of
>> the tubes in the boilers every 3 or 4 days, with JP5, it only had to be
>> done every month or 2.

>>> for in an oil furnace. This person selling it says it is OK for oil
>>> furnaces and has the same BTU content as Fuel oil
>>> WHAT SAY all of YOU

Posted by B-Hate-Me on April 29, 2007, 10:19 am

I crewed on Huey's some years ago for the US Army.

The word was that you could shove dogshit into
the fuel tanks and it would fly.

Mostly we used JP-4 but I saw jet-B go in there on
more than 1 occasion.

I think the dogshit would have to be liquefied
before using it for fuel... Any volunteers for THAT job?

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