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I've been doing some research into kerosene heaters, just familiarizing myself with them knowing I'll eventually need one. I've found that there are used one I could get, and I've looked at various YouTube videos showing people changing the wick. My question is how often in practice do those of you who use these types of heaters have to change the wick?

Also, are there relatively small kerosene heaters for van sized living spaces? Apparently these tend to put out a fair amount of heat.

Thanks

Hi folks, I'm new here having discovered this forum today. I'm considering doing a van conversion and have been reading through the various posts here. I'm really glad I found this forum because much of the advice I'm reading seems more grounded than elsewhere. So many of the videos doing conversions seem to get more and more elaborate and I was getting nervous about how over the top some of the conversions have gotten.

I had been looking at windowless cargo vans, but was concerned about that not being right for some reason. Reading posts I see that my gut sense may have been right about them.

I had also been thinking about a big complex (and expensive) solar setup that I'm now reconsidering in lieu of a generator.

So if I read this correctly, some older vehicles are actually better because they're mechanically simpler and thus more reliable? Here's an example of something I stumbled on today and was wondering if this is the kind of thing that has potential for a simple conversion? https://www.ksl.com/auto/listing/3999381?ad_cid=12#

Thanks.