Jet A1 ..... just to be sure

Good day group,

On my sailing boat i use a kerosene stove with prismus burners.
I am getting ready for a pacific crossing and i would like to buy some kerosene.
The kerosen for sale on the hardware store here in Panama is really yellow.
Is the airplane jet a1 a good alternative?
Any precaution ??
I Will be at sea for several weeks
Just to make sure....
Thank you
Roberto

 

JetA1 is very good quality kerosene. Use it in preference to Jet A.

Cheers

Tony

 

totally agree with Tony . jet a1 is good stuff

kerry

 

In Jet A1 is there any additives to protect the engine or to keep if flowing/clear in cold temperatures on high altitudes? If there is they maybe are not so good to inhale when burned on stove.

Pure kerosene should be without any additives...

 

Jet A1 is, at least in Australia, the purest kerosene available. Jet A has more additives; and the stuff you buy in shops is Jet A1 with additives to turn it blue...

I use only JetA1 in all my stoves and lamps (even when I'm sailing!).

Tony

 

Thank you for the información.
See you in Australia !!!

 

@Roberto

Maker sure you visit!

Tony

 

@Roberto and @Tony Press , THAT would be a tremendous meet-up!

Any other Aussies available for a 21-Stove Greeting?

Alec

 

Jet A1 can include some parts of anti ice, and/or anti corrosive additives, but not as much as in JP-8.

 

I thought that the Jet A1 had the additives, not the other way around.

 

@snwcmpr, @Roberto

When in doubt go to Wikipedia...

JetA and Jeta-1:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel

Cheers

Tony

 

I don't trust Wiki anymore than any other word of mouth from public sources, but, as you said, look at Wiki...

 

@snwcmpr

I have recently been talking to fuel suppliers here in Tasmania. Two things I found out (which confirmed my previous understanding):

1. The hero seen sold through the bowser here in Tasmania is Jet A1.

2. Jet A is not used in Australia.

Cheers

Tony

 

@Tony Press
That means you do have the de-icing additive included in the fuel. I have read some say not to use it with the additive. I personally cannot say one way or the other, except what I read elsewhere.

Ken in NC

 

De icing additive isn't mandatory in Jet A1.
It is due to liners fuel systems.

 

@snwcmpr

In any case, it's all there is - even the blue stuff in bottles is JetA-1 with dye. I use it every day in my lamps/lanterns and never had problems.

Here is the Shell site with the aviation

http://www.shell.com.au/products-se...on/products/fuels/jet-a1.html#textwithimage_3

Cheers

Tony