D0MODEL5181

PORTABLE KEROSENE HEATERINSTRUCTION
MANUAL-fromALH, Inc.

A subsidiary of Aladdin Industries, Inc.
RO. Box 100255
Nashville, Tenn. 37210

WARNING :Use only in a well-ventilated area. Use
pure kerosene only. Other fuels mightcause severe damage.
Due to high surface temperatures,
keep children, clothing, and furnitureaway from heater.

TRDPIG ;181 HEATER SPECIFICATIONSSPACE HEATEDHEAT OUTPUT
SYSTEMTYPE
TANK CAPACITYWICKF UELF UEL CONSUMPTIONDURATION
IGNITION SOURCETANKEMERGENCY
SHUT-OFF DEVICEDIMENSIONSWEICHT.

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Approx. 14' x 20' area
7,800 B.T.U. per hour
Kerosene wick system
Reflection/radiantApprox. 0.85 gallons
Glass fibre (Pat. No . SW 11 20 )Best quality kerosene
0.5 pint per hour
Over 17- 22 ho urs per gallon of kerosene
Dry batteries ( l.SV x 2)
Leak-free dual tank for extra safety
Wick-drop system••

15 1/2" X 18 1/2 "15 lbs8. Never use heater near other flammab leliquids or near readily combustible
materials such as curtains, newspapers,
etc. Do not use heater in a windy lo cation such as a major entrance o r hallway. Do not use heater in narrow ortightly dosed rooms or areas.
9. Never place a pan or cooking utensil
which is likely to tip or boil over on topof the heater.
10. Exercise care not to bump or upset theheater unnecessarily . lf it is accidentally overturned, simply set it upright.
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I 1. Do not move or carry U1e heater while itis operating .

13. If yo u suspect that the heater is not.
working properly, extinguish it nnmed iately.
14. A disassemb led and reassembled heater
should be restarted only after it is tested
in a safe place .

15. WARN ING
Risk of Explosion:
Never use any fuel other than purekerosene. Never fill oil reservoir whenheate r is operating or still hot.
Never use heater in area where flammable vapors or gases may be present.
Never fill oil reservoir in living space .
Fill oil reservoir outdoors.
Never store kerosene in any container
other than an approved safety can or
sto re kerosene in the living space .

12 . Do not use unit fo r drying d oilies by

hanging clothes near or dire ctly over theunit.

WARNING :PREVENT ACCIDENTS. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING, IMPORTANT \N
POINTS TO REMEMBER.
fuels from being used by mistake, always
conflrm that what is about to be usedis kerosene by smell.

1. Heater is hot while in operation. Due tohigh surface temperatures, keep children ,pets, clothing and furniture away.
2. WARNING(

5. Be sure to take all necessary precautions
when handling kerosene. Do not smoke
when fill ing the heater or expose fuel toopen flame/h igh tem perature. l f any
kerosene is spilled, be sure to wipe it up
immediately. Store kerosene in a cool,well ventilated locatio n, and only in alabelled, tightly-sealed container.

Hazard of asphyxiation. Use this heater
only in a well-ventilated area. A door orwindow open to an adjacent room should
provide adequate ventilation. Periodically(1 ""'2 every an hour) open an outside
window or door briefly to "air" theroom.
3. Be sure to place this heater at least 3 feetaway from the wall.
4. USE ONLY KEROSENE IN THE
HEATER.
Do not attempt to use gasoline, whitegas, paint thinner, or any other highly
volatile liquid . To prevent improper- ] -6. Unsupervised o peration of heater is notrecommended . Always extin guish heater
before sleeping or leaviQg unattended foran extended period of time.
7. Use heater on in upright position on levelsurface only.

GENERAL INFORMATION
1. If bad kerosene is used , carbon will accumulate on the upper part of the wick to the extent

that the wick does not move up and down easily. Therefore , care should be taken to use
good, clean kerosene only.
2. Adjustment of roo m temperature when the room be comes too hot should be done byventilation such as opening a window rat her than by turning the heater back. Operating
the hea ter at too low setting will cause imperfect combustion result ing in the accumulat ionof ca rbon on the wick. Always make sure that the wire coil on top of the burner glows
red .
3. Be su re to clean the heater and wick after extended use. At least once every I 20 opera tinghours is recommended . A heater that is not regularly cleaned to remove kerosene spillage,carbon specks, and dust will give off undesirable odo rs.
4. The tail of the wick should always be complete ly immersed in the tank at all points. If it isnot , irregular burnin g and shorter wick life will result.
5. Use only genuine ALADDIN wicks and parts.

-PREPARATION FOR USE :READ INSTRUCTION MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE USING HEATERUNPACKINGINSTALLING BATTERIES
Install batteries in the battery case on theright side of the heater. Be sure to observe
correct positioning of batter1es as marked inbattery case.

EMERGENCY SHUT-OFF DEVICE
This heater has a emergency shut-off device
in the event of heater tip over or violent shock.
To make this system workable, raise theemergency shut-off lever gently.

WARNING FOR DRY BATTERY USAGE(1) Do not use a new dry battery with aused one.
(2) Do not charge a dry battery.
(3) Do not break open or incinerate drybatteries.
(4) Do not expose dry batteries to extreme
temperatures.
(5) Dispose of dry batteries when they areexhausted.

FUELING/ REFUELING

LIGHTING
1. When you use this heater for the firsttime , fill with kerosene and wait about 30
minutes until the wick is soaked withkerosene .
2. This heater is equipped for emergency
shut-off in the event of tip over onviolent shock. You must set this systembefore lighting. See previous section forinstruction.
3. Screw up the wick by turning the wickcontrol knob clockwise.

1. Remove the tank cap and fill fuel until the fuel gauge points to "F".

2. After filling kerosene, replace and tighten tJ1e tank cap.
3. Before you fill oil reservoir of the heater, extinguish the heater.

4. After igniting the wick, slide the burne
grip the right and left a few times to ensure burner is resting properly on outer
wick guide.

Check the horizontal level by the level indicator located on the left side of the unit (picture 1) .
The emergency shut-off device will not work properly and you will cannot turn wick control
knob unless heater is on a level surface.

Push igniter button and the burner will lift,
igniter touch, and when wick is burning,slowly release the igniter button. (Seepicture 2)

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NOTE: Wick should ignite within 5 seconds.

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ADJUSTING THE FLAME
1. 5 to 10 minutes after lighting, adjust theflame to proper intensity. (picture 4)
2. If flame still appears above wire netpicture 5), check to verify that chimney
is seated properly.
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LIGHTING WITH AUTO IGNITERCHECKING HORIZONTAL LEVEL

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Lift up the burner by holding burner grip,
and then ignite with a match. (See picture3).

3• Take up two (2) batteries from box afterunpacking.
• Carefully remove heater from carton andpacking materials.
• Open grill after removing adhesive tapeseal.
• Remove protective padding from burnerassembly.
• Keep carton for storing your heater. Also
save instruction manual.

+LIGHTING MANUALLYCircle markX

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Use the heater where the bob
stays within the circle mark.

•Do not use the heater where
the bob is off or on the ci rclemark.

EXTINGUISHING
1. Turn the wick control knob counterclockwise slowly until it stops.
2. The wick will be lowered to the bottom
and the fire will be out in 3- 5 minutes.
3. Make sure that the flame has been extinguished .
4. In case of emergency, push emergency
shut-off lever down to extinguish theheater.

CARE OF THE WICK
I. The wick used in this heater is made of heat resisting fibre glass which does not burn andshould last for a long time.
2. To keep the wick in good working condition, you should burn the wick off at least once amonth in order to destroy a tar-like substance accumulated on the wick.
3. To burn the wick clean, operate the heate r without refueling until it begins to go out and theglowing wire net becomes dark.
4. When the wire net becomes dark , turn the wick control knob clockwise as far as it goes sothat the wick is raised as high as possible.
5. Allow the heater to continue operating without refueling until it goes out completely andany flame on the wick has extinguished itself.
6. After heater has cooled sufficiently, open the grill, remove the burner chimney, raise wickto maximum setting, and carefully remove loosened tar and carbon from the wick with asoft brush or cloth.

REPLACING PARTS

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1. REPLACEMENT OF WICKBurner(1) Open the griJI, take out the burner,and close the grill. (picture 6)(4) After actuating shut-off device, remove
rear insulation plate by disengaging
dowels from rectangular holes as shownin the figure below. (picture 9) Afterremoving rear insulation plate, detachthe front one. (They will detach easily
if detached one at a time.)

9(5) Remove 4 wing nuts securing outer
wick guide to detach it. Be careful
not to break lead wire of lighting
device.
If wing nuts are too tight,
remove by using small pliers. (picture10).

10(6) Push spring case lever upward to detach
it from locking groove of locking plate(picture 1 1).

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Insulation plate

Fixing angle

Take out(2) Using a co in or screwdriver, turncounterclockwise and remove threescrews situated at the rear, rightand left side respectively. (picture 7)

case lever----7(7) Pull wick control knob forward together with gear and then, gear plate ofwick holder will disengage from gear at
the end of gear shaft. (picute 12)

12 Gear plate(8) Pull wick holder upward , and remove
used wick from it. (See picture 13-1)
Next, insert new wick (SW 1120) intowick holder, making sure the top ofwick holder is aligned with line of newwick, and force teeth of wick holder
in to wick. (See picture 13-2).

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grooveWick hol derrew(3) Hold fro nt panel with one hand andhandle with the other, incline thecabinet frontward and pull it off
in the forward direction. (picture 8)

8~--t...al ryi ng handle

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NOTE:
Make certain tai l of wick is on bottom.

13-21mm

(9) Fit wick holder and new wick into
wick guide cylinder, and engage gearof gear shaft with the lower part ofgear plate (picture 14)
Don' t force gear shaft as gears should
move without excessive force.
(10) Insert spring case lever fully into
bottom of locking groove of locking
plate (picture 15). Then turn wickcontrol knob counterclockwise till it
stops in the extinguishing direction.

(11) Install outer wick guide, and secure itwith wing nuts. Make sure wick guideis centered, thereby maintaining evengap for wick (picture 16)
NOTE:
Don't pinch lead wire with outer wickguide.
(12) By pulling ignition device .with finger,
insert front insulation plate in place(picture 17-1). Then hem outer wick
guide between front and rear insulation plates, and hook dowels into rectangular ho les to insulation plates.
(picture 17-2).
(13) Incline cabinet, put wick control knob ,ignition knob and shut-off leverthrough holes of panel, lower cabinet
in place and resecure tightly (picture18).
(14) After completing assembly, set theemergency shut-off device and thenmove wick up and down two or th reetimes, raise wick to maximum setting,and push down emergency shut-off
lever to make certain wick subsequently descends quickly .

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Glow plug

Remove cabinet (This procedure is described in previous section), and remove batteries from thebattery case. Place thumb of one hand at the glow
plug socket, and turn glow plug counterclockwise
exerting slight pressure with the other hand todetach it. (picture 19).

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Glow plug socket

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15 Insert into lock ing

Spr ing case levergroove (2 spots ) ....-::::7-::.--..JNOTE :Be careful not to damage filament on igniter. Afterreplacing assembly, remount heater body.
3 REPLACING WIRE NET AND WIRE COIL:
Exerting slight pressure , turn wire net counterclockwise and detach. Replace with new parts and resecure (See picture 20).

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16.r--- -Wicking nut

17-1 Ign ition Device 17-2•

Insulat ion plate

Insu lation
plate18•( 15) After replacing wick, wait 30 minutes
prior to ignition.

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1. Remove kerosene completely.
2. Ignite heater and allow to burn dry.
3. Actuate shut-off device to lower the wick.
4. Remove batteries and store heater in polyethylene bag, place in a box, and store in a wellventilated place.
5. Keep instruction manual in handy location .
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M ove burner chimney grip right and left to make sure burner ch imney is correctly seated.
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PARTS LIST/TROPICTop plate~-- Wire net

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Igniter button -~-Wi re coil-t--Outer burner cylinder
I ' -- Inner burner cylinder~~:::::~~'----Burne r casing

Emergency shut- off ~leverBase p l ate -----\~.:'-----Burner gri p

Opening for ----~~~~~;;;~~
Fuel gauge.
•Side door - - - ----'

Cabi 11et ~-+--., ~.

Screw - -- - -- ..../

Wing nut

Ignition device - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
Battery case - - - - - - - - - - - - . . .
Emergency shut-off - -.......
deviceWick gu ide top
Inner wick guide - -- - - -- ----=::::,:
cylinderGear shaft - -- - ---.....

[.:':;::;~ t---Wick- +--Wick holder'·•'·1'\--

Gear pi ate'-----Tank cap' - - - - -- Fuel gauge...___ _ _ _ Oil reservoir