Kerosene Smell

I have had someone visiting draw my attention to a smell (turned out to be from kerosene). They picked up eventually that it was standard kerosene in a wick lamp in one part of the house but they had identified it in another area of the house. A second wick appliance with low odour kerosene was not found to be a cause.

I know the low odour kero probably has less sulphur in it but I am wondering what health effects come from kero in a wick lamp? Keeping in mind this may be totally different to kero in a Tilley lamp where the kero is in an enclosed container.

Have others found the smell of kero to have any effect such as headaches or a rask etc.

Thanks

 

I have stopped using kerosene in wick lamps because of the smell. The kerosene evaporates out of the wick on hot days. I now use lamp oil (not suitable for pressure lamps due to higher flash point)
The wife's complaining gave me a headache.

 

I use Kleen Heat kerosene substitute but it is as costly as Coleman fuel. noticed one if my glass lamps was losing fuel level over time. I found retracting the wick and use of stainless steel cocktail sauce cups over the tops of my chimneys might help reduce the loss. I also think kerosene stinks more when it sits longer.

 

Nice one @ROBBO55.

 

Neither my wife or myself mind the smell of paraffin at all and use it in our wick lampses and the Tilley lampses, and we tend not to even notice it now.
The type we use is premium paraffin that is designed for use in greenhouse and domestic paraffin heaters, no problems so far, it does soot up the glasses a bit more than lamp oil though.
BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU START TO GET A HEADACHE AS THIS COULD BE THE ONSET OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.!
We have several CO alarms in the flat just in case.