New York Laws
Article 7A - Portable Kerosene Heaters
239-A - Definitions.

(a) has a fuel capacity of not more than two gallons;
(b) emits no more than .04 percent carbon monoxide in an air free
sample of flue gases at maximum heat output and no more than .08 percent
at recommended low-fire setting;
(c) has a minimum tipping angle of no more than thirty-three degrees
from the vertical with a full fuel reservoir;
(d) has an automatic shutoff safety device or inherent design feature
which extinguishes the heating flame upon tipover in not more than ten
seconds;
(e) includes as standard equipment a pump or siphon for refueling;
(f) is packaged with instructions advising the purchaser of proper
maintenance and operation;
(g) bears labeling, in conspicuous letters, cautioning and informing
the purchaser as to:
(i) the need for an adequate source of ventilation when the heater is
in operation;
(ii) the use of only suitable fuel for the heater;
(iii) proper manner of refueling;
(iv) proper placement and handling of the heater when in operation;
and
(v) proper procedures for lighting, flame regulation and extinguishing
the heater;
(h) after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-two, meets such
additional standards, if any, as may be contained in reasonable rules

and regulations adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to section
two hundred thirty-nine-c of this article.

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