At 10:10 PM 3/3/2000 , ~K~ wrote: >Anyone know of any decent heaters that plug into the cigarette lighter? >I'm about to embark across Canada with no heat... > >thanks. A heater that gives as much heat as a standard electric space heater (which isn't nearly enough for a Vgon driving down the road in the cold) would take 100 amps. No can do. BJ's warehouse sells a 30,000 BTU/hr propane blast heater for $90 US, meant for (very small) construction sites. It will run about 14 hours on a 20# BBQ tank. It needs about an amp of 110vac, which you can supply with a small inverter -- 140watt units available for about $40 US at the discount houses like BJ's. You'd have to secure it to the floor somehow, but it would work. It shoves great masses of hot air out the front and makes a roaring noise (it's really just a tube with a fan in back and a fire in the middle, with another tube enclosing it that stays cool). david david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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