Date:         Sat, 4 Mar 2000 00:44:10 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: portable heaters?
Comments: To: "~K~" <maddie@INTERLOG.COM>
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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
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