Date:         Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:08:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Ron Bloomquist <roadcow@MCN.ORG>
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From:         Ron Bloomquist <roadcow@MCN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: portable heaters?
Comments: To: "~K~" <maddie@INTERLOG.COM>
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~K~ wrote:  "Anyone know of any decent heaters that plug into the cigarette
lighter?
I'm about to embark across Canada with no heat... "

David suggests....  "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).

>snip<  -------

~K~, I'm thinking if you mounted it so it aimed towards the rear and you had
the back door open you might increase your mileage; what with the high price
of gas.  Or, if you don't want to bolt a ram jet to your floor you could go
the minimalist route and get one of those heaters that plugs into your
"cigarette lighter" (old days) / "lap top power port" (new daze)  that has
the heating element on the other end that you stick in your cup of coffee.
At least you could keep your hands warm.

Maybe wait for summer?

Ron Bloomquist