No need to shell out $ for platcats or carvers. Just add venting and a heat exchanger to a standard Kerosene heater. You get the idea on: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jager/vw/gen/DariusPics/martin_busheat.jpg Used it over christmas in PA last winter and for a trip to Canada, and plan to use it in Edmonton this year. Only trouble so far is explaining the contraption to police and customs. Cost: Kerosene heater: free (Incredible what kinds of good stuff people throw away in CT. Found almost all my appliances on trash day, including an almost new 27" TV!! Several other poor international students at Yale did the same when I was there. Copper piping: free (Leftovers from building our lab at JHU) Flexible vent tube: $.84 at 70% off when caldor pulled out of Rochester. NOTE: PLEASE DON'T EMAIL TO THIS ACCOUNT!!! /Martin -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Martin Jagersand email: vwjag@hammer.cs.jhu.edu Computer Science Department Johns Hopkins University Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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