Date:         Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:44:45 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Winter Camping Advise....
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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At 11:24 10/17/2000, Jim Arnott wrote:
>I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the 'Whole Earth Catalog'
>heater.  Take a 6" clay flower pot and put it upside down over a stove
>burner.  Crack a window and light the burner.  Let it cook for fifteen
>or so minutes.  Turn off the gas, close the window and enjoy the
>radiant heat.  Repeat as necessary.

Those of us who have had a flower pot throw hot shards about the place have
a diminished enthusiasm for this method... :->

I actually have a device made by Perko in the dim past, which is meant to
sit on a burner.  It is of cast aluminum with a ribbed bottom and an
internal finned duct with a fan blowing down into the top and out one
side.  I put a rheostat in the line because it's a noisy bugger, but it
works a treat, and you can blow the hot air in a particular direction.  It
doesn't do anything about the water from combustion, of course.  Cracking
open the skylight gives a nice convective circulation through the heater
and door vents.

d
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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