These sweedish Origo boat heaters -- I have two and I love them -- are undesirable for Vanagon because Alcohol fuel simply costs too much. I use them anyway, but unless one could find a source of, say, a 55 gallon drum of alcohol, it simply costs too much. 1 Gallon (or was it 1/2 gallon?) of fuel costs $10. You can burn up half of this in one night of camping, or all of it if it gets cold and you have two heaters going. Propane is fine. Nobody gets burned. Anyone have ideas about how to order, say, a 20 gallon jug of alcohol cheap please let us know. I could find no source in the DC area. At 03:15 PM 9/9/01 -0700, you wrote: >Are you really adding propane? RV/camper propane >mishaps account for a lot of trade at the regional >Burn Unit at our local hospital. The survivors >usually stay a long time. I don't need that kind of >job security. But with deer season approaching... >At present I use my Swedish 2-burner ORIGO alcohol >wick stove on my boat, have seen a family that was van >camping in the Keys with one...non pressurised, >clean... >As for heat...maybe a hot water bottle till things get >toasty in the fleece sleeping bag.., flannel shets, I >dunno... >Be safe. George In GR '87 Van O'White > >--- Benjamin Tan <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> wrote: > > In a message dated 9/9/01 1:13:35 PM Pacific > > Daylight Tiane > > regulators. >> > > > > in the event of a disaster > > caused by the heater > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger >http://im.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Derek Drew CEO & Co-Founder http://www.ConsumerSearch.com/ New York, NY =========================== "Best Expert Review Site" for product reviews on the Internet Jan. 2001, PC World Magazine ========================== derekdrew@rcn.com 212-580-6486 Alternate numbers for the industrious phone caller that wants to try every avenue: 212-580-6486 (best), 917-848-6425 (cell); 202-966-7907 (Work), 212-580-4459 (Home), 202-966-0938 (Home), 978-359-8533 (fax [efax]), 212-269-3188 (New York Seaport office). |
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