Date:         Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:41:33 -0800
Reply-To:     Steve Schwenk <steve@SYNCRO.ORG>
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From:         Steve Schwenk <steve@SYNCRO.ORG>
Subject:      Re: More Propane Capacity
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I forgot to add that I ran my 3P12 platcat off of those
small 1 pound propane bottles for over a year.  1
bottle lasted 8 hours of continuous heating.  Dangers:
bottle tipping over and feeding the heater liquid
propane through the hose; or the bottle getting too hot
and thus too much pressure and thus vents propane into
passenger compartment....or the valve is defective and
fails does the same thing.  Bottles used inside should
only be used as a temp solution.  It is dangerous.

I now run the heater off of the westy system. I use an
illegal high pressure retractable gas hose tapped in
under the sink.  That line has a separate petcock to
turn gas to it off when not in use.  Yes, this is safer
than running off of portable tanks inside the van, but
not as safe as copper gas feed directly to the heater.

Steve

> > <I am still puttering with installing a Plat Cat vented heater heater in my
> > '87 Westy.  It would be nice to have more propane on-board than the 2 1/2
> > gallon tank, and I'm too much of a tightwad to spend $210 plus shipping from
> > the BD.>