Another heater for your list. http://www.hotcampshowers.com/new2543.html Cheers Hans Brouwer Cumberland, Ontario 86 Westfalia (Slowpoke) BusFusion a VW Camper camping event in Almonte, June 12 ~ 15, 2003 Member: Vanagon List, IWCCC & Capital City VW Club ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Fox" <afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Winters in the van
> Winter camping is my absolute favorite thing about the vanagon. I love > the outdoors in winter and camp around 30 days each winter in my van. I > use a plat cat heater which i like but could use more btu's for those > really cold nights. You can do it without a heater but you'll end up > camping out much more if you have a heater. Unfortunately a safe heater > is not cheap. Here is a list of options for vanagon heaters I have > compiled. Feel free to ask me additional questions. If i could do it > again I would install a Suburban heater. Ive only seen one installed in a > vanagon. You could probably get one off a wrecked rv really cheap > > heater: cost: advantage: disadvantage > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > platcat $450 safe, efficent only 5200 btu > low propane/elec insullation needed > draw > > gasoline $500used convienent, uses price, hard to > $1200plus new gastank for fuel find parts, elec > draw requires second > bat > > carverp4 $500 NOS just the right not made anymore, > size for vanagon hard to find. > > Suburban/ $500-$700new parts/service avail elect draw reqires > modern RV plenty of btu's second battery. > Forced air some model take up > propane lots of space. > > > > Anybody have any general tips for camping in the van during the winter? I > > plan on doing a few high elevation camps this winter in the Sierras for ski > > season (probably three days max) and was wondering if people had > > stories/lessons they might want to share about Vans and snow? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -eric > > > > > > -- > > Eric Spletzer > > Webmaster > > SeniorNet > > 121 2nd Street, 7th Floor > > San Francisco, CA, 94105 > > > > "I'm convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% the way I react > > to it." -- Charles Swindoll > > > |
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