On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Forhan, Thomas wrote: > Air intake is a safety issue: you definitely want to get the fresh intake > air from outside the van. That completely closes the combustion loop so that > the entire process-intake, burn and exhaust, are sealed from the air that > you are breathing. There is no opportunity for combustion biproducts to > enter the passenger compartment. Please make sure this is how you install > it. I'll second this. I have no experience with the Propex, but I once installed a Stewart Warner gas heater in a Westy. I didn't hook up the air intake to the outside. I had problems with the last bit of exhaust fumes wafting back into the cabin after the combustion blower shut off. Smelled terrible. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." |
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