Date:         Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:31:12 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: [Syncro] Propex Furnace Install Question
Comments: To: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan@MAIL.HOUSE.GOV>
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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.

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