Date:         Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:37:54 -0400
Reply-To:     80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Re: LVC shop heater
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On a related topic I have an NOS 40,000 BTU (I think)
gasoline Espar Swingfire heater from a Unimog I was going to
use as a shop heater but now I don't need. Any takers?

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 06:40:05 -0400
>From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
>Subject: LVC shop heater
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>so this winter i bought old oil furnace to heat the vanagon
shop next
>winter.  this thing is really old but in good shape.  its
one of those old
>stand alone units that people used to have in their living
room and it
>heated the whole house.  it doesn't need any electricity to
run there, was
>a blower fan at some point but its designed to run with or
without it.
>without it it runs in convection mode.
>
>the guy that i bought if from had never run it but the
owner before him
>had used it to heat his garage and said it worked fine.
i've tried
>searching the net for information on this unit or a similar
unit with no
>luck.  the thing that i really need to figure out is how
one is supposed
>to light the thing.  the system layout is like this gravity
tank to "carb"
>to pipe that goes into a "pot" inside the heater.  it
almost looks like
>you start a fire with some material in the pot and then
turn the oil on.
>the brand of heater is siegler if that makes any difference.
>
>well if anyone knows about these things or where i might be
able to dig up
>some information please contact me.
>
>jonathan