Date:         Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:13:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Catalytic Heaters (again)
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I made a more permament--but still removable--mount with my wave 3.

I teed off the forward tank outlet and came around the front, putting a
safety shutoff right there. Then  between the straps and the gas tank
to the other side, an elbow or two later you can drill a hole in the
floor and run the pipe up through it. Then slip on the net and flange
it. The heater sits right down on the nut, you use the pattern that
comes with it to put self-tappers in the wall of the underseat battery
box.

Anyone wanting pictured can have them.

Jim

On Oct 11, 2004, at 4:56 PM, tabe johnson wrote:

> I doubt you could use a Coleman heater without
> modifications, because they are designed to
> take propane at tank pressure.  The catalytic
> RV heaters (I have an Olympian) are designed
> to run at low pressures.  I eventually chose
> an unvented catalytic heater because I can
> put it in and take it out in about five minutes,
> and I am already using the space under my rear
> seat.
>
> I just put a tee in the propane line after the
> regulator (outside!) and run a flexible hose
> made for flammable gases through the window
> to the heater.  The flexible hose is what
> made the whole thing possible.  It was maybe
> $20 from an industrial supply store.
>
> --tabe johnson
> xtabe@yahoo.com
> '87 Westy in Vancouver BC
>
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