Date:         Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:05:55 -0600
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From:         jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: camper heating
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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On 10/16/04 3:25 PM, "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:

> Guess the next time I go camping I should drag my pressure washer along.
> Continuous flow of 200F (+/-) degree water at 4.5 gpm for 90 minutes between
> fueling. Takes about 90 seconds to heat up. You could sell hot water to your
> neighbors, if you had any. Also has a 2K generator.
> 
> In all seriousness, they're making these things smaller and smaller these
> days- I was looking at one yesterday that was right around two cubic feet,
> I'd say. Lesser flow, etc. but still enough to work with (probably didn't
> have the genny- I didn't look for it). Somebody that pulled a small trailer,
> or camped a lot or for extended periods could probably justify it.
> Alternatively, some enterprising soul could use the components from
> something like that to cobble together a custom application.
> 
> Is it the owner of the 'Westfakia' that has a 'kitchen trailer'? I could see
> it fitting right in to that kind of setup.
> 
> Cya,
> Robert
> 
Eberspacher (espar) and webasto both make heaters that are designed to go
inline with the heater lines of a vehicle.  I have looked at using one of
those (diesel fueled) with a one or two gallon hold tank going to a heater
core with a fan inside the van.  Testing that I have done with a borrowed
unit and done by another interested party showed exceptional results.
However the price tag on these units is way beyond me.  That is why I have
been trying to locate a dbw46 or similar that was put in some synchro and
mercedes vehicles.  In the mercedes it was called a parking heater.  Similar
units are used on some of the big rigs and in class A RV.

Below for some current units made.

http://www.espar.com/htm/Specs/water/wterheat.htm

The webasto hl18 that I installed in my van  (no longer made) is similar to

http://www.espar.com/htm/Specs/airtronic2.htm



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