Date:         Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:38:24 -0700
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: water heaters; also space heaters
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On 3/3/05 20:15, "Ed" <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> http://www.zodi.com/
> 
> I came across a link to this company on someone's Vanagon links page. Check
> out the combo units, but they have dedicated water heating units and space
> heaters. The water heaters can be put on a stove, or they have propane ones.It
> seems like a great solution to both hot water needs and space heating needs.
> It is portable, so it doesn't have to be carried around when not needed. They
> have a combination unit, which heats water for showers and dishes, and also is
> a space heater, with two ducts to put in your tent or Westy. The good thing is
> that the combustion chamber can stay outside, and it can either heat inside
> air or draw in fresh air from outside. I might get one and either build a
> small shelf to hang it on outside the window over the sink, or use it on the
> roof luggage area, and make a small window within a window to bring the
> ducting inside.
> 
> Has anyone tried one?
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
That heater is a 20k btu heater (they donΉt recommend their 10k unit except
for tiny tents.)  note it sits on two bottles of 19k btu each.  This is not
a thermostatically controlled unit and because of the type of heat exchange
I would estimate a 60 percent efficiency.  About a two years ago I was
looking at those units but never got answers to how much current the fans
draw and to what they were comparing their heat figures to.  This winter I
finally got to see a zodi in use.  My opinion is "you donΉt get what you
paid for".  The individual with the unit had made a window insert for his
camper shell.

For a base camp tent I may look at a unit like one of these but not for a
camper.
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