VANAGON archives -- March 2006, week 2 (#74)

Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:44:43 -0800 Reply-To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> Subject: Re: Propane heaters In-Reply-To: <1ac.495b591c.3140b105@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Other than space, power consumption is the main reason:

Plat-Cat: .5 amp/hour

Suburban Furnace: ~5 amp/hour

If you're always plugged into 110V power, the furnace is better. If you're going to be using 12V, the plat-cat wins.

BTW: You don't have to pay $450 for a Plat-cat. Here's a link to a nice looking 6000BTU model for $300:

http://www.northstarflameless.com/new/rec-6000.html

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of John C... Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:13 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Propane heaters

In a message dated 3/8/2006 9:03:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, jjolson@GWTC.NET writes: I've been looking into heaters/furnaces for my Vanagon. Is there any reason to spend $450 for a Plat-Cat heater that shows up on Thesamba.com periodically

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=251970

rather than for a Suburban furnace with twice the btus for half the price that shows up on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BRAND-NEW-SUBURBAN-LP-GAS-RV-FURNACE_W0QQitem Z4 618095170QQcategoryZ50073QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If the reason is space, that's not an issue for me as I can build the cabinet to fit the furnace.

Curious minds want to know???

Jeff Martin, SD Hi Jeff & all, I couldn't come up with any that swayed me, So, I picked up a Suburban 12,000btu NT.

best, John C... SLC, UT... 85 Westy ( Dinky Dau ) 90 Carat ( Number 9 )

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