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Date:         Wed, 8 Mar 2006 15:36:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Suburban heaters
In-Reply-To:  <20060308223140.EB4B82A876E@vickersdesign.com>
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Can those of you out there with Suburban heaters tell us how/where you mounted them and how you like them? Noisy? Quiet? Amp draw? At 7.5 inches tall (model SF-30) they could easily fit under the seat/ bed in a Westy and maybe take the place of the rear heater.

Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy On Mar 8, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:13:25 EST > From: "John C..." <Number9Trvlr@AOL.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_W0QQitemZ4 > 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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