Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:03:22 -0900
Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
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From: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject: Re: Coleman SportCat - Poor man's Propex?
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Mike do you have one of these? if so how well does it work to quickly warm up the van and in what type of temperature/climate ranges? I am in Alaska and looking for something that I can use to make my van a mobile warm up shack for when we are skiing, sledding, etc, without running the engine.
Mark in AK
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sunday, January 7, 2007 7:53 am
Subject: Re: Coleman SportCat - Poor man's Propex?
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Here's my solution- Mr. Buddy Heater - see the link and pic for
> details:
> http://forum.80-90.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=14494
>
> Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote: Is that really
> only 1500btu? I have a couple unvented catalytic
> heaters. One is portable 7000 BTU, the other is meant to be
> mounted and
> plumbed in and is 3000btu. the 3000 BTU one didn't put out enough
> heat to
> be worth much to me. I do take the 7000btu one with me if I'm
> going to be
> camping off grid in winter. It does warm you up. As was said, it
> heatspeople a lot more than air with its radiant heat. It has only
> onespeed. On a recent trip i found that I wanted to turn it down
> once I got
> warm, but I just had to turn it off and wait until I got cold. I
> find that
> opening the skylight an inch or so, and opening the vents in the front
> doors gives a good air circulation to let the fumes/moisture out
> withoutlosing too much heat.
>
> Edward
>
> At 09:06 PM 1/3/2007, Michael Diehr wrote:
> >Santa left me a Coleman sportcat heater, the basic 1500btu
> >model. :-) Anyone use these while vanagon camping and care to share
> >tips? How long does it take to heat up a cold van in the morning?
> >What sort of temperature differential can they handle before you
> >drown in humidity or die of CO poisoning? Would it be possible to
> >mount one of these near the stove or fridge, and tie it into the
> >van's LP system? Might make a really cheap alternative to a built-in
> >heater?
>
>
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