At 10:01 AM 5/3/2010, Dave Mcneely wrote: >I've looked at and read about the Mr. Heater and the Heat Buddy >products. Like all catalytic heaters, they are not supposed to be >used in a closed space, and I would surely not use them in the van >while sleeping. Or is there some safety feature that I've not >learned about? Seems to me to be like running an open flame gas >heater in a home. Or The current versions of Mr. Heater have an oxygen sensor that shuts the device down before the mixture changes enough to generate significant amounts of CO. It also shuts down if the fire goes out or the unit tips over. It is rated for indoor use and requires at least nine square inches of outside ventilation. It blows out in the wind, and of course it poses a direct fire hazard but it has reasonable screening in front. Required spacing is 30" top, 24" front, 6" back and sides. Uses the fat Coleman gas bottles, can be adapted to external tank but mfr specifies using only their own hose for the purpose. Yours, David |
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