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Date:         Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:17:11 -0800
Reply-To:     courtney hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         courtney hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
Comments: To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTikt+sxYY6ZHafKVDtQ_pJ8H4Tb9TBOkt3YgYzpM@mail.gmail.com>
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The point is Miguel that Alistair was being helpful by letting me know how much moisture a non-vented heater would put into my van up here in B.C. as he knew where I lived. That was helpful information. I'm still trying to find ANYTHING helpful at all in YOUR comment. Courtney

----- Original Message ----- From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM> Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:00 am Subject: Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy) To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> So what's the point? Is this something new you just learned in night > classes and want to show off? Seriously, Sullivan is in San Antonio, > Tx. so why don't you figure out how many cups of water vapor his > vanagon contains at 80% humidity....... > Miguel > > I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. > - Thomas A. Edison > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Alistair Bell > <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > aha! its an opportunity, not to answer question, but to work > out just > > how much water vapour is produced by burning the 1 lb bottle > of propane. > > > > lets make assumption that no CO is produced, ie the heater is > working> perfectly, and that there are 16 oz to the lb, or 454 g. > > > > combustion equation: > > > > C3H8 + 5O2 -----> 3 CO2 + 4H2O > > > > so we see for every mole of propane burned, we get 4 moles of water. > > > > molecular weight of propane = 44 g/mol > > > > moles per 1 lb bottle = 454/44 = 10.3 moles > > > > therefore burning the entire bottle would produce 4(10.3) = 41.2 > > moles of water > > > > molecular weight of water = 18 g/mole > > > > therefore 18(41.2) = 741.6 g of water produced. > > > > almost 3 cups of water into the van in 6 hrs. > > > > > > alistair > > > > > > > > > > On 8-Nov-10, at 12:16 PM, Courtney Hook wrote: > > > > Just hauled out my little Buddy Heater and it claims 6hrs on > low with > > a 1 LB cylinder. Has anyone actually ever timed one to see how > > realistic that is? I'm doing it right now, but with a re- > filled 1 LB > > cylinder which never seems to refill completely. I'll see what > I get. > > Courtney > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind, > > and the ones who mind, don't matter. > > >


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