Date:         Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:54:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: olympian plat. cat heater info request
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> yes, I know of that guy. But i was wondering if anyone has got one of the
> vented kind and can report on how the vent system works. I recall someone
> (on list?) had one mounted behind pass. seat.
>

Harold and Nancy Rust had one set up in their Westy and thought it was
great.  There were good pictures of that setup on Harold's webpage but that
is now gone when Geocities folded.  Harold and Nancy have been gone from all
the lists for five years or better now. Their's was mounted behind the
passenger seat on a wooden box/frame work and vented to the outside.  That's
the only one I've seen that was vented and used the bigger, taller version.
I had the smaller, square unit, unvented, in the same palce on my '85
(installed by PO) and it provided heat but was a problem to light.  Another
friend had a newer one mounted in the same location and was pleased with it,
also not vented.  The only problem I've heard with them is the fact that
they produce moisture and consequently condensation if not vented.