Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:15:46 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: The Looks.....(vanagon envy?)/Winter Camping Prep
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What the barrier does is "lower-the-celing". Probably nothing more than that. It eliminates lotsa cubic feet of internal space that doesn't really need heating, and traps the heat where the carbon units sit. ;-)
The difference is very noticeable.
Wonder if your in cold enough temps that the propane is icing the lines as it leave the tank and transits into the cabin to the heater?
bob
On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:08 PM, David Vickery wrote:
> HI Bob, I have read that the canvas and potoptop looses a lot of heat, but I wonder. The canvas and the poptop fuzz is not cool to the touch while the window glass is very cold. The exposed parts of sheet metal is also very cold, so it seems like more heat would be lost through the windows. Or maybe you had already assumed I had the curtains drawn.
>
> For this test, I wanted to try worse case scenario, very cold out with the poptop up and no curtains.
> But I am having my first glitch,, the furnace quit cycling on at 7:10 for unknown reason. At 7:45 I restarted it and it appears to be running normally again. But I guess this is why you want to test them before you try camping in this weather. Back out to the van to check on it.
>
> Dave
>
> --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> From: Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: The Looks.....(vanagon envy?)/Winter Camping Prep
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 7:12 PM
>> Dave,
>>
>> You have probably already seen this mentioned on one list
>> or another, but .... consider installing a "thermal barrier"
>> across the interior top of your camper living space.
>> Richard Jones did it first and sent the idea long to me.
>> Using a polypro blanket and installing snaps around the
>> front and sides of it, then in corresponding spots on the
>> metal horizontal face interior, the rear of it just tucks
>> in between the foam upper bed pads. It serves to trap
>> whatever heat is being generated in the living space, and
>> considerably
>> ameliorates the effects of the ambient temps coming through
>> the canvas walls above. Makes a very big difference in the
>> effectiveness of the Propex.
>>
>> bob
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