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Date:         Sat, 30 Sep 1995 06:42:15 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         "Tobin T. Copley" <tobin@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: more heating ideas

On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, Ian Webb wrote:

> Last year [my friend] got the bright idea > of sticking a ceramic heater in the van, plugged into a timer > in the outlet, with the van hooked up to house current. [snip] > _He claimed_ > that even in the worst of weather, that little heater would do > a good job of melting ice on the windows & heating up the interior. > then he'd unplug & drive off, toasty & warm.

Hey, I can attest to the power of those forced-air ceramic heaters: they kick! Crank it up, and the whole bus (even with the pop-top up!) gets to normal room temperature or higher in just a few minutes. Rockin'!

'Course, you need to be hooked up to 110V AC to run it, so it doesn't do you much good on drives longer than a few minutes in really cold weather.

Tobin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tobin T. Copley Only Somewhat ============= (604) 689-2660 Occupationally /_| |__||__| :| putta tobin@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca Challenged! O| | putta '-()-------()-' Circum-continental USA, Mexico, Canada 15,000 miles... '76 VW Camper! (Mango)


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