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Date:         Mon, 6 Nov 1995 18:04:33 +0500
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From:         cetin@kirk.bellcore.com (Cetin Seren)
Subject:      Heating with electricity

The aux battery will not last long at all... Not worth your effort... We've been through the calculations on that. The ceramic heater, when plugged into a 110V socket, will make your Westy extremely hot inside. You'll find out that you'll have to turn the heater down during the night... Cetin

Mark McCulley writes: > Been following the thread about winter camping, propane heaters and all. I > once put one of those Coleman gasoline catalytic heaters in my bus for a > 1.5 hr journey to do some cross-country skiing. By the time we got out of > the vehicle to ski we were sick as dogs. Sold that heater at a garage sale, > never used it again. Now here's what I'm thinking about to heat my > Westfalia. I purchased a small (8" cube) electric ceramic heater at Home > Depot for about $20. Has a thermostat and a fan/lo/hi switch and provides > 1500W/5200BTU. Why not get an aux battery and an inverter to power this > thing? I haven't run through the calculations yet to see how long the > battery would last, maybe this isn't feasible. In the meantime, I'm going > to use the heater while the Westy is plugged into our house when we have > guests next week (Westy serves as guest house too). If it's enough to take > the chill off (not trying to make a sweat lodge), maybe I'll do the > battery/inverter thing. Sure beats the installation hassles of the propane > heater, plus it's "clean" heat! > > Disclaimer: I live in a maritime climate where it almost never reaches 0 F. > Alaska, Minnesota, etc, is a different story. I have seen an old bus with a > small wood stove... > > -Mark McCulley > '74 bus > '87 syncro Westfalia > >


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