Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 07:57:15 -0400
Reply-To: Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
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From: Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Subject: Re: heater sale
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I can personally attest that a 6,000 btu heater is preferable than a 3,000
btu heater for users who go into the cold and the vented feature is nice.
The main problem I have with this this system is the mounting. I sort of
had the impression that if you mounted this on the closet wall, the heater
could burn the occupants of the camper who may be sleeping in the bed,
particularly if there were two of them.
Say that this is not so!
At 04:50 AM 8/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey Everyone,
> I don't address the entire list as often as I could so here is a post to
>make up for the silence.If you can't remember how cold you were last winter
>because it's 115 out this may be uninteresting , this sale on heaters I'm
>talking about. If you print this and read it in the walk-in cooler at the
>store it might mean more to you, if you are a Westy owner without a heater.
> I just came back from the factory of The Platinum Cat catylitic heater and
>the company won't have any heaters for sale for about three months. They will
>have TEN available ONLY in one week from last Monday and the sale price is
>378.00 for the 6,000 btu. The company is transferring it's manufacturing to
>Taiwan, and they bought back these from a customer that could'nt use them.
>These are new in the box. The mounting location for the 6,000 btu unit is on
>the closet wall. I will be installing one soon, and as soon as I am finished
>I can offer info for you if you would like to install a thermostatically
>controlled vented heater to keep your Westy warm when you are are stationary.
>
>Though you must find it hard to think about heaters when it's 115 , here in
>the NW we turned our home heaters on as it was only 63 today (Wed)We are
>thinking of heat.
>The price is right and these normally sell for 525.00 for the 3,000 btu
>unit.I have a 3,000 btu Olympian in my 82 Westy and it only works well on
>cold nights with the top down. A 6,000 should keep you warm with the top up
>on all but the coldest nights, unless you like to camp when it's 20 below.
>The wall thermostat is one of the best features, besides venting all
>commbustion by-products. You just turn the switch to desired temp, and heater
>goes on automatically. No matches or piezos here. I set the 6P12 against the
>closet wall and it looks nice there. It will be recessed -mounted in the
>customer's Westy and will be 4 inches out from the wall. The exhaust vent
>hose will be routed to the left air scoop. The exhaust is carbon dioxide and
>h2o, and exhaust temperature is not high. For more info and literature
>contact the company
>at(360) 352-0539.
>Here is the web address of Thermal Systems Inc. :
>
>http://users.tss.net/~platcat/index2.html
>
>Just think-the heat you are now enjoying this summer can be yours this winter
>with this very cool(warm) Platinum Cat.
>
>Robert Keezer
>1982 Westfalia
>Seattle
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Derek Drew New York, NY
CEO, ConsumerSearch
drew@interport.net
212-580-6486
917-848-6425 (cell; this phone is a reliable way to reach me fast or to
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