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• Re: Second battery in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 13:49:33 -0500
  ...Can an 8 gauge wire recharge the auxiliary battery of the alternator (with relay) under the driver's seat? Is that space vented outside...
• olympian plat. cat heater info request
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:41:56 -0800
  ...I know there is a vented version and i wonder if any listmembers have one, and if they do can they tell me how...
• Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:19:15 EST
  In a message dated 12/23/01 12:20:03 PM, wilden1@juno.com writes: << Hopefully your body will stay frozen until spring after...
• Low Platinum Cat prices shown on I-net sales site.
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 03:21:05 -0600
  ...http://www.netins.net/showcase/solarcatalog/catalogue10.html I found vented Platinum Cat Catalytic Radiant Propane Heaters *******copy follows******* The Platinum Cat operates on...
• Re: '88 Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 7 May 2001 20:07:46 -0400
  ...If you want to do it right go with vented rotors ala Van Again www.vanagain.com. Our non vented '88 has never faded...
• Re: Battery Question - group 41.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:10:44 EDT
  ...to buy at (Sears, Wall Mart, etc.)? > > group 41 battery, sunken post, vented type. ive got DieHards in all my cars.. chris [text/html]
• Re: More propane capacity needed
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:13:33 -0700
  If a propane heater aka "furnace" is properly designed for an RV and properly installed (vented etc) you can run it all night, though...
• Re: Adding a heater
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:48:05 -0800
  ...I also have a Platinum Cat , a vented automatic catalytic heater that is installed in the closet wall. These are out of mass production...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 3 May 2010 18:10:01 -0500
  ...DMc > > > > ---- Scott Chapman <scott_list@MISCHKO.COM> wrote: > > > >> This catalytic is vented to the outside: > >> > >> http://www.ventedcatheater.com/2.html > >> > >> It is extremely...
• Re: clay pot heaters
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 09:40:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...All of the posts about being poisoned by a non-vented system like this have made me decide to get a real vented propane...
• Re: Platinum Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 04:25:28 EDT
  ...So, lot's of ventilation is need to keep this to a minimum when using a non-vented catalytic heater. Do you know the...
• Re: New Battery specs???
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:38:27 -0500
  I believe group 41 is the one that is correct for non-vented applications. Interstate Battery now sells the MTP-91, which is also...
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 19:29:36 -0800 (PST)
  On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, martha rubin wrote: > With these installed vented catalytic propane heaters, > do you still have to leave the window open...
• More Excellent Finds at Canadian Tire!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:00:43 -0600
  ...All Bosch Alternators or Starters in the Bosch Catalog: $39.99 "PlatCat" Vented Catalytic Propane Heater: $69.00 All Bosch Fuel Injectors in the...
• Re Hot Air
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 06:17:24 -0700
  ...the rim, then replace the missing screws? And if they are vented into the van interior, how can I change that to outboard? I...
• Re: Suburban heater verses Plat Cat?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:14:12 -0600
  ...a while ago? > Is it a regular forced air, RV furnace? > If so, I would assume its vented? > Who handles it? > Thanks, > John C... >
• 110 AC Mounting
  Historical mailing list - Rosebud
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:57:54 -0400
  ...It was vented thru vents to the engine compartment (minor hole cutting) and the face of the unit appeared to be factory installed. Very...
• Re: Heat!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:46:55 -0800
  ...Heat! Just installed a Atwood space heater, 12,000 btu thermosat controlled, vented. This thing works like a dream, tons of heat, even I...
• Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:30:01 -0500
  ...Is a removed gas cap enough to properly avoid creating a vacuum if the tank is not properly vented? greg. TJ Hannink wrote: > Try...
• Thermo System Inc. Phone Number Update
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 10:55:24 -0700
  ...360/352-0539 The company sells the only vented catalytic heaters which can be installed in motor homes/Vans. fyi -- current price is $339...
• Re: Safaris?
  Historical mailing list - michael.r.robison
  21 May 96 22:20:25
  ...The slatted side windows are usually referred to as vented windows. I have no idea what they call those 23 window oval windows. Anyone...
• Re: camping furnace?
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:01:43 -0600
  ...no heater that burns combustible fuel is "safe for tents and enclosed areas" unless it is vented to the outside. Be sure to keep...
• Re: WTB A/C gauges and vacuum pump
  Historical mailing list - William H. Collins
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:20:26 EST
  >My system is brand new and totally open and vented at this point. I am not going >to use Freon. I will use a...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:47:40 -0800
  ...Can you explain how this can be so? How does an unvented catalytic heater (vented with windows open a crack) create more water vapor...
• Re: '85 Westy Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:33:30 -0500
  ...Is the tank vented properly? Take of the gas cap and see if the noise goes away. If your tank is not vented properly...
• Re: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 22:38:51 -0700
  It's not vented and thus not ideally suited to use in such a small space...it will either be drafty from having the...
• Re: rear discs
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 17:02:55 +1300
  ...I had a clearance problem with the suby calipers and audi front >vented rotors ( I tried though) I am also running the Audi 5000T...
• Re: Audi 100/200 callipers PHOTOS
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:39:07 +0100
  ...290x25mm front vented, 245x10mm rear I just uploaded a few new photos (from the mid-engine DoKa): http://f1.parsimony.net/forum165/messages/406668...
• Re: exploding batteries
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:24:40 -0700
  My Bosch battery is vented through a small breather tube which vents through the bottom of the van. Don't know if it will...
• Custom Cat Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:00:21 -0700
  Arnie (26 years with thermal systems, inc) has agreed to consider building a vented, safe and approved catalytic heater for the vanagon. He needs...
• Re: propane heaters anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:09:23 +0000
  ...it) or as a portable. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Max said - Does anyone have a vented propane heater to recommend? Mike Finkbiner mike_l_f@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:00:26 +0000
  ...same, is the only "bigness" to the SA brake system the vented rotor? There must be more to it, if the brake disc doesnt...
• Re: Source for Plat Cat heater?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 07:10:10 -0800
  ...On 11/9/06, Ed Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know a source for the vented platinum catalytic heater? The > only one...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:35:05 -0800
  ...But considering my experience above, we certainly have different results. > The only vented catalytic heater on the market, the platinum > cat, is totally safe...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:04:19 -0700
  ...Not "open vented", but it will not pass EPA lab testing in brand new, original stock configuration. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Haynes...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 11:32:09 PST
  ...I haven't run the stove - yet! :) Glad to hear it! ;) > > The reason it seems that the stove in a westy is vented (at...
• Re: Catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:16:06 EST
  ...I like the idea of the vented catalytic heater, but the un-vented heater sounds very dangerous to me. Of course I prefer the...
• Re: Vented Rotors
  Historical mailing list - olmcons
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 18:41:18 -0400
  Jack Ck wrote: > Anyone knows if any of the vented rotors from Golfs or Audis will fit > a > 87' Vanagon? > Is there any high...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 01:01:05 -0500
  ...Al Brase Reinhard Vehring wrote: >Robert, > do you know how the newer vans are vented? Can older >vanagons be retrofitted? >Thanks, >Reinhard, 83 Westy...
• Re: Condensation, rust and Catalytic heaters,was: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:06:16 -0400
  Smart...gald to know it!!! I thought all catalytic heaters were non-vented. I'll buy a book and sit in the corner for...
• Re: My 2nd & 3rd "Westy" question...
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:40:36 -0600
  ...the cap on the 82 westy is vented. to get to that cap you have to open the cabinet and remove the metal "floor...
• Re: Platinum Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:13:02 -0700
  ...bought a used plat cat, the >only difference is one is vented and thermostatically controlled, and one >is not. > >The Coleman heater is OK...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:24:38 -0800
  ...Have you ever had your front brake rotors warp? The vented rotors overcome this problem. How long do your rotors and pads last? I...
• Re: Water in Oxy sensor
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:47:47 -0800
  ...O2 sensor is not made to be seal O2 sensor is vented to atmosphere by the small gap near the nut If you look...
• Vanagon Travel photos and trip reports
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:15:24 -0800
  ...Also my technical notes about auxiliary battery systems, poptop rain cover, and my favorite - the vented platinum catalytic heater, with photos. Please let us...
• Re: Suburban heater verses Plat Cat?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:14:37 -0500
  ...a while ago? > Is it a regular forced air, RV furnace? > If so, I would assume its vented? > Who handles it? > Thanks, > John C...
• Re: 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:59:41 -0800
  ...Only the campers had the sealed and vented battery boxes. TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33 Winter...
• Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:35:41 -0700
  ...are not true vented batteries as required by the Vanagon. Vanagon specific batteries have vents built into each end of the battery case, with...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:55:08 -0500
  ...But > any actual gas, like hydrogen, is vented. And I know that at least some of > such batteries have a little nipple that can...
• Re: Heaters in Vans-not funny
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 01:57:45 EDT
  ...Sunroof (For Sale) WarmerWagen warmerwagen@aol.com Seattle 206 878-8423 Heaters for Vanagon campers Vented catalytic heaters, gas heaters Behr AC (when available)
• Re: catalytic heater questions
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:55:38 -0400
  ...The catalytic heater I've used was a vented model from Thermal Systems. Unvented heaters can sometimes cause condensation problems, but judicious window-opening...
• Re: vented battery with venting hose
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:43:55 -0400
  On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Mark Dorm wrote: > I got a battery (starting) at wallies - I didn't get any rubber with it.... I...
• Re: Rear Disc Brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:08:58 -0800
  ...well, is there anyone in north america offering any sort of vented front brake kit now that the SA brakes have seemigly vanished from...
• 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:22:27 -0700
  ...the compartment under the driver's seat is neither sealed nor vented. How does one figure out the amp/hour rating of a battery...
• Re: A Final Question about Oil...
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 01:49:14 -0700
  ...A vented and non-vented series. I use the vented series which is rated at, I believe, around 860 CCAs. Cheaper batteries, IMHO, don...
• Re: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:02:24 -0700
  ...Theoretically, if you used that inside your sealed van without that > hot air vented to the outside it's just going to get hotter...
• Re: Vented Rotors
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 08:28:03 +0200
  From Winkler there are a four disc brake system (DM 3600) available. They are also sold by Oettinger for the same price, but Oettinger...
• Re: Battery Access Question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:03:06 -0700
  ...The compartment is vented into the wheel well, but you want to be sure no H2 gets into the closed vehicle and explodes when...
• Re: 4-wheel Porsche di$c, Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 8 May 2002 21:52:41 +1200
  ...the >Porsche setup (around 1700 to 1800 Euro approx.) >288mm front vented, 245mm rear solid rotors. RaimundFor those who aren't silly enough to...
• Euro van brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:15:55 +0000
  Hello listies, Has anyone retro fitted the big eurovan vented disc brakes onto a vanagon? this would seem like a feasible swap as the...