I've done the flower pot thing and not had any problems.  Matter of fact, by
dad used to do the same thing back in the fifties!

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: Winter Camping Advise....

> At 11:24 10/17/2000, Jim Arnott wrote:
> >I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the 'Whole Earth Catalog'
> >heater.  Take a 6" clay flower pot and put it upside down over a stove
> >burner.  Crack a window and light the burner.  Let it cook for fifteen
> >or so minutes.  Turn off the gas, close the window and enjoy the
> >radiant heat.  Repeat as necessary.
>
> Those of us who have had a flower pot throw hot shards about the place
have
> a diminished enthusiasm for this method... :->
>
> I actually have a device made by Perko in the dim past, which is meant to
> sit on a burner.  It is of cast aluminum with a ribbed bottom and an
> internal finned duct with a fan blowing down into the top and out one
> side.  I put a rheostat in the line because it's a noisy bugger, but it
> works a treat, and you can blow the hot air in a particular direction.  It
> doesn't do anything about the water from combustion, of course.  Cracking
> open the skylight gives a nice convective circulation through the heater
> and door vents.
>
> d
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
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