I think we're really beating this into the ground.

The heater has what appears to be a ceramic surface with a grid of holes.  The
gas comes out the holes, burns at the surface of the ceramic and the whole
surface glows after a while and radiates heat out.  Obviously, there's lots of
heat from the burning gas itself.  Maybe it's not catalytic.

IMHO, it doesn't really matter anyway.  Propane combusts with oxygen and you
get heat, CO2 and H2O.  Whether or not it's catalytically activated is pretty
much irrelevant.  It's not like we're trying to minimize the reaction
temperature.

-Karl

> I got the following response from the Portable Buddy heater web site...
> interesting that it seems to indicate that the Buddy is not a catalytic
> heater but rather says it is a radiant heater...
>
> ...it is strange that he contrasts catalytic heaters to radiant heaters
> because it is my understanding that some catalytic heaters are indeed
> radiant heaters...
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Stickney" <david.stickney@enerco-mrheater.com>
> To: <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 4:14 PM
> Subject: Portable Buddy
>
>
> >
> > Both figures are for the LOW setting. For HIGH it is 3 hours and 48 hours.
> >  Yes.. the heater does requires a 9 square inch minimum vent area.
> >
> > The heater is a radiant heater. It heats the objects not the air as a
> > catalytic heater would.
> >
> >
> >
> > [[ 1PORTA~1.DOC : 5389 In 1PORTA~1.DOC ]]
> >
> >
> >
> > David M. Stickney
> > Customer Care Center
> > Enerco / Mr. Heater
> >
> > david.stickney@enerco-mrheater.com
> >
> > 1-800-251-0001  Ext. 355    Fax 1-800-321-0552
> >
> >
>

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