Merry toasty van Terry,
I bought one of those and used it on my trip through the Southwest last
Oct.-Nov ( http://homepage.mac.com/waynehagan/haganph.htm )
I just made sure to crack a window or make sure to have the pop top up,
(lots of exchange through the thin canvas), and all was well. One morning I
woke up to 25 degrees outside and the Cat heater had me warm in the van
within 20 minutes. One reason I bought it was the statement in the
instructions or the box that said it only required 6 square inches of air
supply to counteract any 02 issues. I used mine in the morning and evening
each day for 3 weeks and only used 3 bottles and never replaced the
batteries. Simple, elegant solution to the heat issue, the fan seems to make
the biggest difference, I tried other portable propane heaters in the past
without fans and with the same heat rating, but they did not work as well as
this one with the fan.
Cheers!
Wayne
'91 Syncro Westy

> From: Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> Reply-To: Terry Kay <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:14:30 -0600
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Santa Was Good To Me
>
> Hi All,
>
> Hope your Christmas has been good.
>
> I received a real nice gift, that I wasn't expecting, that I will use in
> addition to my portable Buddy Heater.
>
> It is a Coleman Powercat Catalytic heater.
> Ths thing has a fan which runs on two D cell batteries, and is good for
> 18 hours of operation.
>
> It states right on the front of the box---       " indoor Safe"----
>
> Real nice looking unit, already hooked a bottle of propane to it, and it
> throws heat real nice----especially when the fan is turned on.
>
> Neat gift-----
>
> Neat Heater---
>
> Merry Christmas to All, and I hope Santa's been good to you too !!
>
> Later,
>
>
>
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> Terry--
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