Yikes! That's not a good thing to hear. I wonder if there is a way around
this, like removing the internal regulator?? Any thoughts? It's such a nice
little heater and the price is great (~$90). Much better than the $300 -
$500 for one of the other options.

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Leon R Dunham [mailto:lionstch@peak.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:48 PM
To: wetwesties
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Mr Heater portable buddy experiences

I used one for a while, until I killed it trying to take it apart to attempt
fixing it.  I never figured out what was wrong--so there it sits, waiting
for more time....

I think it is a great heater, one of the aspects is that it is much more
stable than some of there others.  The biggest annoyance I had is the same
with burning any non vented propane--it produces huge amounts of water
vapor.  Since most of our camping is done on the wet side of the mountains
adding water to the air seems downright silly, not to mention uncomfortable.
Also, even though this is one of those that is rated for enclosed use I
would not trust it unless I were up and active.  I also seem to recall the
finer print specifically excluding RV's from the approved listing as
"enclosed space,"  I suspect there is some minimum volume of air it wants to
be in.

Ryan--I did exactly what you are talking about--hooked it up to a line from
the propane tank.  The problem is that the heater has its own regulator on
it, it needs to operate off an un-regulated line (also the pressure is about
double what the regulator on your tank allows, which is part of the
definition normally used for "outside use only"),  which you can certainly
do, but the danger factor of having a high pressure propane line inside your
vehicle is really high.  When it developes a leak, it will not be a faint
smell that you notice vaguely and have to search out, it will be a cloud of
white hissing gas, just like that puff when they release the pressure when
they fill your tank.

Leon,
Mary, Humo (mrew.), Claire (bark!) &
WoodStock (69 bus hacked into pop up camper)

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