I can tell you there were times in Alaska when having that much heat was
a blessing.

In winter, with an aircooled bus, having a heater like that was a
blessing at 40 below zero!! Even though I had a VW block heater, the
extra heat thrown out over time by that Suburban, made cranking the van
a dream. A battery hot plate was also a neccessity. So was a permanent
battery trickle charger. I always plugged in the charger, the hotplate,
and the block heater, where-ever I went in really cold weather. I didn't
run the Suburban heater all the time because it did burn a lot of
propane. But it was there when I needed it.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jeff at Vanagonparts wrote:

>30,000 BTU!
>
>Could you cook your Thanksgiving turkey in there??  ;-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of John Rodgers
>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:52 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Propane heater question - Portable Buddy Heater
>
>
>My experience with gas or diesel heaters has not been good. They were
>always giving trouble. I had a gasoline heater in the backseat of my
>airplane once - a Cessna 195.  It worked basically like all the gas and
>diesel heaters found elsewhere. But that thing was always on the fritz.
>Aggravated me to death. Never worked when you really wanted it to.
>
>On the other hand, I installed a Suburban propane fired RV heater in my
>'68 Loaf. 30,000 btu's whenever I wanted them. If I ever buy another
>heater, that is what I will get. I installed it on the floor right
>behind the drivers seat. Mounted the thermostat on the Deiver door post.
>The thermostat was also the on-off switch for the heater. The heater had
>electronic ignition, and if the flame went out it would automatically
>relight. The combustion air intake and exhaust was in one port, and was
>the type that had "Zero" pressure, so you could drive with the heater
>running. In winters in Alaska I could run out and turn it on, then when
>I got off work, I would go out to the van and it would be warm as toast,
>and all the snow would be melted off. I loved that heater.
>
>regards,
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>Chelsea, AL
>
>
>
>John Rodgers wrote:
>
>
>
>>So far as I am concerned, there  is absolutely NO SAFE HEATER OF ANY
>>KIND .... period!!!,  that  vents exhaust into the space where the
>>heater is located ...... at least for the purposes of use while sleeping.
>>
>>There are all kinds of ways that are constructed to get around that
>>little problem, but in the end, if those constructs fail, you are a dead
>>man.... or woman. You have to ask yourself if it is worth taking the
>>chance even once. Not for me it isn't.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>John Rodgers
>>88 GL Driver
>>
>>Sharon Mendonca wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>While we're on the subject of heaters, has anybody tried one of
>>>these?  They say they're safe for indoor use, but you never know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>===========================================
>>>Click on the link below to find out more about this product
>>>
>>>Portable Buddy Heater
>>>
>>>
>>>
>http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?skunum=19573&affiliateid=2
>20&kcode=04991
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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