Boy, I'm not awake yet. I meant 8 cubic feet. At least I think I did.
Sheesh.

Cya,
R

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: camper heating

> Guess the next time I go camping I should drag my pressure washer along.
> Continuous flow of 200F (+/-) degree water at 4.5 gpm for 90 minutes
> between
> fueling. Takes about 90 seconds to heat up. You could sell hot water to
> your
> neighbors, if you had any. Also has a 2K generator.
>
> In all seriousness, they're making these things smaller and smaller these
> days- I was looking at one yesterday that was right around two cubic feet,
> I'd say. Lesser flow, etc. but still enough to work with (probably didn't
> have the genny- I didn't look for it). Somebody that pulled a small
> trailer,
> or camped a lot or for extended periods could probably justify it.
> Alternatively, some enterprising soul could use the components from
> something like that to cobble together a custom application.
>
> Is it the owner of the 'Westfakia' that has a 'kitchen trailer'? I could
> see
> it fitting right in to that kind of setup.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al and Sue Brase" <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: camper heating
>
>
>> Maybe, but I think you need 30,000 btu/ hour at least to heat water for
>> a shower intantaneously. Don't think you're goin to get that much from
>> heat exchanger on exhaust.
>> Al Brase
>>
>> tmiller wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe you can hang a heat exchanger at the exhaust outlet and let the
>>> engine idle while you shower?  Run a hose from the faucet to the heat
>>> exchanger for an on board water supply.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>