I say buy a real vented propane RV heater that you can leave on all night.
Nothing like leaving the poptop open on the middle of winter and enjoying
yourself.  I have an eberspacher gas heater that puts out tons of heat, just
makes me a little uncomfortable that  I am betting my life on 20 year old
technology

Dave in Denver

>From: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
>Reply-To: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:19:55 -0400
>
>Hi!
>
>The weather up here in New England is cooling off, and thoughts are
>turning to winter. My wife and I are thinking of trying some winter
>camping in our Westy. So far I have a set of thermal curtains that I
>got from Bus Depot a while back, a Mr. Heater buddy heater (with a O2
>sensor, and also a CO detector in the van), or a Pelonis ceramic
>heater if we can plug in. We have a couple of zero degree sleeping
>bags. I figure we can hang a heavy blanket to block off the driving
>compartment from the back of the van to keep the area to be heated to
>a minimum, and of course we wouldn't be keeping the poptop up while
>sleeping.
>
>Besides the above, any suggestions of other things that we could do
>to do some winter camping in the Westy?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>
>Ric