Yes it can be done, easily. You do need to be concerned about the battery
life. As the battery runs down, the heater will fail to light or worse, the
fan will not supply sufficient combustion or heated air and may cause the
overheat fuse to open and warp or burn through the combustion chamber.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
TC
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 5:28 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: BAQ6 heater with a wall mount themostat possible ??

Hi
85GL 1.9 with BA6 heater as std equp.
I think finally I have my #@%^&*(& BA6 heater working like it was designed
new combustion blower, switch, recirulation blower
( after all the time learning, trouble shooting & soucing part for the POS I
should of just bellied up to the bar
and put in a propex ...
but that is all water under the bridge ...

I was wondering if anybody that way more exerince with these things if it is
possible to
wall mount thermostat in the cabin so that it can be used to control the
header
& run off / on to maintain heat over night...

dont worry about power i have it running off the house battery if it kills
it over night so be it...