---- Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> "On cool mornings, we boil a kettle of water for coffee/tea.  Does a good
> job of warming up the van.  Costs us the amount of propane needed to boil a
> kettle of water.  And, we have coffee and tea."
>
> Know what you mean as I do the same, but .... the downside of that as a
> "heater" is the condensation
> that migrates to all corners of the interior of the van. Over time that can
> have a very contributory affect
> on the development of rust that you can't see, behind cabinets for example.
> My preference is Propex
> and that is very effective at heating and drying out the interior from human
> respirations over a chilly
> night.
>
> Bob

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Well, the condensation is going to be there whether you value the heat you get or not, if you boil the water.  I haven't noticed much, though.  Windows fog, but no dripping from metal parts.  A day in the sun takes care of it, but of course, winter is sometimes without sun.

I cook in my van regularly, as did the previous owner.  It has nary a speck o' rust.  Of course, it lived in Arizona for most of its life.  The two years in Kentucky seem not to have caused rust.  Now it is in Oklahoma, with hot, dry summers, but wet at times, certainly more so than Arizona.  We'll see.

DMc

David McNeely