

| Subject: | Buddy heater measured on low and high |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:40:03 -0500 |
I got a measured burn time on low (4,000 BTU/hr nominal) of five hours on 16.7 oz of propane. I just did a half-hour burn at high setting (9,000 BTU/hr nominal) and it works out to about three hours 28 minutes per cylinder. Worst-case max (based on scale precision of 0.1 oz) would be 3:55 and min 3:18. In Canada 16.5 oz of propane has 22,300 BTU (minus about 200 BTU heat of vaporization), so that works out to 4400 BTU/hr on low and 6300 on high (min 5700, max 6700). If it really delivered 9000 BTU/hr the cylinder would last only 2:28. This is for my particular sample -- they may not be uniform. Yours, David
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