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Subject:Re: olympian plat. cat heater info request
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:18:27 -0800

yes, that's it, Harald and Nancy. The heater does not have a venting
hood but seem like a back vented cabinet then exhausts down. I have
questions about that system.

re: moisture produced when burning propane, I'm not going there
again :) except to say you get more grams of water produced than
propane burned.

alistair

On 23-Nov-10, at 11:54 AM, Loren Busch wrote:

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> yes, I know of that guy. But i was wondering if anyone has got one
> of the
> vented kind and can report on how the vent system works. I recall
> someone
> (on list?) had one mounted behind pass. seat.
>

Harold and Nancy Rust had one set up in their Westy and thought it was
great.  There were good pictures of that setup on Harold's webpage
but that
is now gone when Geocities folded.  Harold and Nancy have been gone
from all
the lists for five years or better now. Their's was mounted behind the
passenger seat on a wooden box/frame work and vented to the outside.
That's
the only one I've seen that was vented and used the bigger, taller
version.
I had the smaller, square unit, unvented, in the same palce on my '85
(installed by PO) and it provided heat but was a problem to light.
Another
friend had a newer one mounted in the same location and was pleased
with it,
also not vented.  The only problem I've heard with them is the fact that
they produce moisture and consequently condensation if not vented.