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Subject:Re: Propane
From:george jannini
Date:Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:56:35 -0500

Re, propane hog:

     Say what now?   At 650 BTU/hour, your Westy RM182 fridge is the loser
in a propane eating contest with any and all (working) Propex heaters.

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Richard Jones <Jones@colorado.edu> wrote:

> I kinda would like to add two stock tanks to my straight Tintop, then
>> install a good Propex heater.
>>
>
> The Propex 2000 will run a long time (LONG time) from a
> single tank.  In a Westy, it is the fridge that consumes
> the gas.  I have two tanks because when I'm five miles
> beyond Nowhere, Utah, in my Syncro Westy, I don't want
> to run out.  That was especially true when I had the
> Dometic fridge.  If I didn't have the second tank, I'd
> probably not install it now and just live with the
> risk of being cold and eating raw food.  ;-)
>
> Richard
>