I have the Webasto Air Top 2000 gas version (benzine). Got it from eBay...

http://m.ebay.com/itm/281214486217

It's installed behind the passenger seat and I have a mockup cabinet built
to house it. Final cabinet will have Westfalia doors, trim and laminate to
match the rest of the Westy interior

http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfa1/t51.2885-15/10853060_575272589270874_1875694596_n.jpg
On Jan 4, 2015 2:06 AM, <mfmagnani@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Abel,
> I did a google search of the Webasto heater and I'm curious which kind of
> heater you have and how you mounted it. Do you have any pictures of your
> installation?
> My wife and I just got back from the Grand Canyon where we really could
> have used some heat.
> Thanks,
> Mike M
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 3, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Invest in a propane detector and a Carbon monoxide detector.. Safety
> first.
> >
> > I just recently installed a webasto fuel heater and love it. Can't wait
> for
> > some more winter camping.
> >
> > Abel.
> > On Jan 3, 2015 11:08 AM, "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> >
> >> The scary part of this is you were not breathing heavy. This means that
> O2
> >> was being depleted but there was not much CO2 in the air. Your body does
> >> not react to absence of oxygen, it reacts to a buildup of CO2.
> >>
> >> If instead of watching the flame you had dozed off, you might have just
> >> gone to sleep and not woken back up!!!!
> >>
> >> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> >> Of Edward Maglott
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2015 10:38 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: Heat inside the camper.. No
> >>
> >> That's pretty interesting Don.  How long do you think it took for the
> >> flame to start diminishing?  Another physics question for the list is at
> >> what % oxygen will that start happening to the stove flame.  At least
> some
> >> of those propane heaters with oxygen depletion sensors work on the same
> >> principle.  the pilot light is what heats the thermocouple.  as O2
> declines
> >> the pilot flame shrinks until the thermocouple eventually shuts off the
> gas
> >> due to low temp.
> >>
> >> I have "illegally" used the stove for heat while stealth camping but not
> >> for very long.  Usually just long enough to get dressed enough to go
> into
> >> the walmart/truckstop/whatever that I'm stealth camping at.  when i get
> >> back I start the engine and let it idle while I reconfigure for driving.
> >> put front heater on cold so no coolant goes to that core and that rear
> >> heater will start putting out heat quite soon.
> >> Edward
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:23 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I too am a lover of that coffee pot heating the interior of the Westy
> >>> first thing in the AM.  As a matter of fact, the lovely bride and I
> >>> usually set up the coffee the night before and whoever loses the buck
> >>> up in the AM has to jump out of bed and light the burner.  By the time
> >>> the coffee is ready, the cabin is warm and toasty and we get dressed.
> I
> >> Love my car.
> >>> BUT, we never leave it on longer than it takes to do the job, and the
> >>> top is open.  I must admit we have, on very limited occasions, heated
> >>> a couple of kettles to almost boiling point in the bus to fend off the
> >>> cold, thus allowing a heat source, but one must be very cognizant of
> >>> O2.  Just being in the vehicle uses it up.  There are better ways to
> >>> get a headache Than lack of oxygen.
> >>>
> >>> Dave B.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 01/03/15, Don Hanson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Over many years and different vans, the majority VW, I've often used
> >>> my cook stove for quick heat. I've believed that my vans "leaked"
> >>> enough outside air that asphyxiation wasn't going to happen. This is
> >>> probably wrong, at least in my tin top camper. Just now, it being
> >>> around freezing in the pre-dawn desert SW, I brewed coffee and left
> >>> both westie stove burners on high for some heat as I watched the
> >>> sunrise .... I saw my burner's flame diminish and get thready. Thought
> I
> >> was out of propane...
> >>> But I discovered that a kitchen match, the "strike and light anywhere"
> >>> kind, that would not light! No O2 or too much co2....whatever, pretty
> >>> scary. I ran back the slider and let some air in, things burn normal
> >> again.
> >>>
> >>> So I believe the warning against using the cook top for cabin
> >> heat.,..now.
> >>> I just saw why.
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