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Subject:Re: Propane and refrigerator success
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:54:53 -0400

At 10:13 AM 6/28/2015, Jim Felder wrote:
>Right, I never think about it unless I'm camping and can't do anything
>about it, but if that little flame was to be outside the living space like
>it is on RV, by means of a louvered panel or something like what you have
>done, it would have to be somewhat cooler inside.

The 85 watt heater is about 300 BTU/hr, or about half a quiet
person.  The flame was quoted to me on the phone by a Dometic tech
years ago as 650 BTU/hr, or a whole person -- but the great bulk of
that extra goes out the flue.

Yrs,
d