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Subject:Re: Under bench Propane heater
From:James Cook
Date:Thu, 7 Apr 1994 09:17:27 -0700 (PDT)

I bought my heater through Hefner's RV:

Hefner's RV Center
Main Phone     <408-241-8330>

On Thu, 7 Apr 1994, Steve Johnson wrote:

> Forwarded message:
> > From root Thu Apr  7 09:05:16 1994
> > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 11:01:32 CDT
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> > From: James Cook <jcook@netcom.com>
> > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> > Subject: Re: Under bench Propane heater
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> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 7 Apr 1994, Steve Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I was requested to post this so here goes.
> > > 
> > > I met a couple in the Cameron Park (CA) that had a '91 Syncro.  They
> > > showed me a neat propane heater setup they had.  The heater is made
> > > and sold only in Germany.  The heater is about the size of a large
> > > thermos and is mounted under the bench seat.  It has two small vacuum
> > > cleaner type hoses that are used to route the air for circulation.
> > > The way they had it was just routed to the panel at the front of the
> > 
> > 
> > I live near San Jose, California, and own a 1985 Westphalia. I've had a 
> > great little propane heater installed on the door of the refrigerator for 
> > about three years. I believe it's made by Olympian. Their available 
> > through various RV dealers. I had mine tuned up at a factory rep. in 
> > Napa, Calif. as I recall. Reliable. The larger of the two models provides 
> > abundant heat even in subzero weather at Lake Tahoe.
> > 
> > I think the price was about $400, and the install was about $250.
> > 
> > James Cook
> > 
> > 
> 
> James,
> 
> Can you get a phone number and address of the manufacturer?  I'd like
> more info.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steven
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> Steven Johnson
> sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
> '91 VW Camper GL, '86 Nissan Sentra
> Previously owned: '68 bug, '70 squareback, '74 Camper
>