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Subject:Re: stove=heater=safe?
From:Steve Johnson
Date:Tue, 15 Nov 94 21:12:22 PST

So James Cook says:
> 
> I use a propane Olympian heater myself, but have seen another fellow in a 
> Westy who carried a large clay flower pot in the van. When he wants heat, 
> he puts it upside down on the burner... thus capturing that heat and it 
> slowly emanates from there... more heat, longer lasting. He said it 
> worked well even in snows.  This is supposedly modeled after the Indian 
> idea of using clay ovens because clay captures and stores heat.
> 
> James Cook
> 

Hey James,

Martha and I have been discussing here plans to use the stove as
a heater off-line.  She's concerned about the by products of the
LP burn and how to evacuate/vent them out of the camper.  I thought
that there were no nasty by-products from burning LP gas and that
the only concern would be the replacement of oxygen.  Can you
or anyone else clarify this?

Thanks,

Steven

sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com