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>From:  David Schwarze
>Sent:  Tuesday, January 02, 1996 7:14 PM
>To:  Multiple recipients of list
>Subject:  heaters and propane
>
>Volks,
>        I've been wanting to install a vented propane heater in my bus for
>some time.  One thing I am wondering about though.  Those of you that
>have installed them, are you using the stock propane tank?  The little
>dinky one?  My '73 Safare has a slightly larger tank than the Westy (3
>gallons) but I don't think I could get more than two nights worth of
>heat out of it.  If I'm camping in the snow in the boonies for a week,
>
>I have a 6000 BTU vented heater installed which seems to be more than enough to
>keep us warm on ski trips.  At this output rating a gallon of LP will provide 17
>hours of continuous heating.  Since we don't really run it during the day, our
>capacity for 51 hours of heat generally gives us about a week's worth of heat.
>If we want more, I have a quick connect hose fitted to the heater that lets me
>plug in a portable 5 gallon tank.
>
>Enjoy.  
>
>CM Carr
>In the bus searching for blue skies

    How is it vented? Where did you buy the heater? What was
    involved in the installation? How is the heat controlled?
    Is the tank in a cage to keep it from being crushed in an
    accident?

    Michael
    '76 Campmobile