

| Subject: | Re: '81 Vanagon heater advice |
| From: | Chris Smith |
| Date: | Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:36:10 -0500 |
At 10:30 AM 10/27/99 -0400, you wrote: >At 09:28 10/27/99 , Chris Smith wrote: >> The typical output >>of a 12v electric heater is 5000 BTU. Looks like 12 would be needed to >>provide the same heat as a gas heater. I know my '82 could never supply >>the power needed to run 12 heaters, let alone 2. I have a 12v electric > >Sorry to make it worse... <g> -- the output of a 110v room heater is >nominal 5120 BTU/hr. The 12v heaters that can run from cigarette lighter >outlets and draw ten amps or so are in the 300 BTU/hr range. Good for >keeping your hands warm. > OOPS. Looks like there was 1 too many '0's on the cataloge I was reading. Yupp 300-500 is all I can find, then that would make it 120 12v heaters to equal 1 BA6.. WOW.. Chris
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