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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