Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:26:06 -0400
Reply-To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
Subject: Re: Propane heaters; Alcohol heaters
In-Reply-To: <20010909221537.65715.qmail@web9505.mail.yahoo.com>
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These sweedish Origo boat heaters -- I have two and I love them -- are
undesirable for Vanagon because Alcohol fuel simply costs too much. I use
them anyway, but unless one could find a source of, say, a 55 gallon drum
of alcohol, it simply costs too much.
1 Gallon (or was it 1/2 gallon?) of fuel costs $10. You can burn up half of
this in one night of camping, or all of it if it gets cold and you have two
heaters going.
Propane is fine. Nobody gets burned.
Anyone have ideas about how to order, say, a 20 gallon jug of alcohol cheap
please let us know.
I could find no source in the DC area.
At 03:15 PM 9/9/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Are you really adding propane? RV/camper propane
>mishaps account for a lot of trade at the regional
>Burn Unit at our local hospital. The survivors
>usually stay a long time. I don't need that kind of
>job security. But with deer season approaching...
>At present I use my Swedish 2-burner ORIGO alcohol
>wick stove on my boat, have seen a family that was van
>camping in the Keys with one...non pressurised,
>clean...
>As for heat...maybe a hot water bottle till things get
>toasty in the fleece sleeping bag.., flannel shets, I
>dunno...
>Be safe. George In GR '87 Van O'White
>
>--- Benjamin Tan <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> wrote:
> > In a message dated 9/9/01 1:13:35 PM Pacific
> > Daylight Tiane
> > regulators. >>
> >
> > in the event of a disaster
> > caused by the heater
>
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