Date:         Thu, 23 Jan 2003 17:36:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Leon <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
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From:         Leon <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Mr Heater portable buddy experiences
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According to expert at Mutual Propane using Westy tank won't work
due to low pressure supplied by regulator. Either change pressure
regulator(if there is one)
or get 5 lbs(or other size) bottle with hose that fits Mr. Heater
connector. I went this route
and use the same hose for lantern hanging on a post attached to propane
bottle.
Great setup for camping
Leon
85 Subwagen Cruiseship


On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:56:15 -0700, Miller, Ryan <RMiller@STANTEC.COM>
wrote:

> UPDATE:
> I just got off the phone with a tech at Mr. Heater. I'm not sure if
> it was the Mr. Heater, but I asked him about this problem and he
> confirmed
> that a double regulated line wouldn't work very well if at all. He did
> mention that they had tossed the idea around about making a unit without
> the
> internal regulator for just such a purpose though. I also asked him about
> ways around this problem, but as suspected he couldn't suggest anything
> due
> to liability reasons. So, back to the double regulator situation, can the
> internal one be removed? or does there exists a regulator which could
> supply
> enough pressure from the tank to simulate, (so to speak) a 1lb canister
> fully charged?
>
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leon R Dunham [mailto:lionstch@peak.org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:48 PM
> To: wetwesties
> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Mr Heater portable buddy experiences
>
> I used one for a while, until I killed it trying to take it apart to
> attempt
> fixing it.  I never figured out what was wrong--so there it sits, waiting
> for more time....
>
> I think it is a great heater, one of the aspects is that it is much more
> stable than some of there others.  The biggest annoyance I had is the
> same
> with burning any non vented propane--it produces huge amounts of water
> vapor.  Since most of our camping is done on the wet side of the
> mountains
> adding water to the air seems downright silly, not to mention
> uncomfortable.
> Also, even though this is one of those that is rated for enclosed use I
> would not trust it unless I were up and active.  I also seem to recall
> the
> finer print specifically excluding RV's from the approved listing as
> "enclosed space,"  I suspect there is some minimum volume of air it wants
> to
> be in.
>
> Ryan--I did exactly what you are talking about--hooked it up to a line
> from
> the propane tank.  The problem is that the heater has its own regulator
> on
> it, it needs to operate off an un-regulated line (also the pressure is
> about
> double what the regulator on your tank allows, which is part of the
> definition normally used for "outside use only"),  which you can
> certainly
> do, but the danger factor of having a high pressure propane line inside
> your
> vehicle is really high.  When it developes a leak, it will not be a faint
> smell that you notice vaguely and have to search out, it will be a cloud
> of
> white hissing gas, just like that puff when they release the pressure
> when
> they fill your tank.
>
> Leon,
> Mary, Humo (mrew.), Claire (bark!) &
> WoodStock (69 bus hacked into pop up camper)
>
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--
Leon