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Re: [RC] re Heating trailer dressing rooms. - Barbara McCrary

I was planning to answer the question, but know little about heating, except a catalytic heater is dangerous.  I was going to suggest and encourage #3.  A good warm sleeping bag is worth its weight in gold.  A nice warm husband inside of the nice warm sleeping bag is the best.  Or wife, as the case may be.
 
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] re Heating trailer dressing rooms.

You really only have three possibilities here.
 
1. Bite the bullet and install a good furnace, including a good battery system.  It is safe, but will wear down a battery quickly.  There used to be RV propane heaters that fit through the wall, and used NO electricity.  Last time I looked they were off of the market.  You possibly could find one in a junked tent trailer.  They were great.  I would like to replace my furnace with one.  Both these are safe because, topologically* speaking,  keep the fire outside the living space in the "sealed combustion chamber".
 
2. Use a catalytic heater, leave windows open, shut if off before retiring, and be very careful.
 
3. Purchase a really good sleeping bag and forget the heater.  We use Wiggy's bags (www.wiggys.com) He has a system that has two bags that fit inside each other, thus you can adjust the amount of bag to the temperature.
 
I really recommend 1 or 3.  Fire, catalytic or not, topologically* inside a small space scares me.
 
Ed
 
*See there is a use for math in everyday life.
 
 Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875
 
(406) 642-9640
 

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