Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Dear DO Masters,

Is there anything any of you have used to recycle all the extra heat left in you charcoal after your dishes have cooked. Something like a heat pot to put the hot coals in and use them to take the chill of the interior of the tear without wasting the energy? Just a question for thought?


Thank you all for starting this special part of the forum, especially Dino and Joanne the Queen as opposed to our Nanny

You need to find a early America bed warmer pan, that is exactly what they did. All I can recall (from text books not real life) is a copper looking ornate pan with a flip lid and long handle. You filled it with embers and slipped that between the down comforters in Cold New England before going to bed.

Guy,
I've got an Atwood furnace I bought after being on this forum for... Oh, about a week.
Was gonna install it in the Chieftain, (Formerly named Copperwood) before I realized how well one or better yet, two stay warm in such a small space with no heat at all...
I'm sure placing a warm dutch oven in a tear would warm it up, but I wouldn't want any live coals going...
I'm sure keeping a lid on them would snuff 'em out, but would still release C. M. into the cabin...

I would think that the coals would make it smokey inside a tear. Maybe putting the coals in a pot, then dumping them out prior to placing the pot in the tear.

Don't do this at home but:
Bed Warmer

Those coal or charcal heaters were fine with those drafty old houses, but not with a tight newly constructed trailer. Oxygen depletion could be hazardous to your health.
Les

How about using the coals to heat some water to fill a good old fashioned type hot water bag. Much safer.

Thanks, All. Great suggestions.