Heating help

[Ira]

So I ask you this... is it worth saving a few bucks to shorten your life?

Mike...

You could also die from an electrical fire while you're sleeping. And since I'll be finalizing most of my wiring in a week or so, I'll try to let you know how it feels.

Main thing is, a lot of those propane units, with cracked windows, have been proven pretty dang safe.

[mikeschn]

You could also die from an electrical fire while you're sleeping.

Not if you had one of those handy dandy military ejection beds that pops you out the top of the teardrop at the first sign of smoke...

Mike...

[mikeschn]

hey all,
well i guess my daddy was right.. he always said boy iffan your gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.no relly i turn the thing off before i go to sleep and it supposed to be safe to use in a tent i think.maybe i need to do more research. id hate to wake up dead one morning!

Critter,

I've been reading the fine print on all of those so called safe heating units..

And what I've noticed in just two years is that they went from telling you very little in the fine print, to telling you nothing at all.

Call it a conspiracy if you want...

We aim to keep you safe here... I don't know that I can say the same for the manufacturers...

Mike...

[WarPony]

I never thought to mount it vertically... you would have to have a 90* on the exhaust and a 90* on the duct...

I think it would work in any position as long as the regulator was relegated to the proper regulating position........ whuut? Anyway, if you look at my TTT pics (link is at the bottom of my signature), I have two "closets". One of which I would not be ashamed of turning into an Atwood enclosure. Now, tell me if I'm wrong but I see that the cold air return is drawn back into the unit through that vented, circular hole, via the brown grille opening. By mounting it vertically, I still would have to make a 90* exhaust (like you did), but eliminate the factory grille and use a home floor register grille. The cold air return could be made at the bottom. Does that make sense? It'd be like taking your setup and standing it on end..... cold air come in low, heat come out high.

[Greg M]

The PDF would be great. Can you post a link or should I send you my email address?

Thanks
-Greg

My enclosure is 29" x 13".,

But if you want to minimize the distance between the fan and the back wall, the manual says the minimum required distance is 1 3/4". Let me know if you need a pdf of that manual...

Mike...

[mikeschn]

Okay Greg,

Here is the pdf...

http://www.mikenchell.com/images/atwood.pdf

Mike...

P.S. Oh btw, that's about 6 1/2 megs... so if you are on dialup, allow enough time!

[cracker39]

Okay, here is Q's message... he says he has a 5 gallon propane tank. I don't know how much that is relative to a 5# or 20# bottle...
http://tnttt.com/viewto ... 8334#48334

Mike...

Mike, I found this on a site selling propane tanks:

50044 L.P. CYLINDER - 20 LB (5 GALLON) $53.39

So, It looks like the 5 gallon is the standard 20# BBQ grill tank.

[mikeschn]

Dale,

I'm not so sure that is good news... important... but not good.

Chell said let's try the 5# bottle on the tongue... so we plumbed a completely full 5# bottle yesterday...

It hasn't run out yet, but I'm thinking we might want to rethink the size...

Since we are building a custom tongue box this time, we might have to build a box with a big hole in the middle for a 20# bottle...

I hope I can find some time to model up something soon... geesh, right now I am tied up coming up with a content management package for our class reunion site...

Mike...

[Greg M]

Thanks Mike

Dial-up? We don't need no stinkin' dial-up.

-Greg

Okay Greg,

Here is the pdf...

http://www.mikenchell.com/images/atwood.pdf

Mike...

P.S. Oh btw, that's about 6 1/2 megs... so if you are on dialup, allow enough time!

[DrJerry]

Is that furnace vented to the outside? It looks like you would be breathing the same air the furnace is using to feed the fire. (not good if that's the case) I see they sell CO detectors on the same page, another ill omen.

[mikeschn]

Yes Dr Jerry,

That is both vented to the outside, and has a fresh air intake to the outside. So you are not competing for good air!



Mike...