Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [Guest] Camper shell heaters?

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:58:36 -0700, Ridecamp Moderator
<ridecamp-moderator@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I'm hoping to ride the DVE LD.  We will be sleeping in my  truck camper
>  shell.  Does anyone know of a heater that we could use?  Coleman
>  makes one that runs on butane...I don't feel comfortable with that in a
>  closed shell.  I was hoping for something that runs on electricity, maybe
>  that we could recharge from the cig lighter in my truck while my hubby
>  drives it to the stops...

>We do have good sleeping bags but I would really love a heater for the
>  early morning.

I would suggest not using any combustion heater in such a small space
as a shell.  I did that when I first started endurance riding, a small
catalytic heater.  During the night I kicked my sleeping bag into
contact with the heater, and it caught on fire.  Luckily I woke up
before it got going very much!

If you do use a catalytic heater, be sure to keep windows open for
ventilation.

-- 

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com




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