| wave heater [message #142601] |
Tue, 06 September 2011 12:24  |
lqqkatjon
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deer hunting in MN is coming up in a couple month's. it is time for me to think a little about heat, now that I have A/C.
Wave 6, or Wave 8 heaters? I am looking for dry camping. I could be using my GMC in 15 below temps.
last year I was running the furnace, and a Mr. heater big buddy heater. (I do know to keep ventilation). and have a couple co meters in the coach. sucked down alot of battery juice running the fans on the furnace.
any advice? other then to stay home at -15?
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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| Re: wave heater [message #142614 is a reply to message #142601] |
Tue, 06 September 2011 15:41  |
idrob
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Location: Central Idaho
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| Jon wrote on Tue, 06 September 2011 10:24 |
deer hunting in MN is coming up in a couple month's. it is time for me to think a little about heat, now that I have A/C.
Wave 6, or Wave 8 heaters? I am looking for dry camping. I could be using my GMC in 15 below temps.
last year I was running the furnace, and a Mr. heater big buddy heater. (I do know to keep ventilation). and have a couple co meters in the coach. sucked down alot of battery juice running the fans on the furnace.
any advice? other then to stay home at -15?
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Yep, stay home.
The cat heaters are limited in output, think the wave 6 is 6000 btuh and the wave 8 is 8000 btuh. Your furnace is probably 30,000 btuh. If you were running the furnace and a Mr. Heater big buddy last year, I think you would have less output from the Wave than the Mr. Heater. And that is only an addition to the furnace.
Bring a Honda generator and use it with your existing converter/charger (hopefuly a good quality 3 stage unit) to keep your batteries up.
Don't hunters brag about being cold? Macho, macho man.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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| Re: [GMCnet] wave heater [message #142666 is a reply to message #142601] |
Wed, 07 September 2011 08:32 |
Steven Ferguson
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A Wave 6 is more than adequate. Probablly drive you out on any but the
lowest setting. We used one for many years, never left a window open as the
coaches have very poor air tight integrity. Your Mr. Heater should have a
built in O2 monitor if it was mfrd within the past 4 years. It will shut
itself off when the 02 levels reach 5,200 ft alt level.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Jon Roche <lqqkatjon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> deer hunting in MN is coming up in a couple month's. it is time for me to
> think a little about heat, now that I have A/C.
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> Wave 6, or Wave 8 heaters? I am looking for dry camping. I could be using
> my GMC in 15 below temps.
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> last year I was running the furnace, and a Mr. heater big buddy heater. (I
> do know to keep ventilation). and have a couple co meters in the coach.
> sucked down alot of battery juice running the fans on the furnace.
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> any advice? other then to stay home at -15?
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| Re: wave heater [message #142672 is a reply to message #142601] |
Wed, 07 September 2011 09:46 |
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mike miller
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| Jon wrote on Tue, 06 September 2011 10:24 |
deer hunting in MN is coming up in a couple month's. ...
... any advice? other then to stay home at -15?
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Other have given advice about the heaters. But there are other things to consider when using your coach is weather this cold.
I do know it takes a lot of energy to keep a stock GMC warm in cold weather.
From my reading here and the net, unless your coach has been modified for cold weather use (with added insulation and routing water lines next to or INSIDE the furnace heat vents) do not expect to use the water system. Winterize it and used bottled water. Black tanks and that plumbing will freeze up also.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
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| Re: wave heater [message #142674 is a reply to message #142672] |
Wed, 07 September 2011 09:50 |
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WD0AFQ
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| Mike Miller wrote on Wed, 07 September 2011 09:46 |
| Jon wrote on Tue, 06 September 2011 10:24 |
deer hunting in MN is coming up in a couple month's. ...
... any advice? other then to stay home at -15?
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Other have given advice about the heaters. But there are other things to consider when using your coach is weather this cold.
I do know it takes a lot of energy to keep a stock GMC warm in cold weather.
From my reading here and the net, unless your coach has been modified for cold weather use (with added insulation and routing water lines next to or INSIDE the furnace heat vents) do not expect to use the water system. Winterize it and used bottled water. Black tanks and that plumbing will freeze up also.
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I know my maserator has frozen up twice, at 12 degrees. Not a good feeling when you need the thing.
Oh well, I know Jon. He knows how to manage in the very cold weather.
Life is good,
dan
3 In Stainless Exhaust Headers
One Ton All Discs/Reaction Arm
355 FD/Quad Bag/Alum Radiator Manny Tran/New eng.
Holley EFI/10 Tire Air Monitoring System
Solarized Coach/Upgraded Windows
Satelite TV/On Demand Hot Water/3Way Refer
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