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profdant139
Explorer II
Dec 06, 2017

Mini-catalytic heater for keeping tanks warm off-grid??

I really want to enclose my underbelly and do more cold weather camping. But unless I have a huge solar array (impossible on such a small trailer), I can't power the heat tapes to keep the tanks from...
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SteveAE
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Dec 18, 2017
profdant139 wrote:
It's tough to simulate freezing conditions in order to test this idea -- it gets down to the high 50s at night where I live!


Simple. Get a piece of pipe about the same size as you want to protect, fill it with water and put it in your freezer. Measure the time to freeze. Now thaw, and put your LED bulbs on it and repeat (don't worry, the LED bulb won't generate enough heat to cause your freezer to work any harder)

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