Olympian wave catalytic heaters
Has anyone ever tested the amount of carbon monoxide these heaters give off? I used one for years in an old travel trailer when I was younger without any issues of course had Windows cracked for fresh...
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I like having multiple methods of keeping warm, especially here in Texas where an ice storm can leave you stuck for a few days:
1: First resort is the rig's furnace. The furnace fan guzzles battery like it is going out of style (10 amp-hours or so), but all combustion gases go outside. If the weather is in the teens to 20s, this does a decent job at keeping things warm, all things considered.
2: Second heater I use often is a Vornado fan forced space heater.
3: I have a Big Buddy heater and a box of 1 pound propane bottles. I have not had to use it yet, but if all else fails, it is better than nothing.
4: Lots of blankets and sleeping bags. I can sleep in weather in the 20s, and be decently warm, although the thermal shock of getting out of bed isn't great for the health.
Ideally, I like having the furnace get the rig to about 60 degrees at night, not so warm that it is too hot to sleep with blankets, but not so cold that it causes one to get sick due to the temperature change when getting out of bed.
As a safety precaution, I have three CO meters. The one from the factory, another as backup mounted on the other end of the rig, and one that displays PPM.
1: First resort is the rig's furnace. The furnace fan guzzles battery like it is going out of style (10 amp-hours or so), but all combustion gases go outside. If the weather is in the teens to 20s, this does a decent job at keeping things warm, all things considered.
2: Second heater I use often is a Vornado fan forced space heater.
3: I have a Big Buddy heater and a box of 1 pound propane bottles. I have not had to use it yet, but if all else fails, it is better than nothing.
4: Lots of blankets and sleeping bags. I can sleep in weather in the 20s, and be decently warm, although the thermal shock of getting out of bed isn't great for the health.
Ideally, I like having the furnace get the rig to about 60 degrees at night, not so warm that it is too hot to sleep with blankets, but not so cold that it causes one to get sick due to the temperature change when getting out of bed.
As a safety precaution, I have three CO meters. The one from the factory, another as backup mounted on the other end of the rig, and one that displays PPM.
