beemerphile1 wrote:
I don't know what a "brick" heater is.
I would never pay the bucks for a PlatCat for several reasons.
*they give almost no tech specs
what is the efficiency percentage?
*the benefit to platinum combustion heaters is that they burn cleaner
if it burns clean, why does it need vented?
Rather than spending all those bucks for the PlatCat, you could buy a battery or two, a solar panel for charging, and run your furnace which is proven safe and effective.
Without researching - does the PlatCat provide incoming air? if not the efficiency will be low because it will be drawing air in through every crack and crevice. Your furnace supplies its own combustion air and it is only about 80% efficient.
We use a Mr. Heater Big Buddy heater which is 'blue flame'.
we've got a solar panel (have no idea the watts, our brother in law didn't know the specs) and run the generator to charge batteries, and my CPAP MIGHT make it two nights. The furnace would kill it much quicker I believe.
