Anybody with Camco Olympian Heaters?
I know, I know - not vented, no thermostat, so Don Piano please have mercy on me. Couldn't get anything from Platinum Cat guy, the only maker of vented catalytic heaters with thermostat. Couldn't wai...
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I'll rephrase my original post, there will be no noticeable "fumes" from these olycats. If there ever is, it is not burning correctly, probably from a contaminated catalytic pad.
Both my Olycats do have the ODS in them. The previous company to Camco, ?? made them for only a year or 2, then discontinued them because of complaints of not burning at hi altitudes. I bought 2 of them at a close out, at an unbelieveable price, at the big RV show in Quartzsite AZ. These ODS models, unlike the non ODS, have an actual pilot lite that stays burning all the time, kinda nice when turning it off for a while, leaving the pilot on, then back on and not needing to relite it.
Neither of the heaters has ever failed to burn because of lack of oxygen, even w/ no venting at all. But not to say that my RV is air tight,.....actually a long ways from it.
I have a 3rd wave 3 heater identical to these that is non ODS.
Both my Olycats do have the ODS in them. The previous company to Camco, ?? made them for only a year or 2, then discontinued them because of complaints of not burning at hi altitudes. I bought 2 of them at a close out, at an unbelieveable price, at the big RV show in Quartzsite AZ. These ODS models, unlike the non ODS, have an actual pilot lite that stays burning all the time, kinda nice when turning it off for a while, leaving the pilot on, then back on and not needing to relite it.
Neither of the heaters has ever failed to burn because of lack of oxygen, even w/ no venting at all. But not to say that my RV is air tight,.....actually a long ways from it.
I have a 3rd wave 3 heater identical to these that is non ODS.
Almot wrote:
Thanks people. Looks like they mean that control valve - it will shut-off if you let it go too soon during the initial light-up.Golden_HVAC wrote:
the lighter needs to stay above 300F or so to keep 75 mV applied to the gas valve. If the pad gets too cool, then the gas valve will shut off.
Fred - this is only for initial light-up, right? I understand that it won't shut off by itself later on, if heating pad stops functioning or there is a leak. I will install EFW valve anyway, for such incidents.
RJustfishing - catalytic heaters do emit all the usual by-products of propane combustion: H20, CO2, CO, according to govt publications: CO emissions from a portable propane catalytic heater. See the end of the Executive Summary on the 1st page.
But they emit 5 times less CO than open-flame heaters, 70 ppm vs 370 during the testing time in closed chamber. There was another article by the same govt body, on non-catalytic heaters: CO emissions from portable propane radiant heaters.
Olympian Wave 3, 6 and 8 models 573xx don't have Oxygen Depletion Sensor, according to the manufacturer: Page 24. Similar models 578xx do have ODS, they are not shown on the photo and I don't see them sold anywhere.
Don - yes, those Empire heaters must be blue flame. I don't see the word "catalytic" anywhere. They are pretty big.
