We were looking for a small, movable, propane radiative heater to supplement the furnace which heats up the whole trailer as well as the basement, and is noisy to boot.
Coming from a house heated primarily by a wood stove, we much prefer high temperature local radiative heat to lower temperature heated air/surfaces.
So the idea is to keep the furnace, but reduce it's frequency of operation.
The catalytic Olympia heaters are apparently more efficient with less moisture released than the others, although susceptible to dust poisoning of the catalytic surface.
Ideally we would want the heater to be small and movable eliminating the vented option. We would crack a window just like we do when using the propane stove and range.
But there may be enough space to put a small vented catalytic heater close to our sitting area. The side of the sink cabinet in our Timber Ridge 240RKS might work, and 3000 BTU would probably be sufficient. I'll keep looking.
Another possibility is to pump hot water from the water heater through some heating coils near the sitting area. Not as hot as a direct propane radiative
heater though. But the plumbing would be relatively simple in our 240RKS with the hot water tank under the sink.
Thanks for the BTU info.
