Mr. Heater Buddy use question!
Just returned from a trip to Utah. Weather turned out to be much much colder than normal for this time of year. Would have been a problem but temps went down to near freezing and the furnace stopped ...
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Tom_M wrote:
Whenever the topic of propane heaters come up, there are always dire warnings about the dangers of using them. They are no more dangerous then using the typical cooktop in most RVs. My cooktop is not vented to the outside and that is true of many others. The Buddy heater has tilt and an oxygen sensor to shut it down if it tips over or the oxygen level drops below a certain level. It will also shut the gas off if the pilot flame goes out. The typical cooktop is much more dangerous than the Buddy and I don't see warnings about the dangers of cooking.
Wotta laugh, right?
In -20C weather I used to cook a 8kg turkey in the oven with all the windows shut and the heater never had to fire off. Compared to a Mr. Buddy (never mind a non vented catalytic "Olympus" heater) none of the CO alarms ever triggered. This ALL changes if the flame of the device changes to yellow. A VENTED heater with a combustion chamber wall breach with a yellow flame will kill everyone inside within minutes if a CO alarm fails to do its duty. A cat heater or a Mr. Buddy I can see the emitter, with a ducted original equipment heater the flame is hidden.
So the issue isn't not as black and white as it may seem.
I do strongly recommend places three CO alarms throughout a rig. One in the bedroom right on top of a ducted heater vent.
