Olympian WAVE 6 ...A review

ktmrfs wrote:

The amount of water from combustion is slightly less than 1 gallon of water for every gallon of propane burned. Now on a wave 6 that's 15 hours or so of full heat, but combined with vapor from breathing, stove, a few wet clothes can aggrivate a marginal condition.

This is a theory, for a room where air is being constantly introduced but humidity is not removed. I real life trailer has a ventilation, some water vapor is added and some is removed.

Also, snowbirds in AZ don't run Wave 6 on Full for 15 hours. Here is how it goes in my trailer in Baja Norte, mostly dry, not too warm - could be few degrees more than in AZ but plenty of cold wind form the sea, so in the end it's the same. Screen door is open all day, on most days. No heater. After sunset I turn Wave 6 on Med or Low until bedtime, total 4 hours, sometimes closing screen door and sometimes not. Then half an hour to one hour in the morning, again on Med or Low. High setting is used only occasionally when I feel like getting hot fast. Overnight use of Wave 6 is very infrequent - it almost always ended in waking up and shutting it down, so I opted for a thick duvet instead.

Wet clothes happen rarely, mostly after laundry, and are drying outside.

In these conditions Wave 6 generates less than a pint of water daily, and some of this water is removed through ventilation at the same time. Honestly, I notice more humidity when cooking rice or beans on the stove.