Drip Pot Diesel Stove

Ozark Farmer wrote:
Jump down off the hostility wagon guys, I have a properly functioning propane furnace but travel in the far north a lot (arctic and sub arctic) and do not generally camp in campgrounds. Here to fore I have tent camped or used a pop up where such a stove wasnt practical and I am not looking for cheap here as these are far from inexpensive.

Its clear most of you have no idea what I am talking about but these stoves are very common around the world and I even used them in the Army. They are a non-pressurized system that uses a metering valve to regulate the fuel and I have had one in a fishing boat and in a cabin and they work great.

This is a particular stove I have been impressed with in the past but there are several others of various sizes: http://www.refleks-olieovne.dk/default.asp?pagenumber=1567.

I have to say, throwing out a question and getting flak for thinking differently because I have different needs is not a very encouraging sign for this forum.

A question: Wouldn't a propane catalytic heater provide the same benefit, or do you view the oil stove as more convenient from a fuel storage standpoint, not to mention No.2 oil is considerably less volatile than LP?

Ozark Farmer wrote:
Jump down off the hostility wagon guys, I have a properly functioning propane furnace but travel in the far north a lot (arctic and sub arctic) and do not generally camp in campgrounds. Here to fore I have tent camped or used a pop up where such a stove wasnt practical and I am not looking for cheap here as these are far from inexpensive.

Its clear most of you have no idea what I am talking about but these stoves are very common around the world and I even used them in the Army. They are a non-pressurized system that uses a metering valve to regulate the fuel and I have had one in a fishing boat and in a cabin and they work great.

This is a particular stove I have been impressed with in the past but there are several others of various sizes: http://www.refleks-olieovne.dk/default.asp?pagenumber=1567.

I have to say, throwing out a question and getting flak for thinking differently because I have different needs is not a very encouraging sign for this forum.

I agree, I've never heard of this before but, it looks intriguing. as long as you have a decent vent stack and enough fresh air flow coming in it can work.

Jump down off the hostility wagon guys, I have a properly functioning propane furnace but travel in the far north a lot (arctic and sub arctic) and do not generally camp in campgrounds. Here to fore I have tent camped or used a pop up where such a stove wasnt practical and I am not looking for cheap here as these are far from inexpensive.

Its clear most of you have no idea what I am talking about but these stoves are very common around the world and I even used them in the Army. They are a non-pressurized system that uses a metering valve to regulate the fuel and I have had one in a fishing boat and in a cabin and they work great.

This is a particular stove I have been impressed with in the past but there are several others of various sizes: http://www.refleks-olieovne.dk/default.asp?pagenumber=1567.

I have to say, throwing out a question and getting flak for thinking differently because I have different needs is not a very encouraging sign for this forum.

Gdetrailer wrote:

Ozark Farmer wrote:
Has anyone thought about or made a modification to put in a drip pot diesel stove into their TT for cold weather camping? I had a small one on a fishing boat that was entirely gravity fed from a gal tank and it heated the whole cabin and didnt need electricity to do it.

This would require a small stack and I suspect a lot of people wouldnt want to get any soot on their shiny rigs but for boondocking it seems like a good fit.

Just looking at some options/bouncing some ideas.

:E:E

Seems to me this idea is an accident just waiting to happen.

Cheap in this case can turn on you in a bad way in a hurry.

There IS a reason as to why you don't see these in use in homes, autos, RVs boats and so on.

Regulating the oil "drip" is virtually impossible.

Oil changes viscosity quite a lot over a very short temperature.

To keep it from over firing you would have to constantly monitor and adjust the drip rate.

Why be so darn CHEAP :h

If you can not afford to spend a few $$ on running a proper RV propane furnace then you should not and have no business living or using a RV in the winter, period.

Your life (and others) along with your RV is certainly not worth risking a catastrophe :M

you must of used on of these before…
I had one I removed from an old trailer, and yes it heated well but was about as unsafe as anything I ever seen, and you are completely right as to why they are unsafe…

Ozark Farmer wrote:
Has anyone thought about or made a modification to put in a drip pot diesel stove into their TT for cold weather camping? I had a small one on a fishing boat that was entirely gravity fed from a gal tank and it heated the whole cabin and didnt need electricity to do it.

This would require a small stack and I suspect a lot of people wouldnt want to get any soot on their shiny rigs but for boondocking it seems like a good fit.

Just looking at some options/bouncing some ideas.

:E:E

Seems to me this idea is an accident just waiting to happen.

Cheap in this case can turn on you in a bad way in a hurry.

There IS a reason as to why you don't see these in use in homes, autos, RVs boats and so on.

Regulating the oil "drip" is virtually impossible.

Oil changes viscosity quite a lot over a very short temperature.

To keep it from over firing you would have to constantly monitor and adjust the drip rate.

Why be so darn CHEAP :h

If you can not afford to spend a few $$ on running a proper RV propane furnace then you should not and have no business living or using a RV in the winter, period.

Your life (and others) along with your RV is certainly not worth risking a catastrophe :M

Somehow I tend to believe you might wake up dead from one of those, unless it's a closed system with a vent to the outside.