Wave 3 heater report

Would love to see a photo of your install... My POPUP trailer has the very loud blower setup and Propane super hot furnace setup which works great but is way too much heat for my small foot-print trailer... I have been thinking about the CAT/WAVE unit that has external outside vents. I have posted pictures of this before mounted on the door of one of the floor cabinets...


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This would be a good mod for my particular setup... even one of those HYDRONIC setups using a small hot water flow heaters using the six gallon hot water heater for source would work good for me as well... We would just like enough heat to keep everything above freezing and love crawling into under the bed covers at night haha...


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Our backup heater is one of the MR BUDDY heaters using one of those 1lb canisters. We only use this with proper venting and never have it on after we go to sleep... Would like to get away from one of these...

Roy Ken

I installed a wave 3 in my Casita Trailer last year. Have used it on winter / spring trips. Just crack open a window and the ceiling vent. Works great. And yes I use it while I'm sleeping, and I'm still here.

Here's my R-Pod installation. The TC installation is almost identical except I installed a T right after the regulator rather than at the stove. Otherwise, everything is the same.

R-Pod Wave 3 Heater Installation

That sure is KISS install haha... Just move the heater around on its feet where you need it...

The HYRDONIC post in your thread really got my attention however haha... Nice install there.. Hot Water heat is very safe and quiet and doesn't pose any potentially-life-threatening-situations to deal with... Finding the right HEAT TRANSFER idea is what works best there. Of course the hot water is heated in a closed loop and will need propane or electric to keep it at a settable temp... Nothing is free haha... BTU's are BTU's I guess... Would be interesting to know how many times in a day/night the six gallon hot water heater kicks 'ON'... I think Don PIANOTUNA did a test on that sometime back...

Roy Ken

Nice. I've always wanted a Wave 3 built in, but we don't have a good place for it. We use the Mr. Heater Big Buddy with a fan that uses two bottles and it works great so that's what we'll stick with. I have to stay away from these postings as they ignite that "want" in me!