Wave Heater Install
I found a way to install my Wave Heater so it is off the floor. The hose is T'd off of the stove and ran it through the stove floor using threaded PVC. Then the hose runs to the front throug...
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brholt wrote:
Question I would have is how much humidity issues do you have. Here in the Pacific Northwest humidity in winter is a big problem. We do pretty well with our double pane windows and a little venting but just running the stove or oven adds a lot of humidify. I would think that would be a problem with the Wave or Buddy heaters unlike the regular furnace.
Those of you that have them, what is your experience?
We have traveled and stayed in high humidity areas in the winter using our wave. Washington, Oregon etc..
Because it is radiant heat we usually can have the door open in 30 deg weather running the Wave 3 on high or low... Thus no more humidity than using a furnace and having the camper windows closed and all tight. Two humans and a dog can create a LOT of humidity..
We open a couple of windows and inch or more and the vent over our bed about 1", we like the fresh air and still being warm... If we were doing it just for safety we would not have them opened as far for sure....
Got to remember that the Wave 3 is sipping propane..... 3000BTU's on high will burn a gallon of propane... 92,000BTU's in about 30 hrs of steady use... and on low 1600BTU's about 58 hrs...
The oven/stove eats those BTU's... 6500 for the front burner and about 7200 for the oven.
Oh, and if your interested in BTU's the furnace we have is the big one... 35,000 BTU's!
Our fridges, running on Propane consume about 650BTU's/hr when cooling... Figure a 15 min duty cycle and you could say that our fridges, when fully cooled will use about 300-400 BTU's per hr.. You can do the math to tell how long your fridge should run on a gallon of propane...
Jim
