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Was he suggesting a 110V kerosene space heater to replace the petrol combustion section rather than an electrical heater? I wouldn't have thought using a different fuel would have reduced the risk much, particularly as it would be a lash up rather than an engineered and tested piece of equipment with safety provisions. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:03 PM Subject: RE: [T3] gas heaters > On 13 Feb 2004 at 10:03, Gamboa, Gary wrote: > > > From a purely functional perspective, it seems easier to > > me rigging up one of those DC power inverters and plugging > > a good space heater (with blower) into it. The gas heater > > next to the gas tank makes me VERY nervous. > > The max power rating of your generator is 450 watts. If you diverted ALL of > that to a space heater it would still amount to only a rather small hair dryer. > > The amount of energy in a small amount of gasoline is a pretty amazing thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org