Took the van to the local mountains to test out the Propex HS2800 heater. I was curious to see how it would perform without any insulation in the van. Well, it did not go so well. It was 30 or so outside and the wind was blowing 30-50 all night with heavy snow. Still had a great time creating a small cocoon area above the bed to trap as much heat as possible. Used all my photography backdrops and 10 clips to drape the cloth as tight as possible around the fold out couch. That brought the temp up to about 65-70 in the small area. The heater itself worked great and I am sure once I put some insulation in it will make a huge difference. The inside temp is not that big a deal to me but when my Lady comes along it needs be able to get in the 65-70 range or she is not coming along.
Litte video of the drive home yesterday below.
http://youtu.be/jV17JakXWXg
Installed the battery and Magnum mm1212 Charger/inverter yesterday. Works great but there is a loud huge when under any load. Going to check with the company this am to see if this is normal for this model. If so I may return this one. I have a 3000 watt pure sine wave Xantrex I use for my photo biz that does not make any noise. To big to use in the van but interesting that it's so quite.
Pics coming soon.
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