Water Heat in my Soft Road trailer?

[DesertJK]

http://compare.ebay.com/like/180445683553?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Anyone use one of these? I have a front compartment in my trailer, seen here:

http://www.livinlite.com/vrv-6x14jeep-gallery.php

I bought this trailer stripped with just very basic stuff. All I really wanted from them was the structure and I am adding my own stuff as I go.

I has a sink in the kitchen counter that had a hand pump. I added a marine chrome plated brass faucet and a sure flow RV pump. I want a propane water heater I can semi permanently mount in the front compartment. The compartment has a lot of wall space and has quite a bit of head room under the sink. I would like to pumb this type of heater into a outside shower and into the sink.

My question is, how does this thing vent it's heat? Is it a big area it radiates out of or is there one vent outlet on the bottom or side? I also wonder how much heat it vents? I assum I will need to add a vent to the compartment, I need one for other reasons too.

Any suggestions for hot water? The most convenient place for me to mount my propane is in the same compartment. That makes me a bit nervous.
My only other option is to find some tanks that are small enough in diameter to mount horizontal between the frame rails, so far no luck find those. I am trying to get all the stuff off the tounge because I can't open the rear door of my Jeep, and everything get mailed with gravel, road sand, deice salt, ect...

 

[TomH]

Normally they mount on the outside wall of a house, thus they aren't usually set up to have an exhaust duct. If you use one in/on a trailer, the unit would have to becompletely sealed and isolated from the interior so that CO and CO2 could not enter the living quarters. The unit would also need adequate ventilation from the outside.

 

[DesertJK]

Normally they mount on the outside wall of a house, thus they aren't usually set up to have an exhaust duct. If you use one in/on a trailer, the unit would have to becompletely sealed and isolated from the interior so that CO and CO2 could not enter the living quarters. The unit would also need adequate ventilation from the outside.

Thats what I was affriad of. I have a front compartment to mount it in the is seperate from living space, but not totally sealed, and not vented. I have to add vents for other reasons, but I am not sure this is the type of water heater to got with.

Anyone suggest anything?

 

[TomH]

Now that I think about it, I remember seeing one in Belgium back in 1975 that was mounted inside, but the exhaust gases weren't vented away. There may be adapter kits available that offer a different cover (without air slats) with duct connections. You'd need to check with a distributor. I have a Takagi for my house. Rather than mount it on the exterior wall of the log home, I built an aluminum frame for it and mounted that on a concrete slab about 4 feet away from the house.