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Re: Lazy Daze floor construction
Reply #25 –
Quote from: RonB  - 
Hi Hbn7hj;  So by 'took a walk' you mean someone stole your converter?  So the paint is for someone else to identify it faster the next time it gets stolen?  How does the cat cage stack up to other methods of preservation?  I was going to have my welder friend do some extra welding on my catalytic converter assembly, while he is visiting here in a few weeks.

Yep, stole it. If I had more time I would have put in the Cat Strap, which I have on order. I usually keep the LD in the backyard but a water leak saturated the ground. It is so easy to steal a cat from an E450. No jack required. I needed it fixed ASAP and didn’t want it in the driveway without some protection.  The Cat Cage is ugly. We will see if it works.

Midas seemed to think painting it and putting on the VIN number offers a lot of protection. I don’t see it but maybe so. Supposedly they can’t sell a painted and marked cat and therefore will leave it alone.
Harry 2006RB
Re: Lazy Daze floor construction
Reply #26 –
Quote from: RonB  - 
    And I'm very impressed with your installation of a gasoline heater.  I think my fix, if I ever needed more heat, would just be an extra propane tank. Or to replace my eight gallon tank with a 15 gallon, like the 27' LD's have. Also I don't have as large a gasoline tank either, with just the 37 gallon vs. the 55 gallon most of you have.  RonB

If I was moving every few days propane wouldn’t be a problem but I don’t. I carry water in containers, use the black tank sparingly, dump the gray water when no one is looking, and dump the trash on my errands. Moving to get propane every two weeks due to the furnace was a major inconvenience. One place I frequent the propane place never answers the phone or mans the pump. They do deliver to dispersed camping but you have to leave a message and wait. I just solved it my way.

Looks like the furnace will be the same as a Wave 6 without the hassle. Just reach over and turn
it on in the morning and wait till things warm up to get out of bed. Hot air is better than radiant heat anyhow. It is a bit of a hassle to start a Wave 6 when it is 35F inside and no more storage and setup hassle. Will let you know how it works in March.
Harry 2006RB
Re: Lazy Daze floor construction
Reply #27 –
I didn’t realize it but the Webasto furnace is variable output. It gets to temp, throttles down and purrs along at low output. Blower speed is variable and the flame fed by a variable pulse rate fuel pump. Much better than the on/off style of the Suburban.

The Propane Suburban has been outclassed!
Harry 2006RB
Re: Lazy Daze floor construction
Reply #28 –
Looks like the heated mattress pad is not needed anymore! Low 30’sF. Furnace set around 60F. It just hums away all night long using half the power of the Suburban or half the power of the mattress pad. No clue how much fuel it used but with a 55 gallon tank (42 usable) don’t really care. No on off, just constant warm air all night long.

Had some trouble with the ducting I can fix. Pretty happy with it. Nice to wake up to a warm house and a full propane tank.
Harry 2006RB
Re: Lazy Daze floor construction
Reply #29 –
Spent two weeks in Borrego Springs with nighttime temps in the 30’s, now at Grand Canyon with nighttime temps in the 20’s.

It looks like gasoline use is about 5 gallons per week with about an hour’s generator use per day and the furnace. That permits an ability to go without energy resupply of two months, longer than I will ever use. The fridge will run two months on the propane tank.

No longer any need to put a blanket up to isolate the cab. Really happy with it. The 1/3rd the cost purchase option is no longer available with Russia being the source.

What I don’t understand is why the Webasto, with half the BTU rating of the Suburban, is doing a better job keeping the coach warm in cold temperatures. Maybe it has something to do with trying to conserve propane. I don’t care how much gasoline is used.

It appears that 20-25F is the lower limit that the gasoline furnace can maintain 70F in the coach without insulation efforts such as blanket over the cab entry or window covers.
Harry 2006RB
 
Re: Lazy Daze floor construction
Reply #30 –
Three and a half weeks of 30s night time temps used 27 gallons of gasoline and 8 gallons of propane. The furnace uses 8AH of electrical power overnight. Generator runs were 1-2 hours per day. Internal temp was 69F all night.

Works very well though I was surprised at the gasoline use. I don’t have any way to separate generator fuel use from furnace fuel use.

Bottom line is the gasoline furnace works very well and hasn’t burned the place down.
Harry 2006RB