Optional Clean Heat, my attemp for gas heat Options

[sixnotfour]

I live in the PNW and wanted to try a different approach.
1. clean no motor air
2. Instant with out motor running.
3. not gasoline.

Reading about auxi. heaters for years, I always wanted a Wabasto Esenbacher OR
or similar, with the no idle laws in place they became much more affordable, but run on diesel, yes they make gasoline (not what I wanted)
Price new 1100-2000

Searching around I found a propane fired unit Propex hs200, $700
more the teener price range.

I did consider the deisel wabasto ,but I dont like the smell of deisel and propane has the nasty odor for saftey.

I was still not sure how the thing would perform so I did a quicky install.

I only had to drill 2 - 1 inch holes and various screw hole , not bad.

As I said this is the quicky install for testing.............so far so good.


here is the unit;
http://westyventures.com/propex.html

[Spoke]

Nice ingenuity. Standard heat in a 914 is marginal when temps are below freezing; circulation sucks.

Maybe you can take the tire and wheel surround thing to an extreme and get 2-3 steel wheels, take the webbing out of the middle wheel, weld the middle to the bottom, and bolt the top one to the other 2 for a protective cage. Any steel wheels would do. Use spray foam insulator to create a form-fitted cavity for the tank.

With this kind of tank protection, if the impact is hard enough to deform the wheel cage and pierce the tank, you likely have other issues to contend with besides leaking tank.