Super nice heater for Popup Campers Travel Trailers and RV's
I purchased the Olympian Wave 6 Catalytic Heater for use in a Starcraft Popup Camper. The camper has an 11' box so it's a large camper when opened up. I had already installed an OEM furnace and it worked great but the blower fan in these furnaces are noisey use alot of 12 volt battery power and the furnace itself uses quite a bit of propane.
The Wave 6 Heater fits the use in this camper perfectly. I purchased the feet for it as well as the available protective cover for storage (I highly recommend you buy the cover because you must keep the catalytic mat clean). I had a 10' flexible rubber propane hose made and T'd that into the existing fitting under the fold down sink cabinet. A small brass ball valve is located at the T in order to turn off/on propane flow to the heater. At the other end of the 10' hose is a propane quick coupler and this allows the hose to quickly be "snapped" on to the fitting that I installed on the heater. When not in use the heater stowes under the dinette seat.
It takes just a few minutes to get the heater out before going to bed and set it up. Per the manufacturer's instructions I open the roof vent and one of the solid panels on the screen door about an inch.
The heater lights quickly and in about 5min is fully "cooking." Set on medium it will keep the camper 71*F inside at an outside tempurature of 51*F. I leave it run all night and it keeps us toasty warm.
A word of advice on using heaters in campers; do your homework if you're worried about carbon monoxide poisoning. And by that I mean call the manufacturer and get your information straight from their technical support or even their engineers. That way you have actual data and instead of all the story telling that is so common on many RV website forums.
Bottom line: This is an outstanding product that's extremely well designed and built. It's easy to use super efficient quiet and just cranks out the heat!More detail ...
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