Need advice on propane heaters

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by Glenn Baglo

As in, my boat travels at 6 knots, not 6 knots per hour.

Yes
... although I doubt that makes it any more clear for most members.

[Glenn Baglo]

Don't fathom it myself. <_<

[Carol H]

Originally Posted by Glenn Baglo

Don't fathom it myself. <_<

coming from a professional background in the marine industry I can Fathom it just having troubles putting a calculation factor to the amount of back wash thats seems to be on the seas here.

[rabbit]

3 meters/second over the bottom no matter the run of the current.

jack

[Lora]

Originally Posted by Glenn Baglo

As in, my boat travels at 6 knots, not 6 knots per hour.

And yet we say, I drive at 60 miles/kilometers per hour, not at 60 miles/kilometers.

[alan in alberta]

Wow you guys have fancy equipment

My furnace makes its own power with a thermocoupler

I had it checked out and it is still in good shape.......i am keeping it as long as i can

[David Tilston]

Good call Alan, The older gravity furnaces are not as efficient, but they are simple and can provide enough heat for three season camping. If you don't camp in the winter, why have a furnace with noisy fans and large electrical demands?

[Francesca Knowles]

I camp in the winter and have fan-forced heat by way of having added a self-power-generating Ecofan to the top of my catalytic heater.

And it's stone quiet, too!

Francesca

[accrete]

Originally Posted by Glenn Baglo

As in, my boat travels at 6 knots, not 6 knots per hour.

I found that our sailboat's hull speed of ~8 knots was often stifled by bucking against a 7 knot current.

Sure glad we don't have to recalculate that 2 amp draw with tide charts!

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by Glenn Baglo

As in, my boat travels at 6 knots, not 6 knots per hour.

Originally Posted by Lora

And yet we say, I drive at 60 miles/kilometers per hour, not at 60 miles/kilometers.

Right Lora, because miles and kilometres are units of distance, so "per hour" is needed to make a unit of speed; in contrast, "knot" is already a unit of speed by itself, so no "per hour" is added.

Glenn, this is why I said the knot example wouldn't help most members understand (it just confuses them further)... because they don't already know that a "nautical mile" is the unit of distance while a "knot" is a unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.

[David Tilston]

Francesca, is that with the stock Duo-Therm furnace?

[Francesca Knowles]

No-

It's a catalytic heater. I took the Duo therm out and gave it to Randy Bishop...it worked all right for three-season camping but it wasn't quite up to the job for winter.

Francesca