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#31 Opposite Overland

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Posted 12 December 2022 - 05:24 PM

That's a nice furnace. Even with the fan, it will be a very low current draw from the battery.

I do love these furnaces. I ran this in my topper for weekend trips and ran it solely off a small 20000 mah batt pack and never fullydepleted it.

Sealing up my chimney pass through. Do you guys think butyle tape on the outside baffle would hold up to a little heat? Im not familiar with using that stuff. Otherwise was just going to caulk it in.

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#32 Vic Harder

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Posted 12 December 2022 - 08:54 PM

If you think it will get too hot (can you touch it when it is running without burning yourself?) I’d use a high temp sealant. That’s what i used on the exhaust side of my Propex heater
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#33 Wandering Sagebrush

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Posted 12 December 2022 - 09:05 PM

What Vic said!


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#34 Opposite Overland

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Posted 13 December 2022 - 02:27 PM

Thanks. I've never dealt with butyle except removing it from things that are leaking. I've never actually installed it. Probably because it always seems to leak.

Going to install with some RTV which is good to 425F which is well over what that will ever get since its just getting radiant heat from the exh pipe through the outer intake pipe.
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#35 bajaphile

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Posted 18 December 2022 - 02:38 PM

Sorry if I missed it, but what type of furnace is that? 


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Posted 18 December 2022 - 02:43 PM

Sorry if I missed it, but what type of furnace is that? 

It is a Dickinson, mostly found in boats.  


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#37 Opposite Overland

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Posted 19 December 2022 - 12:46 AM

Yes it is a Dickinson P9000
Got it in and running now too!
Polymat going down on the sides to make it a little more cozy in there till i make some cabinets. It also allowed me to attach the turnbuckle access hole covers via velcro without any hardware keeping it low profile and low maintenance.
Cut some reflectix for the windows to help hold the heat in amd picked up some fabric and velcro today to make a double wall for the soft sides.

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Posted 07 February 2023 - 03:04 AM

Havent checked in lately, Been getting quite a bit of use of this thing so far this winter. The low profile of the pop top is def nice for accessing those paper roads for off the beaten path camping. Camped out in down to 10 degrees so far but needed to supliment the heat with a mr buddy heater. So we are currently looking at the dometic, suburban,vs propex style heaters to give us ability to dry gear after a day climbing or skiing.
Made a felt liner for the interior to help hold some of the heat. Also temporarily installed a ctek dc to dc charger and bulkhead plug and dual G65 batteries till i build some cabinets. Should give us plenty of power even though currently we dont consume much. But a fridge and maybe a coffee maker are coming shortly.

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Posted 12 February 2023 - 06:26 PM

Made some jack extensions out of some scrap i had laying around. Now i should stop scuffing my fender flares.
Used some capture nuts so i only need a wrench on one side for removal

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Posted 24 February 2023 - 07:49 PM

Very nice updates. Nice to see another east coast FWC, its a rare but always enjoyable sight! We are in mid-coast Maine, in an older Grandby as well. 

 

10 degrees is definitely cold in these things but bearable, as you know. 


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