RaiderRed
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Just got back to the Mile High City after a week in the Yellowstone country. Very smoky up there due to forest fires, and crowds were very heavy for this time of year. I tried out my new Wave 3 heater and it worked fine. Really an improvement over the stock heater, and I dont have to worry about draining the battery like I did last year in hunting season in Colorado. I do have a few questions for the experts here:
Wave 3- first night out I was paranoid about get an OD of CO2 so had way too much venting. I think I had more cold air coming in than I had hot air coming our of the Wave 3. Low temps were in the upper 20s every night. After the first night, I cut way back on the venting and the results were much better. I have 2 CO2 detectors just to be safe. I vent the turnbuckle access door about an inch and the roof vent is open a couple of inches at least. The heater sits on the floor just below the stock heater so the access door is right behind it. After the first night, temps in the camper ran in the mid 50 degree range, running the heater on low. On high, I think it would be closer to 60 degrees which I can live with real easy. How much venting are other Wave 3 heater users doing by comparison?
Reefer- works well, maybe too well. Runs cold,usually about 32-34 degrees even when set as low as I can set it. Any suggestions to correct this? Also, the flame blows out when running at highway speeds, despite having the wind shield that is available from the dealer. I even installed my own wind shield behind the vent, to block off some of the air, but it still blows out all the time. Finally I took my homemade shield off and just went with the dealer shield, but still had the problem. I ended up just running it on DC whenever on the highway, but have to remember to turn it off when stopped for any length of time to avoid battery drain, and lighting the propane system. Maybe the only answer is to continue to run it on DC whenever on the highway, and remember to switch to propane when stopped. It would be nice to just run it on propane all the time, though. Any thoughts?
Wave 3- first night out I was paranoid about get an OD of CO2 so had way too much venting. I think I had more cold air coming in than I had hot air coming our of the Wave 3. Low temps were in the upper 20s every night. After the first night, I cut way back on the venting and the results were much better. I have 2 CO2 detectors just to be safe. I vent the turnbuckle access door about an inch and the roof vent is open a couple of inches at least. The heater sits on the floor just below the stock heater so the access door is right behind it. After the first night, temps in the camper ran in the mid 50 degree range, running the heater on low. On high, I think it would be closer to 60 degrees which I can live with real easy. How much venting are other Wave 3 heater users doing by comparison?
Reefer- works well, maybe too well. Runs cold,usually about 32-34 degrees even when set as low as I can set it. Any suggestions to correct this? Also, the flame blows out when running at highway speeds, despite having the wind shield that is available from the dealer. I even installed my own wind shield behind the vent, to block off some of the air, but it still blows out all the time. Finally I took my homemade shield off and just went with the dealer shield, but still had the problem. I ended up just running it on DC whenever on the highway, but have to remember to turn it off when stopped for any length of time to avoid battery drain, and lighting the propane system. Maybe the only answer is to continue to run it on DC whenever on the highway, and remember to switch to propane when stopped. It would be nice to just run it on propane all the time, though. Any thoughts?