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Re: garage heaters

To: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Subject: Re: garage heaters
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:08:14 -0500 (EST)
Not directly near the gas tank, but in an open space in the garage. I
touught about the possibility of a fire but I don't see it as any more
dangerous than any other flame in a garage. My main concern was burning
the paint off the cars that the heater was between. After a few hours of
use it didn't seem as if it would happen.
...Art

On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Bud Krueger wrote:

> Art,
>       You aren't using this around a car that contains gasoline, are you?
> 
> Bud Krueger
> 52TD
> 
> Art Pfenninger wrote:
> 
> > Yesterday I had a chance to try out my propane heater, the verdict is IT
> > WORKS GREAT!  I didn't want to run a gas line 100 feet to my
> > garage, so instead I bought a $39 dollar portable propane heater that
> > mounts to the top of 20 lb cylinder. I was working is a close confine with
> > only about 2 feet between cars in the garage. I first set the valve to
> > high but within 5 minutes turned it down to low. I was so warm that all I
> > had on was a sweat shirt (and pants). I also was using a 500 watt work
> > light that produces a lot of heat by it's self. You can get the heaters at
> > Home Depot and they run for about 40 on a tank of gas.Harbor Freight has
> > one on sale for $42 that puts out about 1000 or 2000 more BTU's.
> > ...Art
> 
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