Recent content by Mattkcc

I've used one on my Yamaha TW200 a couple of times. What impressed me in Arizona came across a old pick-up with the hood up. Stopped to see if I could help, turned out to be an old Vietnam vet with a dead battery. He had a meter on it an it was down to 11 volts. I had him clean up the the green...

I would advise to stay away from any area getting high winds. Back in February I was at Chaco Canyon National Park and on my last day got slammed with a bad dust and then sandstorm. The sand around Chaco is very fine like powder so it doesn't take much wind to stir it up. I have asthma from...

I went with a Plat Cat http://www.ventedcatheater.com/ under a $1000, took a long time to get it but works great. I have a full size Chevy van that is moderately insulated. It uses very little power just a small vent fan and the exhaust is vented down thru the floor and off to the side of my...

I use a couple of different ways to insulate my windows. I made window covers with a outer layer of reflex, a middle layer of Walmart fleece and the inner layer of Walmart grey felt. It secures tight using Velcro and when not needed rolls up to the top of the window and is tied. For winter I add...

I ran the heater for several hours with no smell. The pipe just gets comfortably warm, I can see myself holding on to it in the morning until the arthritis in my hands eases up. 

I'll hook it up tomorrow and see how much it drains my battery.

I got my Plat Cat up and running and remembered I need a propane alarm. Got on Amazon and ordered a Safe T Alert Propane Alarm. I got it due to it's smaller size. I didn't see any of the 12volt units give the power consumption for there alarm, got my alarm today and when I took it out of the...

That'd what the instructions spec. and the owner advised I don't believe the fumes are very hot due to the lack of flame. The heater comes with flexible tubing that is just the type used in pools or hot tubes and is thin. It doesn't even require a clearance from the vent pipe and flammable...

After several months of waiting I got my Plat Cat Vented Heater, should be a one day install right? Nope, not that much to it wire power, thermostat, vent and propane but then the problems start mine not the heater. I don't want to drill a 2" hole in the roof, can't go through the side due to...

Are you trying to create a sauna? That wood stove is going to create more then enough heat to warm your van. I could see your approach is you had no heat source and were trying to retain more body heat. You also have to remember your body gives off a lot of moisture and wool likes to absorb it...

Most jurisdictions are not going to put something like this in an auction. It will likely be scraped after it is no longer needed as evidence, however that will be years from now. We had a home in my area that was used by a serial killer and it was destroyed.

I was online looking for a 11 pound propane tank on Home Depots sight, when I came upon a refillable one pound DOT certified tank.  I believe it ran around $12 and there is a kit to use larger tanks for refill. I have never messed with refilling the disposable one pound green tanks not trusting...

I picked up something similar at Harbor Freight for $4.

When I was building my camper van I didn't want to permanently secure the furniture to the van floor. I've built several boats in the past but couldn't figure out a method that wouldn't be a pain in the butt to remove. My interior is built out of one by lumber and 1/4" and 3/8" [plywood...