Winter Van Life Clever Hacks: Stove Heater  

@CheapRVliving Amazing!! May I ask if there have been any inquiries on dust, shall I call it? Well, what I'm getting at is there are unfortunately many people who have autoimmune disorders where the environment has to be nontoxic or else they are just often times miserable as in it's debilitating and many need to get out of their homes from biotoxin illness from the home and so getting on the road in a compacted vehicle 🤔 well, has ANYONE discussed this? Is it possible for you to do so, Mr. Bob? I am a mommy and I'm looking to this and hoping to find a community of peaceful caring people who help each other out 😊 thank you!!

but how to deal with the humidity which it brings up. Or is it leaving anyway, cause there has to be a window be open a bit cause of air? Thats what would worries me. Thank you for a respond and all the best to you ☀️👋

How much and where do you find it??

I agree. Gives me a great idea.

Does it go down often?

​@@user-dc7iw3fu4e yes, just about every winter. they have an infrastructure that is antiquated and needs updating.

What wood?

​@@JAe-jc1ukthe wooden walls...

I saw the whole video. He cracks the window for the fumes and it still keeps the van warm.

Do these type of vans have vents for cooking and heating?

I’d like to add a cautionary tale here… following the great ideas of other nomads, I picked up a terra cotta pot and used it with the same cook stove shown here. It heated my tiny camper (6x8) beautifully. HOWEVER: I rationalized that in such a small space if I opened the window, it would negate all the warmth I’d produced. Then… I dozed off… my cat and I woke at the same time 2 hours later… she seemed to be sneezing, while I had a sensation of burnt nasal passages, throat, mouth, lips and a wicked headache. Had to open the camper up at 3 a.m., IN 38 degrees, and step outside in the cold to try and get some relief. It wasn’t so much the fumes as the sense of…. having had to run out of a building on fire and getting heat burned along the way. So: yeah. Gotta crack the window.

​@@bogususer2595yeah. Open a window.

​@@n8rlvr876wow damn. I just bought a smoke alarm and a propane/ carbon monoxide alarm. Vanlife is not worth bodily injury. Thanks for sharing

I don't know the name of them but you see those little cube "air coolers" advertised or at walmart that you put water in and it blows cool air. I was extremely skeptical but they actually do help a little to take the edge off the heat if you have it blow directly on you up close. I'm in a 6x10 tin trailer and got confined to bed for a week with covid during the summer and it would get into the mid to high 90s inside my trailer. I put that cooler right next to me and spritzed my bed clothes with water and it made me comfortable. You do have to refill the water about every 2 hours but I only needed it during the mid to late afternoon hours so it worked out.

I forget where I saw it, but more humidity in the air maintains the ambient temperature vs. that of a dry environment.

Yes. The stove heater is sitting on is designed to use indoors. Works on the same principle as a kitchen natural gas or propane stove. All gas burning appliances must be used with adequate ventilation.

It's butane. Not propane. Still need to vent

Vent Vent Vent Vent Vent

Diesel heaters are pretty cheap these days. $100.00 is much less than they used to be.

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Not if you have a window and a fan in it