[VAC] Re: Trailer Covers

[Patrick Ewing]

Scott, There are safe ones and not so safe electric heaters. I've safely used electric heat for many years with no troubles at all. Why even the gas heaters could cause troubles if not properly used & maintained. For the Bambi I have made up a little metal tube with a "hat" that's mounted on a base that has a 60 watt bulb. The air circulates in through openings in the bottom and obviously comes out the top. With just this on during the winter it stays nice & dry and it's always 10 degrees warmer in the trailer than it is outside whatever the outside temp is. I place this on top of the cook stove top. I feel this is probably the safest way to keep an interior dry short of using chemical dryers. It would indeed be a sad day to have a vintage Airstream melt down, ............... and even worse if there was a tragic loss of live. This we don't need. Pat Scott & Lise Scheuermann wrote: Pat, I would never recommend leaving an electric heater running unattended, especially in a trailer. I know someone who's Airstream suffered from extreme meltdown when the heater malfunctioned. The fire department had to be called in. It was a sad day.