Recently, I have had plenty of opportunity to put Creeky's insulation to the test. On most days I am able to keep the inside temp in the mid 50's with a single 15 amp space heater on the low setting, and up above 60 with it on high. Not too shabby. When the temps get closer to zero, however, and the wind picks up, it's not quite as cozy down below. Last night the outside temp got down to about 5 degrees. That brought the inside temp down into the 40's, despite the heater being on full blast and me and Jennilee being curled up under a heated blanket. Not quite cutting it.
Enter the Webasto Air Top Evo 5500 diesel forced hot air heater that I bought several months ago. I finally had some time to install it after returning from Vietnam jobless. These next few days should help me to either justify or regret the investment. Hopefully I should at least be able to stay warm, whether I can afford to put food on the table or not.
More pics to be added, but here are a few to get you started
Drilled a hole to realize that where I planned to put the heater controls there was an oak counter support. Oops...
After cutting the hole a bit lower the controls are in.
This should do until I have time to replace the plywood behind it.
This is my temporary fuel bottle.
A little hole for a tube.
Heating vent.
