[A/S] Heating with the oven (was Asphixiation)

["tdickieson" <lleather@xxxxxxxx>]

Probably a real good idea Joe.

One of the byproducts from open flame propane burning is water, or 
humidity.  Using an open propane flame for heating, as in the use of 
ovens or range tops, not only eats up oxygen and produces carbon both 
mon and di oxides; it also raises the humidity in the trailer to rain 
forest quantities.  If in an area where the outside ambient 
temperature is below freezing, this could cause the humidity, if it 
gets into the walls, to freeze, thereby expanding to the point where 
it could pop the rivets, and probably buckle the walls.  I could be 
wrong tho, so, if I am, please correct me, as I am only human.  This 
commonly happens to ice huts which are heated only with propane 
heaters. It seems to me, through personal experience, tho it may also 
be my imagination, but catalytic heaters appear to also release large 
quantities of humidity into the surrounding air.  To my point of 
view, this would make them unacceptable for heating in places such as 
where I live in winter.  At twenty below zero, a lot of humidity in a 
trailer is not your friend.

Tom