Re: Using a \"Mr. Heater\" in Curtis Cab
PineRidge, I was concerned about the carbon monoxide issue as well. But the Curtis Cab, like most add on cabs, provides far from an air tight seal. The doors fit well and seal fairly well but there are multiple small air gaps. In addition, there is no seal on the bottom as lots of fresh air enters around the seat, hydrualic controls, etc.
I'm the last one who wants to collapse inside my cab from carbon monoxide poisoning. Now my wife, that's a different story. She was opposed to me getting the cab. It would be the ulitmate way for her to get back at me. She could tell all of her friends at my funeral that she was right, the no-good bastard never should have bought that cab.
It just seems that if these heaters produced the deadly gas at such high levels that the manufacturer wouldn't be allowed to market them safe for indoor and outdoor use such as cabins, campers and tents. Both units have an automatic low oxygen shut off system.
It just seems that there is plenty of fresh air coming in. I know that if I shut the heater fan off the temperature drops rather quickly.
There was another point that I didn't mention with my original post. The Curtis heater, while it puts out a lot of heat, is quite noisy especially in the high fan speed.
In the end I probably will just install the heater I've already paid for. But if I didn't already own it I'd be inclinded to give one of the propane heaters a try.