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Seth: New Big Buddy fall 2023 Mr Heater hose and regulator: ... with the tank connection removed and replaced with a male QC that mates with the CI side port, which registers 20 PSI out. This device also works "as purchased", meaning that I could go directly off a tank into the heater QC...

MH= Mr Heater WC= Inches Water Closet (which I assume is a somewhat antiquated way of measuring low pressure gases and liquids. I do know that it is more sensitive and smaller than psi.) OD= Outside Diameter ID= Inside Diameter QC= Quick Connect Not sure I have used QD or MC in my posts. But...

Those should stay put. Odds would be (for me) that a strong wind would lift the canopy and my foam discs (that I would have sworn couldn’t possibly go anywhere) would simply fall out. And I’d be doing a patch job on the canopy. If it was even patchable.

Gremlins indeed. Cary: Here's the answer (or is it another question?) : The MH in-line regulator that came with their hose appears to be an 11" WC. Meaning... I get the same "zero" reading that I do when I hook up to the CI stove end connection, after it has gone through the 11" reg. I...

My two cents on the Backroads... with pictures: I waited for frozen ground so I wouldn't make a mess of things. I was able to put it up myself NP in windless conditions. Any sort of breeze and I would definitely want some help. There's lots of head room. I'm 6'4" and wasn't confined to a...

Ok... this one's sitting a little bit out in left field, but... I have been kinda bothered by how much waste we generate on the road. (This is underscored by how little we actually generate while at home, being dyed-in-the wool recyclers, grow-yer-own gardeners, and traditional composters.) I...

I found a few more worthwhile mentions amongst the pile: Stove Top "Espresso" on a iso-butane stove: https://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-Express-coffee-maker-Aluminium/dp/B07XK6NLSQ We've had a lot of pack-up mornings where we didn't want to make a real breakfast, and even the prospect of...

Cary: good questions that may help explain what is going/not going on. I checked the manufacturing number of the in-line regulator (at least the one that was installed on my Mr Heater hose) and its specs as a separately available part, on at least one site, were reputed to be 11”. This made...

Perfect opportunity for the "Buddy" to shine. We've done the ferry across to Milwaukee (without the trailer), braved Chicago with the trailer, and dragged the trailer through snow across the UP. We wouldn't be able use any of those conditions as an excuse for not showing up.

... will be my guiding principle for 2424. Love it. It is a 12 hour haul to get to CICO2424. However, I do know that others travel more than twice that to get there; it likely will be in the cards for us, either coming or going, with an ultimate / turnaround destination probably being somewhat...

I would think that it could indeed. As a toaster... I forgot to warn that because the two sides don't open up, crumbs that collect inside it can be a bit of a pain to extract. So maybe it could do double- or single-duty as a diffuser.

None of these are earth-shattering, nor deserving of their own thread. In the interest of emptying the drawer I'm throwing out these finds which are the culmination of several months of poring over RV, van-life, and over-landing sites to find some "eureka" goodies. Maybe you'll find something...

Alas, no. Not being one to just accept things as they are, I needed to know what was going on and have consequently spent a grossly inordinate amount of time pondering and parsing. A query to the Mr Heater Customer Service would likely result in a response of: "Just stop messing around with it...

I agreed wholeheartedly. Initially, I figured the $25 I spent (instead of $100 on the original) was indeed a gamble, but one that could be absorbed, financially, if it failed. However, I also do have to go to bed at night knowing that I cheated some legitimate engineer, designer and company...

Well... it's not a "minor sensitivity" difference between the internal and external regulators. I bumped up the side port pressure to 30 PSI and that was still not enough to actuate the internal regulator at the 1 lb connector. And I used both 1 lb connections, in case one was finicky. When I...

It’s possible that an insufficient pressure “in” might not allow the internal 11” WC regulator to engage or “open up”. After all, these are meant to be used directly off a 200 psi tank. Depending on the design parameters of the 11” regulator, 2o psi may not be enough input pressure for it to...

I took my own advice and did some pressure testing today. Well... as much as I could. (Sweeney: BTW My tank is 90% and and temps were in the mid-30's. Same as Seth.) Despite my testing (results below) I am still confounded as to why my Big Buddy will not work off the side port, using either of...

I am heavily "invested" in the Fenix line of lighting, headlamps and their rechargeable batteries. Since my Black Diamond campsite lanterns were getting a little long in the tooth, I thought I'd upgrade to this: CL26R Pro It has 360 deg coverage with 4 light intensities, the highest of which...

Propane is Propane. And Mr Heater doesn't produce different products for two different markets. The crux of the matter is that we are trying to use their product in a slightly unconventional manner that is not addressed specifically in Mr Heater's literature. They want you to blindly use their...

Permanently attached panel(s) Advantages: 1) they won't walk away on you 2) they are out of the way, are unlikely to get damaged, and don't take up storage space in your trailer or your TV 3) they are relatively light, unobtrusive and generally can retain the aerodynamic qualities of the...