Protector II
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- First Name
- Dave
- Last Name
- Addington
- Member #
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10123
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KN6BKH
Now that my wife and I live up in North Idaho we decided to invest in heat for our RTT set up because it gets cold! I decided on a forced air propane heater due to nearly zero maintaince and I already carry propane. For me I like my build to be easy to use because then I use it more. I bought a Propex 2211 from VanCafe which is the external mount model that is weather resistent, but not completely water proof. My requirements were I wanted to permanently mount it on the rack under the iKamper and it had to be easy to set up, like under 5 minutes!
I tried to find a location on my Kb Voodoo ProMax rack to mount it but stalled cuz I just didn’t like the way it looked, it didn’t look clean to me. So I decided to fab a box to place it in which makes it look cleaner and also stores my hoses which can be a bit ungangely. I bought 2 “Fat 50cal” ammo cans from a military surplus store then cut the bottoms off, and connected them end to end by bending a stainless steel sheet to extend the length. I wired up an 8 pin plug for the power and controls to route of the box and to my rack harness with the power coming from the truck. I used a project box for the control panel and it lives full time in the tent with the master power switch on my rear control panel mounted by my tail gate. I bought off Etsy a window tent pass through which works great!
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Workflow: pop the tent, open the ammo can, pull out attached hoses and tent window pass through, power up the heater from the master switch, select temp in the tent on the control panel and bam! Heat!
Little better view when the rack is off the truck (I built a hoist to lift the rack, tent, Rotopax on/off as a whole)
Ammo can box build
Just got home from camping in Montana and enjoying a hot tent!
@Kent R
I tried to find a location on my Kb Voodoo ProMax rack to mount it but stalled cuz I just didn’t like the way it looked, it didn’t look clean to me. So I decided to fab a box to place it in which makes it look cleaner and also stores my hoses which can be a bit ungangely. I bought 2 “Fat 50cal” ammo cans from a military surplus store then cut the bottoms off, and connected them end to end by bending a stainless steel sheet to extend the length. I wired up an 8 pin plug for the power and controls to route of the box and to my rack harness with the power coming from the truck. I used a project box for the control panel and it lives full time in the tent with the master power switch on my rear control panel mounted by my tail gate. I bought off Etsy a window tent pass through which works great!
Camping Diesel Heater Rotating Dual Tent Vent Assembly - Etsy
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Propex HS2211 6500 BTU Exterior Gas Air Heater
The Propex HS2211 is a weatherproof, externally mounted gas air heater, perfect for keeping your van warm during cold weather while saving space!
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Workflow: pop the tent, open the ammo can, pull out attached hoses and tent window pass through, power up the heater from the master switch, select temp in the tent on the control panel and bam! Heat!
Little better view when the rack is off the truck (I built a hoist to lift the rack, tent, Rotopax on/off as a whole)
Ammo can box build
Just got home from camping in Montana and enjoying a hot tent!
@Kent R
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