BTW, I may have a line on a couple of used BN2 heaters in a few weeks. Don’t know what shape they’re in yet, but am keeping an eye on them. Might be a neat winter project to resurrect them and get them going, now that I have a proven method.
I’ve recently been to Cory Drakes house and spotted Danny P’s old BN2 sitting on a shelf, waiting for installation in the Hoopty, so the warmth is spreading. Danny went with a new Webasto in his new Spyder. I think Jack Crosby has a Webasto, too, but I’m not sure of the make. His has variable heat output and it can really drive him out if he turns it up over 25%.
I’ve seen some of those Webastos under $500 bucks new, but beware of cheap Chinese knockoffs - they’re probably as good as a lot of other questionable Chinese-origin parts we’ve all been seeing.......Go with a genuine Webasto or Eberspacher Airtronic to be safe if you’re going new. These units are now called “parking heaters” and are HUGE in the trucking industry to heat sleeper cabs when parked, to reduce operational emissions over running the truck’s diesel engine for heat. The new ones are being installed locally, usually by the same companies who service the refrigeration units and A/C in tractor trailers. Very common heaters out there, with hundreds of thousands installed and safely working.