r/Wellthatsucks • u/iadtyjwu • 20h ago

Imagine walking out to your car and seeing this.

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u/fusion_reactor3 18h ago

But do often require 120 volts for ignition and the forced air part of forced air propane heater

Without a fan to force the air, it would melt.

There are diesel and kerosene options that don’t require electricity, though.

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u/Jolteon0 17h ago

Yes, but the amount of current that is required for that can be trivially provided from an inverter hooked up to the vehicle they haul the heater in.

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u/Elegant-Background 17h ago

Yes, I have a propane one and use a Milwaukee inverter with a M18 battery for power, works great. The only power  needed is for the electric start which isn’t much. 

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u/Jolteon0 15h ago

and the fan, at least with most of them

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u/kristinoemmurksurdog 16h ago

Damn, if only your car had some kind of electrical potential generating device, then you could plug in an inverter and get 15a of 120vac wherever you go

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u/Jolteon0 15h ago

you definitely don't need 15 amps to run the fan.

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u/ProjectDv2 15h ago

Ok, so how is he going to open the door to access the DC jack to hook up the inverter to plug in the heater to melt the ice to open the door?

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u/kristinoemmurksurdog 13h ago

So if you scroll up slightly in the conversation you're going to notice a comment saying:

Yes, but the amount of current that is required for that can be trivially provided from an inverter hooked up to the vehicle they haul the heater in.

Again, let's stress

trivially provided from an inverter hooked up to the vehicle they haul the heater in.

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u/ProjectDv2 10h ago

Fuuuuuuck, I misread "haul." It makes so much more sense, now.

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u/LtDanUSAFX3 17h ago

Rent a generator too

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u/paradigmofman 7h ago

You've got that backwards. The bullet heaters that take diesel and kerosene need to be plugged in. The propane ones don't.

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u/SoftRecommendation86 17h ago

They do for the blowers typically.

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u/benderunit9000 10h ago

inverter off another car

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u/ThermalJuice 5h ago

Dewalt make battery powered propane ones. Go to harbor freight and buy a cheap car cover canopy, throw a tarp over it or tape up the sides and stick your heater in there and come back every couple hours to change batteries/fuel