The vintage trailers came equipped with various heating units. Ours has a Duo-Therm diesel (yes, you read that correctly) heater. I had taken ours apart when we first got the trailer home due to severe mouse infestation. I cleaned it and reassembled it and since I have the original paperwork, stating that I have a LIFETIME WARRANTY for the unit, I got online and sure enough, Duo Therm is still in business. I really could not figure out how to operate it, and in talking to Dick, the original owner when we first saw the trailer, he said he had used it and it worked great. I just didn't ask him HOW to operate it. So, when I called Duo Therm and stated I owned one of their units, ahem, from the 50's, and I had a lifetime warranty, I needed some information. There was dead silence on the other end of the phone. I'm sure the 20-something receptionist hadn't fielded a call like that before. So, discouraged that there was no help from the company (I'm sure if I pressed it, someone with grey hair there must have known about an archive for old manuals) I just played around with the unit in my shop before putting it back in the trailer. Sure enough, a piece of paper, a match and some diesel in the tank and voila….heat. But, I had not tried it out in the trailer once it was back in.
So, down south here, it is cold at night….in the 40's actually. Brrr. Our little electric space heater was okay, but you can't keep it on all night, nor can you operate it with the water heater on or the microwave (too much juice for the old wiring and breaker box) So, I got some diesel, and fired it up. Wow, what a great heater. It has high, medium and low settings and a fan that circulates the heat in different directions near the floor. It is the cat's meow. So, now we are warm at night and no, the vent from the roof does NOT belch black smoke (thank goodness). If anyone has one of these heaters and needs some instructions, just let me know.
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