Propex HS2000 Install in our Escapade Backcountry!
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2020
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Today's video is about installing a Propex HS2000 heater into a small squaredrop/teardrop camper. This is not a how-to video! Please only install this if you are VERY comfortable working with propane appliances!
Here are links to the products used in the video (Some are affiliate links so they don't cost you any more money, Amazon just gives us a few cents if you buy using that link)
Propane "Y' Splitter
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Two-stage propane regulator
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Gas line thread tape
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Mr. Heater 5 Foot Propane Hose
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Fire Barrier Sealant
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Propex HS2000 Furnace
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Mcmaster-Carr BSPT-to-NPT Fitting Adapter
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DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL. EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THESE VIDEOS IS NOT A HOW-TO AND ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF MY OWN WORK AND IS ONLY A HOBBY. PLEASE CONSULT A PROFESSIONAL BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY WORK.
Going to be installing this in my Bend Teardrop up in Fort Collins area over the next few weeks so we can camp up at Winter Park. Thanks for the easy guidance!!
Have fun Tom, I love camping up there!
Excellent installation how-to video! Keep this up and your channel will grow. I look forward to your future videos and will have fun checking out those that I haven’t yet watched. Your decision to move the spare tire to the other side has worked out well. Escapade should take note and consider adding a propane tank mount in the area that you did for heater and stove access. Send them your videos! Meanwhile, looking forward to you update on your heater once you’ve gone camping with it. Cheers!
Wendy Bauman thanks a bunch Wendy! COVID has kept me from doing any videos, but will do one soon!
I just bought one of these heaters and had no idea what to do to install it. Thank you for posting this. Now I know where to begin. Also, I was told that any propane lines inside must be metal.I am going to try and run a short metal gad pipe down underneath with a quick release connector on the end.
Since we have the little door, I don't think I am going to run an external line, but I do like your quick connect idea.
Great video! We are looking at adding this to our teardrop as well and you make it look easy to install!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! I could probably put this in my camper, but I need to get my electrical going first it seems. Also would need to protect the propane heater’s under tubes when water fording. Anyway, thanks, this was a useful video for me!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
Nice job! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent!!
Saw you on FB and subscribed
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Amazing video.thanks
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for doing this video, you just made up my mind on getting this heater. I just finished up building my camper a couple months ago I had been using a 12 volt heated mattress pad, but only get about a night and a half out of my battery. But I'm going to try setting my heater in a tongue box with the rest of my utilities. Do you think I'd have any issues doing this?
Just make sure the exhaust is nowhere near a window, and I think you’ll be fine! Thanks for watching my friend!
Very useful video. Thanks. I do have an Escapade trailer as well and would like to mount it in the same spot as you. I already have an electric panel there so not sure that would fit. Could you please share the overall length of the Propex with the pipe attached (from Propane plug on the right side to where the ducting pipe bend up on the left) - Thanks!
I’ll have to measure when we get it out next week!
Thanks for the video. I’m also in Colorado and been planning to install a propex heater when they are back in stock. Quick question when you tested it out any issue with condensation in your trailer?
Hi Eric, yes there was a bit of condensation, but not as much as you would have with a buddy heater or similar since it is dry air blowing into the camper.
Hey there. Great video. I have a Powertank propane bracket like yours and I'm wondering where did you get that lock for it?? It's great!
It was just a master lock from Home Depot, plenty to choose from!
Great video. What is the brass fitting that you went from the hose to the unit?
If you are talking about the connection directly from the hose to the unit, it is the BPST to NPT adapter that I have listed in the description below the video.
Does the exhaust vents have some form of screen to keep wasps out during the summer? also my outdoor rug blew up against my exhaust pipe and it shut off. It would be good to show how to reset the propex. i didn't know how to do it and didn'tt have internet.
No, the exhaust does not have a screen, but you could easily add one.
10X THANKS !!
How much gas does it use per hour ? Thanks
Know im years late lol but was wondering how the adapter held up? I set up some1/4 copper pipe last winter and had constant leaking issues but couldnt find the right adapter to hook it up to a regular propane hose. The manual says its a 5/16 bspt but I couldnt find one of those on mastercarr so I ordered the one you linked hope it works!
So sorry I haven't replied, but we sold the camper quite a while ago, so I do not have that info for you.
That looks like a very sharp turn for the exhaust pipe as it exits the cabinet and goes over the leveller. Did that work out for you? I ran into a problem where water condensed into the bend of mine, giving me many fault lights. Eventually it refused to start (non blinking red light), and I'm having a dickens of a time fixing it!
Hi Susan, I never had a problem, it didn’t really seem like a sharp bend. Unfortunately I don’t have the escapade anymore but again…I never had a problem while using it.
How much propane does it use a night? How many amp draws? I want run it off grid on a 100 ah AGM battery. Use for roof top tent.
Just got back from a night with the temperature around 8F. Furnace was on and off all night and I believe we could get 4-5 nights out of a 20lb tank. Woke up with 90% battery on 200ah
Thanks for the video! One thing im really struggling with is the mcMaster Car part. I cannot for the life of me tell the difference between the BSP and NPT sides. I'm wondering if I was just sent the wrong part because I've done every single check possible and can't find the difference between the sides. I'm mostly wondering if this was an issue for you. How were you able to tell the difference?
BSP and NPT threads are angled differently. NPT threads are angled at 60 degrees where BSP are angled at 55 degrees. You should be able to thread the BSP side pretty easily into the propex. When did you get your Propex? There may be a chance that they now have a version for North America with the correct threads that you may now have.
I just got mine from van cafe like 3 weeks ago. Either side of my adapter screws in easily to the propex. I’ve not read anything about propex now using NPT but let me know if you’ve read that somewhere!
I know that the NPT side is supposed to be at more of an angle but to the naked eye I can’t see a difference at all. I’m worried I’m going to damage the propex if I use the wrong side 😢
Where did you find the connector fitting for the gas hose to heater connection?
All the links are in the description
How much does it cost everything
Where did you find the locking propane tank mount???
It is the Power Tank BKT-2286. I bought it on Amazon but is no longer available for the 11lb tank. You may be able to find it elsewhere. Hope this helps!
Awesome video and great way to use that small space!
Im curious if you can share how hot the casing of the heater gets when running for a while? Does it feel hot enough to burn anything that may be touching it? Thanks!
No, the case does not generate any heat
Can you please give me the model number or any other info on the adopter to us size for propane connection.
The link for everything is in the video description.
Have you made the installation more permanent?
Richard Bosch working on that currently, will post a video soon!
This is great information. I do have a technical question that's a little longer. Is there anyway to reach you through email? etc.
Definitly! Email me at projbasecamp@gmail.com
Not sure how much it matters, but if heat rises wouldn’t it be heat up your camper more efficiently if the output vent was mounted lower down? Your exhaust is also right beneath your kitchenette, would this be an issue when cooking?
We don’t have this camper anymore, but the inside is so tiny any amount of heat will make it a furnace no matter where you put it. If you put it lower, pillows will cover the output. Also when you’re outside cooking, there is no reason to have the heat on.
@@ProjectBasecamp thanks appreciate the quick reply, looking to buy one.
Hey man, I just gotta ask, if you're still around that is. I can see in the video at 4 minutes, that you used an adapter that you say is 1/4", when the gas input female thread on the heater is 5/16ths. How the heck does that work? Did you use a 5/16ths adapter instead?
Yeah man I have actually uploaded a few videos recently! Unless they changed the heater, the link in the description is the correct fitting.
@@ProjectBasecamp Hey thanks for the reply! Yeah, I suppose they must've changed the heater, because mine definitely has a 5/16th gas input, not a 1/4". I'll just have to figure it out aha
Does it require a battery also?
Well uh, I don't want to sound like a jerk by pointing this out, but I did show the process of hooking it up to battery? It is a powered furnace, so not sure how it would work otherwise.
Watching in 2023, any issues? Concerns?
This unit was sold a long time ago, sorry
Don't forget a carbon monoxide (CO) detector in the camper!
While I agree that this is important in any enclosed camper, this heater does not specifically add risk as it is a sealed system
Surprised it’s just a painted wood floor. Major rot risk.
It's actually a black rubberized coating