Can you place a lit kerosene lantern in a wood stove that has a chimney? In a relatively small room such as a truck camper, would you be exposed to carbon dioxide or would it go out the chimney as if burning wood?

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    do truck campers have wood stoves?

    But yes it should in most cases vent fine as long as doesn’t tip and the flue is open enough. Wood stoves sometimes have air intakes near the bottom that aren’t designed for flaming liquid.

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      11 months ago

      Not by default but after I put one in my camper I couldn’t imagine going without it. Here on the west coast it’s so wet and the wood stove works so well by removing moisture out of the camper.

      Cubic mini is probably the best wood stove for a camper if anyone wants a recommendation.

      A lot of youtube tutorials cut a hole in the camper roof but I just used flex pipe meant for car exhaust and I just put my chimney through a screen window that I cut a hole in. Then the camper can still be resold without explaining the hole in the roof.

      You should be using a carbon monoxide detector regardless, but with wood stove you probably want to run two carbon monoxide detectors. I’ve never had an issue but I do worry about this