Sukiesmom
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We bought our portable Mr. Heater for our last trip. We just need it to warm up the van before and after sleep. It's not going to be left on during sleep. So this is not the discussion. We put it first on the "flipable" table (the one next to the stove) first and found that it heats up the bottom of the overhanging cabinet real bad. I am worry that the wood will warp over time. But placing the heater on the floor is not an option neither. We have a small dog and I will be worry about her getting too close to the heater. So what do you do with yours?
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josten367
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Hang it from the ceiling or maybe find something like oven mits or heat resistance material under it.
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Sukiesmom
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Let me clarify. It is not the table where the Mr. Heater sits that heats up. Heat rises, so it is the cabinet above the heater that got heat up.
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skipnchar
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The shelf in my garage. Far too impotant a matter to try and save a few cents on a heating bill by using an unsafe fueled space heater.
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Sukiesmom
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LOL. My bad. Just not thinking when I posted. We have a PW Excel and I am talking about during camping trips.
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josten367
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You have a metal dog cage to put it on the floor and put over top of it?
How about some tin foil and redirect the heat from under the counter.
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rockhillmanor
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Mine is in the bay of my MH for emergency purposes ONLY. Been sitting there for 6 years.
I personally would never use it as a heat source INSIDE an RV, unless I was close to dieing from hypothermia. 
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Handbasket
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IIRC from my former RT B, I found one spot on the floor behind/between the front seats where it didn't heat up surrounding materials enough to worry about. But no deog.
With the dog, you might try what I do in the Tiger... on top of the stove. I've made a wood cover for the cooktop. I set the small Mr. Buddy toward the front of that, angled forward. That way, most of the upward heat goes to the vent hood, which is theoretically able to handle it. But I only burn it with ventilation, and when I'm in the camper and awake.
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Sukiesmom
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Thanks. PW does not have vent hood but has a metal piece that extends from the stove, round the back wall, and up to the top. I guess I can find some wood plank to place on top of the stove for this purpose.
Ventilation - We know. We always have the roof ventilation opened and the small kitchen window opened as well. DH uses the heater only to warm up the inside of the van before waking me up  I don't like the furnace as it is way too noisy. Mr. Heater is very quiet and even it is small, generates enough heat to warm up the kitchen area. That's good enough for me.
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Is it alright to have it on the carpeted floor?
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