A little different type of heater mishap but when I was a kid me, my dad, and some close friends would all go hunting at our lease the entire week of thanksgiving every year. Well it was always cold but at one of our nicer stands we had a space heater inside with a propane tank mounted on the outside. One cold morning a man who is like a grandpa to me got in there and fired up the heater. Like usual it was dark when he got in there that morning and didn't think anything of it. Well... its been a long time and I cant remember who was in that stand the night before but it wasn't cold the previous evening and the space heater was used more as a shelf. So, after about 10 minutes or so went by all hell broke loose in that stand, turns out someone left 4 or 5 bullets sitting on top of the heater! Needless to say he almost tore the door off that deer stand trying to get outta there!! The top of the heater was all dented in and damaged and there was a good amount of bullet pieces stuck in the walls around the heater, I'm sure his boxers took a fair amount of damage too that morning! hahaha!! We all laughed about it afterwards but he was really lucky! That was prolly 30 years ago but to this day I think about it every time I'm in a stand on a cold morning!

SW- Holy Smokes, (Pun intended) Batman!

My knees would have been trembling while closing the valve on that tank!!!

Lucky man indeed!

SFH

OP, maybe 1 (or more) of your lease mates is tired of your [censored]. If you find a ticking package in your stand on your next hunting trip, we’ll know the answer.

You know, that's an excellent point. They're probably jealous of my hunting success (big buck in 15 minutes), outstanding marksmanship skills (DRT are my real initials), exceptional personality (I generally draw a crowd), good looks (chicks really dig me), well, I could go on...

Maybe though, they are acting under duress due to pressure from our notoriously persnickety LO. Just doing his bidding to stay on good terms like little minions.





I'll definitely keep an eye out for things "out of place". At least now I know I won't be taken out by a"mysterious explosion" at the lease given I have a public record of said event now.

Thanks for looking out for me Flavio!

Charlie

Being cold ain't so bad...

Charlie:
Were you using a Buddy hose, or generic? I think the generic would attach to the heater at the same place as the small bottles, but the special Buddy hose-- which they recommend when using large propane bottles -- has its own attachment point. Still trying to figure out what happened, since I use one of these heaters with a large propane tank, and want to be sure it doesn't blow up.
Thank you for posting this, by the way. Always helpful when people make others aware of potential dangers.

I did. Thank you for clearing it up!

Lalo

Not sure I understand the question... The filter shown above attaches to the heater where you would normally attach the small green propane cylinder, then the hose to the large propane tank attaches to the filter. ?

It’s my belief I had some kind of leak below at the tank, but completely unknown to me how I could have lit it off from inside the blind, with such a small/obstructed holes the path to a tank 4ft or so below me.

Charlie

Maybe a little static had built up. Cool, dry air are great conditions for a sudden discharge, and if there's a leak nearby...kablooey!

Wear enough layers of shirts and pants and you’ll stay warm in any cold weather without all the hassle of heaters.

Thats crazy man.