Cabin heating for cooler climes?

[johnn33]

They are in Ringwood, Hampshire https://www.eberspacher.com/


I think you have an ex Joint Services Nic 55...
John

[inchcailloch]

Wow, what a beauty

[sail sfbay]

Originally Posted by Methersgate

...........She had an Eberspacher, and since the ducting etc. for it is still there it may as well go back in. But since these things do sometimes break down I want a conventional stove, with flue............

Stay with Eberspacher diesel heater and buy a conventional LPG stove with an appropriate safety system.

[Methersgate]

Originally Posted by johnn33

They are in Ringwood, Hampshire https://www.eberspacher.com/


I think you have an ex Joint Services Nic 55...
John

You are correct.

[MartinR]

I had an Refleks in a former boat for many yrats. We lived on the boat in Scandinavian winters. It was a simple one without coils and almost bulletproof. Only drawback was that there were sometimes exhaust gases pressed into the cabin while sailing when the mainsail was in a position to funnel air straight into the Charlie Noble. Had a thermostat on the heater.

Also sailed with Dickinson heaters. Very good. I will install one on my new boat. Have a Webasto Thermo Top already. Will keep that also.

Glembrings make also nice heaters, very similar to Refleks.

Replacing the ducted air heater would of course be step one.

[noelex 77]

The drip feed diesel heaters such as the Reflex are very simple and reliable. There is little to go wrong and they have no electricity consumption.

There is not the sophistication or widely distributed heat of hydronic installations, or even the cheaper air distrubution systems, but they fit the important KISS principle of reliable, simple operation with little or no service requirements or parts that can fail and leave the boat with little or no heating.

[dickfred]

For a cheap, perhaps interim solution, consider use of terra cotta clay pots to heat your boat. Do a YouTube search to find some possible set ups.

[wingssail]

We installed an Eberspacher diesel heater (forced air) in our 43' poorly insulated fiberglass sloop. Ducts fore, aft, and midships. It did a great job of heating and was fast. (We got home fromwork and turned it on and within 5 minutes we were warm).

It worked well while sailing.

Two problems: It used 3+ amps while running and if away from the dock the power load added up. And, we had breakdowns, continously, 15 times in 21 months. The vendor said we used it too hard.

So we added a "drip" type diesel heater on the bulkhead across from the mast. After fiddling with the fuel oriface to increase the fuel (and increasing the air flow) we got the heat up to 11,000 BTU which was enough for the below feeezing days. We had 5 fans to move the heat away from the heater and bulkhead. We still have this heater although we have not needed it much in 15 years in the tropics.

This heater also had some problems:

It needed constant attention to ensure the mixture didn't go wrong and become a fire danger. It was messy outside with soot all over at times. And finally, while great an anchor, (nothing better than a toasty cabin on a frosty night in a quiet anchorage with firelight flickering and the fuel pump slowly ticking) it was not good while sailing, downdrafts filled the cabin with the worst smoke you can imagine. No type of stack cured that.

We too still have the holes for the ducts for the forced air. If I needed heat now I'd go back to the forced air but I'd get a Chinese brand. I'd keep the drip heater but tone it down (the flickering fire visible through the grill is very nice) so it was less dangerous and smoky.

[Pete7]

Have a look at the later stages of this thread for an installation of a reflects on a yacht, just superb and the ability to cook or keep the kettle hot ready for tea essential for anyone who is English Keep the blown air heating as a reserve, but they do dry a yacht out quickly if condensation becomes a problem. We have run ours in August before now.

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...st-147499.html

I sailed your yacht down to the Canaries in 1986. A super yacht to surf down the swell off the Portuguese coast as dawn broke, a memorable experience.

Sorry but I dropped the spin pole and broke the cast end fitting

Pete

[deblen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3KsQe7VPI&t=1834s

[Mithril Bham]

I have three systems. Engine generated, Newport and dockside. If you spend much time at the dock a 120V dockside is a great secondary.

[Lepke]

If the heater uses inside air for combustion and the boat is tightly closed up, it restricts the air flow to the heater and causes soot. Red Devil or other combustion products cause the heater to burn hotter, carbon is burnt out and using a small amount all the time keeps the soot down. Also using #1 diesel or kerosene produces much less soot.

If you're always in cool weather, you might think about a diesel stove.

[Methersgate]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Have a look at the later stages of this thread for an installation of a reflects on a yacht, just superb and the ability to cook or keep the kettle hot ready for tea essential for anyone who is English Keep the blown air heating as a reserve, but they do dry a yacht out quickly if condensation becomes a problem. We have run ours in August before now.

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...st-147499.html

I sailed your yacht down to the Canaries in 1986. A super yacht to surf down the swell off the Portuguese coast as dawn broke, a memorable experience.

Sorry but I dropped the spin pole and broke the cast end fitting

Pete

Don’t worry; it’s been replaced.

[Amapola]

Mostly, we avoid cold climates but carry a small electric heater to take the chill off.

[Sidney777]

Chinese diesel heater.
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