No Regrets
Well-Known Member
Both our last two boats had these things fitted, and I really can't praise them enough!
The Petrol powered Birchwood had a 1.8KW Propex unit, circa 1984 by the looks of it, and after fitting a new ignitor, worked like a dream, with very little noise, and quite enough heat for the little boats ample cabin.
The Carver initially appeared to be hesitant, but after changing the gas regulator (These get oiled up eventually!) it worked, but never knocked out much heat, therefore the auto fan only trickled a bit of warmth in.
A new gas cylinder soon perked it up to gale force power, and it heats all three areas inside the Broom!
Gas consumption seems quite acceptable too, but the main appeal has to be the ease of removing the units and pulling them out to strip and see what went wrong.
Very little actually goes wrong, as they are basically a heat exchanger with a thermostatically adjusted fan which blows over the heater to transfer air along the heating tubes.
All you need is air (The same fan has two blades, one for air input, one to circulate inside the cabin, and they are very safe due to the total sealing of noxious fumes) a flame (Electric igniter and gas at the right pressure!) and a tiny amount of electricity, meaning you can run the unit all night with no issues!
Just in case anybody is interested...
The Petrol powered Birchwood had a 1.8KW Propex unit, circa 1984 by the looks of it, and after fitting a new ignitor, worked like a dream, with very little noise, and quite enough heat for the little boats ample cabin.
The Carver initially appeared to be hesitant, but after changing the gas regulator (These get oiled up eventually!) it worked, but never knocked out much heat, therefore the auto fan only trickled a bit of warmth in.
A new gas cylinder soon perked it up to gale force power, and it heats all three areas inside the Broom!
Gas consumption seems quite acceptable too, but the main appeal has to be the ease of removing the units and pulling them out to strip and see what went wrong.
Very little actually goes wrong, as they are basically a heat exchanger with a thermostatically adjusted fan which blows over the heater to transfer air along the heating tubes.
All you need is air (The same fan has two blades, one for air input, one to circulate inside the cabin, and they are very safe due to the total sealing of noxious fumes) a flame (Electric igniter and gas at the right pressure!) and a tiny amount of electricity, meaning you can run the unit all night with no issues!
Just in case anybody is interested...
