electric heater under 700 wats

[johns]

can anyone recomend a good electric heater that would run from my 700 watt generator and give of a good heat

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[Talbot]

You will only get out of it what you put in - so pretty unlikely to achieve much. If a stand alone heater is necessary, why not look at the camping ones that run from gas, although personnally I would not use one from a safety viewpoint. So either get yourself a larger generator or a S/H eberspacher from ebay /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[VicS]

Dimplex do some good ones. Try a Google search for them.

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[bob26]

How much heat does the generator generate?

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[anchorhandler]

The eficiency of the heater is going to be relative to the size of the enviroment its trying to heat. 700 Watts isnt a great deal of power when it comes to electric (resistance) heaters however several chandlers supply 'bar' or 'tube' heaters which could be just the thing for you. They look like a simple pipe or tube about 60mm in diameter and usually are rated in Watts per foot length (commonly around 60 Watts per foot) ie: a two foot long heater would only draw 120watts etc... the good thing about this type of heater is that they come in various lenghts and, simiar to an oil filled heater, they are inherently safer to use than say a blown hot air heater. These heaters are good for maintaining a cabin at a set temperature but do struggle to bring the cabin up to a warm level. Normally quite cheap too which for me anyway is always an added bonus.

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[bendyone]

www.machinemart.co.uk

Machine Mart sell one at 500W for around 20 pounds. Looks oK but how about adding a small fan to blow the heat up rather the just convection.

500W is not much heat but it depend on the size of your boat and the outside temp.



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[bendyone]

www.towsure.co.uk

How about a Halogen heater - 2 bars 400w and 800w for only £12.95 from towsure.
It will warm you up but not the boat.


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[philip_stevens]

Your local garden centre should sell 500Watt electric heaters for use in greenhouses. I have recently bought one from my local Wyevale garden centre.

If you go to an electrical wholesaler, you should be able to get tubular heaters in different lengths/wattages.

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Philip

 

[duncan]

I have just picked up a 700w oilfilled radiator from B&Q (20 quid) for exactly this purpose. Has a thermostat and is a 'nice size' for the boat (storage etc).
I only want it to keep the chill of the air in the cabin and definitely wanted something quiet!
Called a Junior - can get the details from the workshop down the garden if you are interested..........found it here<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.warehouse-bq.co.uk/diy/jsp/bq/product/product.jsp?CATID=80848&entryFlag=false&PRODID=163171&paintCatId=>http://www.warehouse-bq.co.uk/diy/jsp/bq/product/product.jsp?CATID=80848&entryFlag=false&PRODID=163171&paintCatId=</A> and you even get free delivery!

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[PaulAG]

I have an old (40 years?) Braun fan heater that we have used often on the sailing boat. It has fast and slow cold fan, 500W, 1Kw themostatted if wanted and also 2Kw thermostatted. Mainly used on mains, but will run happily on Honda 700w generator. Keeps the sailing boat quite warm at 500w even in really cold weather (0C outside). Newer 500w / 1Kw thermostat fan heater on river boat - works really well on a 20footer. Good insulation important however. Noise of generator might be a problem overnight, although the 4-stroke Honda very quiet.

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