Engine Room Heater

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Sorry to have to bring up this old chestnut, but after hours with the fantastic search engine I cant find the old thread.

Can some one point me in the right direction to buy a small tube type electric heater for the engine room, the type that only comes on when its close to freezing.

Thanks
 
Why do you need an engine room heater?
Can you not, just put antifreeze in the engine and winterise it, why burn energy to keep an engine room above freezing, do you heat your car engine?
 
The engineer who looks after our 'Investment', has just informed me that our two 'Green Investments' within our main 'investment' are getting damp!

Therefore I shall be mostly putting in a pair of tubes this weekend! All I did last year was let them run on timers, for the duration of the cooler nights at their normal temperature.

Not sure if thats the right thing to do, but it seemed alright on our last 'investment'

See you later Sparkes Crowd!
jas.
 
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do you heat your car engine?

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Nope - but car engine worth about 3k and I can pull to the side of the road if it breaks. Boat engines worth approx £50k and no side of road in centre of channel.

Therefore, the latter gets more TLC. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I have to admit, even when I was in UK, mine didnt! They were checked, serviced (by me) oils changed at the end of the season, a liberal spray with wd40 on any eposed bits, which is very few and the antifreeze checked. Mind you my donks are a lot cheaper then 50k.
 
We all our boat all year round, have just one heater in the engine bay, it would, I susoect, never get cold enough in Bristol to freeze, but why not keep it all warm and cosy and eliminate the risk?
We have an oil filled on a stat in the cabin.
 
Many years ago the forum recommended I buy this.

www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/DXMPH1000.html

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Designed as a greenhouse heater it has built in thermostat/froststat

It also works well laid flat on it's back so no chance of falling over. Use in engine room or saloon. Can also be used as overnight heater on board.

Previously used tube heaters but not sure they gave off enough heat and always concerned they might roll somewhere and burn something. Also, if going out on your boat you have the problem of moving a hot tube heater without burning yourself. 500 or 1000 watt available.
 
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Many years ago the forum recommended I buy this.

www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/DXMPH1000.html

DXMPH500.JPG


Designed as a greenhouse heater it has built in thermostat/froststat

It also works well laid flat on it's back so no chance of falling over. Use in engine room or saloon. Can also be used as overnight heater on board.

Previously used tube heaters but not sure they gave off enough heat and always concerned they might roll somewhere and burn something. Also, if going out on your boat you have the problem of moving a hot tube heater without burning yourself. 500 or 1000 watt available.

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Are you serious, simply screw the tube heater to a piece of suitable sized timber and you have a very stable heater, and you avoid burning yourself by gripping the wood.
 
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