Fitting a Webasto on a Sealine 310 Ambassador

[mbird]

Hi All

Our Sealine 310 Ambassador does not have any heating fitted at present. After a bit of research, I have settled on a Webasto Airtop 2000, with one outlet in the cockpit and another in the main cabin.

My initial thoughts regarding siting the unit are the lazarette locker, and teeing into one of the fuel feed lines that run through there as it is practically impossible to get to the tanks themselves.

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of installation on a 310, such as locations of the unit, duct runs etc, that could prove helpful?

Many thanks

Mark

 

[silver_boy]

I knew someone who did it on their 290 (older version of the 310). I don't know how similar they are, but IIRC they put theirs behind a panel opposite the helm seat, just before the main cabin door. There was a good sized void in here to fit the heater. I'm not sure about the ducting but do remember something running under the floor between the helm seat and this panel.

 

[volvopaul]

An airtop 2000 is not big enough for that boat you need a 3.5 kw webasto.

I fitted a 2 to an s23 and it didnt do the job when it gets really cold, so we fitted the 3.5 and its brilliant.

I went on a trader 41 with a 3.5 and yes its too small, it needs a 5.

 

[halcyon]

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of installation on a 310, such as locations of the unit, duct runs etc, that could prove helpful?

You should find a circuit breaker for the heater supply, located with the bilge pump fuses.

There used to be 3 circuit breakers, auto pilot pump, battery charger output, and a 25 (?) amp cabin heater circuit breaker.

Brian

 

[mbird]

You should find a circuit breaker for the heater supply, located with the bilge pump fuses.

There used to be 3 circuit breakers, auto pilot pump, battery charger output, and a 25 (?) amp cabin heater circuit breaker.

Brian

Hmm, that's interesting Brian. I thought all the fuses were by way of the trips on the main power panel. I can't say I've seen any others anywhere on the boat. Any idea where to look?

 

[halcyon]

Hmm, that's interesting Brian. I thought all the fuses were by way of the trips on the main power panel. I can't say I've seen any others anywhere on the boat. Any idea where to look?

We never fitted the bilge pump fuses or the heavy duty circuit breakers on the main switch panel ( except 390 /410/450) they were normally on a seperate panel, sometimes with battery isolator switches.

They were mainly located in the cockpit area, behind a door or drop down panel.

There were not many production problems with the 300/310 as I do not have a lot of memory them. Some areas of the factory I seemed to live in, but not that section.


Brian

 

[mbird]

Doh!, your mean THOSE fuses. Sorry, I forgot about them, stupid of me, and yes, I know exactly where you mean now ...... (slinks away quietly)

 

[Converging]

Any Help?

These are pictures from a recent install on my Sealine 330 statesman. Unit is an ebay eber D4.
The diesel tanks on my boat had a blanking plug that i used to put in a pickup pipe for the diesel feed to the Eber.
Thought they may be of some help??!!

 

[halcyon]

The diesel tanks on my boat had a blanking plug that i used to put in a pickup pipe for the diesel feed to the Eber.
Thought they may be of some help??!!

THe 310 will probably have a pick-up in the tank as well.

If heating was a factory extra, then the pick-up would be fitted ready to the tank, the same as we would fit circuits to cover all extras to the switch panel. It was more cost effective to not use a circuit, as to try and fit it as needed on the production line.

One of the reasons Sealines were cheaper, better production engineering.

Brian

 

[mbird]

Thank you for the pictures and info chaps. It is a big help.

The biggest problem I seem to have is getting to the fuel tanks. They are under one of the bunks in the aft cabin, with only two small port-holes for access to the sender units. I need to take the base of the bunk off to get to the top of the tanks, but for the life of me I can't see how they put this together. There are no screws etc visible