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Thanks to all for the replies regarding moving the gas bottles out of the saloon - my next problem is do we keep the gas water heater in the galley- not sure of it's age.
It would mean replacing the whole system I guess as it supplies the galley and heads/shower - is it worth keeping or renewing for a Rinnai or similar ??
Dave
 
I bought a calorifier for our "new" boat last season as I didn't like the look of the gas water heater. Having used it for some time now, we like it, so the calorifier will go in series with it rather than displacing it. (whenever that happens, it's still in the shed !) It's quite usual for previous owners to have had good ideas, so they should be left alone until proven to be unsuitable for your use,imho.
 
Dave

Please please rip it out and throw it over the side. Gas water heaters are lethal.
A friend of mine was a police pathologist and said that he had quite a few people on his slab due to these items in caravans and boats.

Don't have gas appliances on board except a proper flame out sensor controlled cooker and be very careful to turn the gas off after use at the bottle, which i hope is in a vented locker topsides.

Sorry if this post comes over as brutal but it s well meant.

Ian
 
Dave, iangrant is quite right. My information is that they're good but they can be lethal, & that's why they're not recommended for boats these days.
I've always liked the idea of heating up no more water than you actually need at the time, but I believe these units are, or are about to be, outlawed in UK & EU.?
Jeff
 
I agree with Ian & Jock Dave, they are regarded as v dodgey, I fitted a new calorifier last year 20l,a neat unit it is under the Sink in the heads, (Nic 32). it wasn,t so expensive, works off elec mains and engine. Am v happy with it. Bill.
 
if you are prepared to have a gas cooker, why are you not prepared to have a gas water heater? The safety devices are just the same. Ours is in the heads. We turn it on when we want a shower and off when we have finished. If we want a bowl off hot water in the galley we turn it on. It gets turned off afterwards. How does this differ from using the cooker? In fact, the hot water heater discharges its products of combustion through a 4 inch diameter dorade that is pointed down wind to ensure the products are sucked out of the boat. Surely this is better than the fumes coming in to the cabin like on a cooker?
 
We've got a caravan-style Carver gas water heater. It's vented underneath the instrument panel in the cockpit. An almost endless supply of on-demand hot water.
Ignites itself, then looks after itself for days and days on end. Can also be wired for 240v operation alongside.

I agree with the previous poster, why get funny about gas water heaters if you're prepared to live with ANY open-flame cooker? At least a properly-fitted Rinnai or whatever would be vented outside the boat. Can't say that about most cookers.
I don't know if the Carver thing is only suitable for boats that remain upright most of the time, but it's certainly a good bit of reliable kit on our boat.
 
I know your Snowgoose, sailed it in the 80ies in the Irish Sea, took the mast off once, it belonged to a chap called Branson at the time.
 
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I know your Snowgoose, sailed it in the 80ies in the Irish Sea, took the mast off once, it belonged to a chap called Branson at the time.

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"Took the mast off it" - deliberately?

We bought the boat from Mr. Branson's daughter after he was killed in a home-made gyrocopter.
 
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