Good Value Boat heaters

Here are a few more pics of things out of the BOX...…. Her indoors loves things like this on her Dining Room table

I am sure the Chinese writing on the top is some sort of CE Mark :)

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This one is the other Silencer I bought

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I am very impressed with what you get for your money


Dennis
 
Got a Webasto 5500 Evo in there, as long as it works ok it will stay there, service parts are a ridiculous price though so I will order another of these and keep it as a backup for the boat/workshop.
One thing on mine was that on the display instead of temperature, the fan setting displayed (Hz). If yours is the same just press the two top buttons at the same time and you'll get temperature.
This video explains the basic settings-priming etc.....https://youtu.be/fkdF4F-k3VI
 
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Bigplumbs said:
Here are a few more pics of things out of the BOX...…. Her indoors loves things like this on her Dining Room table

I am sure the Chinese writing on the top is some sort of CE Mark :)

IMG-3905.jpg


IMG-3903.jpg


IMG-3902.jpg


IMG-3901.jpg


This one is the other Silencer I bought

IMG-3904.jpg



I am very impressed with what you get for your money


Dennis
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Nice to see your heater has finally arrived.

Your instruction leaflet seems to make a little more sense than the one I received. Any chance of a scan ?
 
So here is an update on my install so far, and a breakdown of the total cost, excluding labour which for me is free, but I have suggested just how long an install could take ...

1 Sub-Frame / plinth made to perch the heater upon in a suitable and cavernous empty locker beneath the wide side decks. This includes mounting of a Webasto silencer from my cupboard of bits never to be thrown out.
2 Electrical install of the supply cabling (as part of of my recent 12v distribution upgrade).
3 Fuel tank positioned.
4 Combustion air inlet routed ready to secure to heater.
5 Local Switch / MCB mounted with Controller adjacent and wiring threaded through and connected.

To Do ...

6 Fit exhaust thru hull fitting and mount exhaust. Wrap with high temperature insulation bandage.
7 Install Fuel feed including electrical connection to tick tick pump.
8 Install duct system to fwd & aft cabins (possibly a project part 2).
9 Fuel up and switch on

Interestingly the Exhaust Skin fitting from Turkey will take longer to get here than the heater, something others may wish to bear in mind when ordering. I have selected a more expensive threaded pipe type that does not require an additional three bolt holes around the periphery of the fitting, as in my view this gives a cleaner external view of the fitting, but I had hoped it would be here sooner than 2-3 weeks !


I have also purchased: four way Tee 80mm; insulated aluminium ducting; 2 x 60mm closable duct outlets; 90o 80mm duct bend; panel vent grill.

The expenditure so far - note for a boat with no existing blown air heater ...

Heater 5kW c/w accessories £122
Ducting, plinth & associated parts £117
Hardware £40
Total £279

Allowing for the manufacture of the plinth and mods to hardware, ~ 3 days to install, so assuming a professional would charge ~ £250 / day ~ £750 for the install, so all up a £1,000 project if not DIY.

A few photos of the install without the ducting or exhaust and obviously not yet powered up ...

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I also need some additional pipework and fittings and I am actually wondering if it is cheaper to buy a complete additional unit for these and then I will have some spares and a spare heater also

Dennis
 
Bigplumbs said:
Made and offer on this exhaust outlet...… £32.00... Not bad price I recon

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/exhaust-...g:6IAAAOxyCTtTc9Hz:rk:1:pf:0&autorefresh=true

Dennis
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I thought about the bolt style, but opted for this one to avoid the bolts. Estimated delivery though is up to 2 weeks.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24MM-S-S...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

I was wondering about the wooden plinth, but on test the base plate did not rise above finger bearable hot after 3 hours running. The exhaust silencer is isolated from the wooden frame. I intend to wrap the entire exhaust including the silencer with high temperature insulation wrap. Also I have a section of original Eber exhaust from my prior boat's install, so I am using this as it is heavier duty than the supplied pipe, but is 24mm, with 22mm stubs on the heater, so I've ordered a tube of exhaust putty to seal the stubs with. I shall also use heftier jubilee clips than the weeds supplied with the heater. The hole for the fuel line (my drill battery ran out half way through after the large hole for the vent outlet) is positioned so it will not be possible for the fuel hose to move against the holt exhaust. Tomorrow's first job of the New Year is to complete the fuel line.

Also I have used a cable gland to mount the fuel filter into the fill cap so no low level holes in the tank. I have drilled a small offset pin hole to act as vent for the tank as the new fitting gos through the original pin hole.
 
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I was thinking the same about mounting in the cap. But wondered if the pump has enough umph to pump uphill.

I am still also considering using my main boat tank and getting the line in there somewhere as the supplied tank is quite a bit bigger than I thought and might be a challenge finding a place to mount it...…

All amazing value..... But then we are condemned to hell as it is noe CE marked :)

Dennis
 
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I was thinking the same about mounting in the cap. But wondered if the pump has enough umph to pump uphill.

I am still also considering using my main boat tank and getting the line in there somewhere as the supplied tank is quite a bit bigger than I thought and might be a challenge finding a place to mount it...…

All amazing value..... But then we are condemned to hell as it is noe CE marked :)

Dennis
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The pump will easily draw at least 2m suction and push several metres up hill. Mine will have a draw of up to 0.5m according to tank level and a to the fuel inlet tube head slightly less. When I was testing in my workshop I had a similar suction rise, with a level heater, but when I was encouraging the air bubbles out on the pump outlet I raised the pipe to at least 1m above the pump and the flow continued without any issue at all.

I am sure the Eber D2 / D4 manual states something like 5m suction and 6m head, but I will check and return here with the precise figures. I can't see why this Chinese pump won't perform in a similar manner.

Edit: Figures are correct but refer to lengths of the tubing before and after the pump, no mention of suction and discharge heads, but with narrow tubing the capillary effect may assist with a high head anyway. I think if you need a 6m lift on your boat you won't be using a cheap Chinese heater !
 
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Did you say that the exhaust outlet and the combustion air inlet were 22mm dia on your heater because they are 24 mm dia on mine. The supplied pipes fit very well indeed...… I will get some stainless steel jubilee clips however as I am not sure the supplied ones are stainless

Dennis
 
Here are the Instructions. Jpeg is the best I could do given the restrictions of various sites etc. Hopefully you can download and be able to read. The are 2 sides/pages


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Quick install for the workshop, still some tidying up to do but it gets up to temp ( set at 16c) pretty quickly and settles to a low idle for most of the day with the occasional high speed burst.
Not as sophisticated as the Webasto regarding holding the temperature as it seems to only have two speeds, but hey, I'm not complaining. Buying an Eber/Webasto for the workshop never crossed my mind, and as I'm not allowed red heat the only other choice was unaffordable electric heating.
I'm getting too old to be cold at work! :)

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It might be a good idea to order another one ,so you have a full set of spares , and would be cheaper ,also parts may not be available in time,
 
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