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paul salliss

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Can anyone recommend a better heating solution to the usual diesel Webasto hot air system that is so often suggested on new boats these day's.

Personally I can't stand it, but have no experience of a viable alternative

many thanks
 
I am a light sleeper.

I have Eberspacher which keeps me awake, a bit like a Chinook about to take off in the cabin.

Assuming you are on shore power, I use oil filled electric radiators , de Longhii 2 of in a 48 ft about £40 each and they work a treat. They have stats and I have not tried to slep on board at minus 30 only March and October but appear to do the trick.

Size about 15 in h, 18 in long, 7 in wide and weigh about 4kg.
 
If normal heating keeps you awake at night use a couple of supplementary oil filled electric radiators as mentioned above - A friend of mine bought a brand Princess 480 14 years ago and has never had central heating fitted as he prefers silent background heating and he is genrally on his boat 3 or 4 nights a week all year round as his companies office is a long way from his home.
Alternativelly look at a/c :cool:
 
I do hate these systems, noisy and it's just the hot air thing not a very nice form of heat. There is a guy moored in Swanwick with a Dutch build Elling (lovely boat) and he has towell rails in the bathrooms and some fancy heating system. I am going to pay him a visit and see what the make was. Thanks again all of you for your help you may have just saved me 6k on a product that I don't actually like. Worst case will go the oil filled rad route
 
So, if it's air quality you don't like, both Webasto and Splashenbacher do "wet" radiator systems. That's assuming you've got available space to fix the small rads that are required ;).
 
Deefor said:
So, if it's air quality you don't like, both Webasto and Splashenbacher do "wet" radiator systems. That's assuming you've got available space to fix the small rads that are required ;).
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The two boats I've been on with diesel water-heaters had small matrices fitted - effectively miniature car heaters - and took the cold air for them from inside the cabin. The diesel bit was well out of the way and the smaller bore waterpipes added a bit of heat themselves as well as freeing up space in the lockers they ran through. The whole thing seemed to be quieter too though that may have just been a good installation.
 
alternatively, look at electricity based conductive/radiative heating panels (If that's the correct term...) Basically largish thin panels that radiate heat with no noise whatsoever as they only convert el. to heating. Similar to the oil filled radiators as a concept but much much nicer and can be placed along partition walls or even ceilings. Obviously shore power or genny needed to run them

If specifying new, you could have them install el. undefloor heating as well (just need extra care in installation to make sure you get the reflector panels right and don't end up heating the bilges...)

I think there are reasonable solutions, just need to evaluate where to install them in order to make sure they do heat properly the areas that matter.

cheers

V.
 
I have reverse cycle air conditioning which gives superb heat, 240v supply though so geny when out and shoreline when in port, was very sceptical as to it's heat production but have been very happy with its performance and reliability so far, air con is good too!
 
There is another option....

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:) :)
 
I currently have a Fairline Targa 38 and looking to move up to a 42 mobo probably fly bridge. Just curious to know what other solutions are out there to standard offerings and the replies have helped a lot so big thanks.
 
The thing about hot air is, that it will heat the boat up in no time and supply enough heat no matter how cold it is.

We had water filled radiators on a barge, it took hours to warm up and even then it was not warm enough in winter.

Dont forget, there can be a big heat loss through mobo windows.
 
Paul we've got an Eber which is great for us. We don't find it noisy in the cabin but you can hear it outside (not massively so tho) so tend to use it to heat up early evening then switch off and use thermo electric heaters to maintain temp for later hours when the Eber could disturb neighbours. Mind you having said that, I understand later models are somewhat quieter??
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