Heating the cabin.

[LittleShip]

Many on here have stated that they would like some form of heating whilst out at sea and unlike cars we dont tend to use the heat from the engine for this.

I have had to change the heater on Little Ship recently and have fitted a unit from this company... http://www.t7design.co.uk The unit I have installed is not shown in their web pages but this is what it looks like.

Appologies for the very poor picture.

I have a wet system on board LS so I can use it when in port as well, but I though this would be a good "heads up" for those who require heat when moving as some dont have a heating system on board and this is a simple fixture to the hot water connections on the engine.

Tom

PS Really sorry about the Naff Photo.

 

[Csail]

Seem cheap, how does it work?

 

[Kawasaki]

Appologies for the very poor picture.



Tom

PS Really sorry about the Naff Photo.

I should bleedin think so
Cripes-- yer nows I can see very well

After several!

Seem cheap

We are talking Tom L Ship here Csail!



how does it work?

Oh No!!

'Sit's down with a bag of popcorn' etc

 

[sundancer9000]

WHY?

Why do boat manufactures NOT provide this system for heating 'on the move' as standard for boats sold in Europe. Lets be real it would be a great asset for all ,'cabin' boats.

 

[LittleShip]

Seem cheap, how does it work?

I'll make this brief so it wont effect Kwackers drinking time.......

It's a small radiator matrix, looks very much like a miniture car radiator with a 12 volt fan at the back of it, I'm very impressed with mine and to be honest quite taken with the quality of the product.

As already stated I also cant understand why our boats are'nt equiped with these (or similar) as standard. These however are new to the market place hence you wont see them on the web page, you would need to phone the company to order one.

Is that short enough K

Tom

 

[ccscott49]

I'll make this brief so it wont effect Kwackers drinking time.......

It's a small radiator matrix, looks very much like a miniture car radiator with a 12 volt fan at the back of it, I'm very impressed with mine and to be honest quite taken with the quality of the product.

As already stated I also cant understand why our boats are'nt equiped with these (or similar) as standard. These however are new to the market place hence you wont see them on the web page, you would need to phone the company to order one.

Is that short enough K

Tom

Can you shorten that up a bit, fell asleep reading it!!
So its basically a car heater? Great idea for motor boat or motor sailer. Could use it in the calorifier circuit I guess.

 

[Firefly625]

ardic heater esk, like Hardy fit. Good system, certainly works when on the move.

 

[oceanfroggie]

Do most boats in uk not have cabin heating systems like Webasto, Eberspacher, etc?

 

[whisper]

Do most boats in uk not have cabin heating systems like Webasto, Eberspacher, etc?

Agreed, I've always assumed that they had.
We've not, and have hot air to floor and windscreen only when on the move.

 

[carlton]

Many years ago I owned a Princess 33 and the previous owner had retro fitted a car heat exchanger and fan into the cooling circuit and secured the lot in a small plywood box similar to the OPs. Looked a simple job and worked well.

 

[NormanS]

There is absolutely nothing to stop you from using the waste heat from the engine. I did just that using a heater matrix from a Transit, fed from the hose going to the caloifier, some ducting, and an in-line fan. Easy.

 

[old_salt]

Quote: form an LS post above, "car radiator with a 12 volt fan at the back of it".

I thought thats what you fitted in the first place, Am I right was it a VW polo heater you used.
Is this an improvement or was the VW heater just not up to it.

 

[Searush]

Hey, Tom, how does that work if I'm sailing or anchored?

 

[LittleShip]

Old salt

The VW one died

Searush

Hey, Tom, how does that work if I'm sailing or anchored?

Cold, this is the mobo section and we all have Iron spinnikers.

Tom

 

[Philiz]

The beauty of these units is they're small and self contained, 2 pipes, 2 wires and it's sorted. Very small and neat with no car heater box to try and hide. I can vouch for the quality too, I haven't seen Toms but I have seen the slightly smaller unit.

No connection BTW, just impressed!

 

[old_salt]

Old salt

The VW one died
Arrrr German Engineering not u[p to it then.
Searush

Hey, Tom, how does that work if I'm sailing or anchored?

Cold, this is the mobo section and we all have Iron spinnikers.

Tom

Ooooo rushey you asked for that one.
Trouble is I don't know of an answer to ether, have you got one.
O yes I do, Mercia's got an air cooled engine and we can blow the hot air in to the cabin.

 

[Loggo]

Suprised no one has asked the price

What's the price?

 

[Ripster]

Why do boat manufactures NOT provide this system for heating 'on the move' as standard for boats sold in Europe. Lets be real it would be a great asset for all ,'cabin' boats.

Some do.... my Prestige has this system - demisters and helm heater and hot water from the engines and a webasto when you are moored up.

 

[parmst]

Suprised no one has asked the price

What's the price?

http://www.t7design.co.uk

 

[Tresner]

Hey, Tom, how does that work if I'm sailing or anchored?

I have a two fan radiator heater for underway heating made by Red Dot heaters. At anchor I use a Dickerson propane fireplace. The twin chambered pipe draws outside air for combustion and exhaust. Safe, warm and no window fogging. A perfect solution for the power challenged ragbaggers.