origo cabin heater - advice please

[Burnham_Bob]

the previous post seems to have fizzled out - has anyone used the heater only version (not the cooker)

are they any good?

i don't want to sail in the arctic but early and late season taking the chill off the cabin at anchor would be nice

 

[Chrusty1]

Friend of mine in Sweden has one, swears by it!

 

[bastonjock]

im trying to find the heater only model,i can only fing the 5100 models and that listed as a cooker as well,im also interetsed in using one

 

[Spyro]

The 5100 is a heater not a cooker

 

[Chrusty1]

Here........

http://www.mailspeedmarine.com/ProductDe...9a-3aae09a89b68

 

[l'escargot]

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The 5100 is a heater not a cooker
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All the chandlers advertise it as a cooker as well, like this:

http://www.compass24.com/watersports/abnetshop.pl?nummernliste=663326

 

[Searush]

So how does that work then?

It looks like something that would need to be held onto a gas ring or some other "safe" area. I presume it works like solid meths block cookers, but with liquid meths in a mesh tank. Hence the ability to put a pan or kettle on it to turn it into a "cooker".

 

[Burnham_Bob]

yes but apart from the friend in Sweden has anyone actually used one?

 

[VicS]

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are they any good

[/ QUOTE ] The full spec is

Power: 5200 BTU (1500 W approximate equivalent)
Fuel Capacity: Max. volume 1.2 liters
Burning Time for full tank: 7 hours at maximum power
Boiling Time: Approx. 10 minutes for 1 liter water
Height: 5-9/10" closed -- 11-1/5" open / in use (150 - 280 mm)
Diameter: 11-1/5" diameter (283 mm)
Weight: 5.5 lbs (2.5kg)

If 1.5 kw of heating is what you need then it will do the job.

If it is burning 0.17 litres per hour then a little bit of schoolboy chemistry will tell you that it is going to produce 0.25kg water vapour per hour. The question is do you want to generate that much potential extra condensation?

 

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So how does that work then?...

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The instruction manual says you just leave off the top cover, inside is just a standard burner.

 

[dbaldwin4]

heats cabin of my 29footer with ease

 

[r_h]

I'm hoping I've missed something here. I'd like to think it would be just what I'm looking for, but (I'm worrying about its potential for creating carbon monoxide here) is there an external flue?

 

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...is there an external flue?

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No.

 

[VicS]

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is there an external flue?

[/ QUOTE ] No hence my comments about the potential for condensation. If it had a flue you would not get water vapour released into the cabin! Always a risk of CO if the ventillation is poor as well

The picture posted by spyro and the diagram by the snail clearly show what you get, just a little meths burner inside an outer cannister. Completely portable.