plug in heaters

[thamesS23]

can anyone recommend a make or type of heater suitable for heating up our sealine S23. I want to purchase one ready for next season, so that we can maybe stay overnight onboard in the marina earlier in the season.
Ideally want one that wont cause to much of an electric bill. Am I better getting a little fan type heater or are there ceramic type ones out there.

 

[pande]

We use a greenhouse heater in our P35. One in the bedroom makes it cosy and if not cooking on board one in the galley area heats the rest of the boat. You can get them from any decent garden center and they are small so storage is not a problem. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Hope this helps.

 

[gjgm]

I used to use a 1kw ceramic one from halfords for £10.
It would warm up the interior ok early season, but lets not be ambitious about its potential /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I now have a 3kw diesel heater, and now its like the tropics onboard.

 

[No Regrets]

I found a lovely little 2KW ceramic fan heater from John Lewis at under £30.

It's under a foot tall, and has a couple of nice features, the first being a switch underneath that cuts it out if it's tipped, the second being an overheat cutout, both reducing the risks of fire immensely.

The Honda Eu2.0i genny runs it on the lower settings, and when on shorepower, it keeps the Birchwood 25's reasonably generous cabin very toasty, and needs to be turned down a bit!

 

[sarabande]

you always get the heat you pay for. 2kW is 2kW, whether it's a fan heater or an oil-filled tube.

What makes the difference is the way you perceive the heat, as radiated, convected/fan, or even conducted heat (as sitting on a warm wooden bench.

A fan heater will shift the warmed air around more effectively any other form, but at the expense of a fan motor and some noise.

I can live with the noise of heater / dehumidifier located int he next cabin, but if you need "silent heat", go for an oil filled one (again, with a tip-over safety witch)

 

[BlueJasper]

We use a small oil filled radiator and leave it on all night when aboard. You can't hear any fan, or indeed it clicking on or off.

 

[mainshiptom]

I got a baby electric oil filled rad from currys only 3/4 a kw (3 amps) which if left on all the time keeps one cabin warm and dry which means you can have up to 3 or 4 of them, £24.99 and very very small.

 

[alt]

I got a 900w from B&Q here in Ireland (They'll surely have them in the UK)

It managed to keep me warm when spending the night on-board last April, and it's doing a great job of keeping the boat warm (for the de-humidifier) at the moment and its only on half power. So i'm only using 450w max (The thermostat is way off the highest setting)