Portable Diesel Heater to comply with 60/40 rule?

[wakeup]

Is there such thing as a portable diesel heater that I can put on my boat to comply with the 60/40 rule for diesel fuel costs? My boat isn't really big enough/expensive enought to warrant fitting an eber or webasto. I've had a quick google but all the diesel heater seem to be big industrial jobbies. I had in mind something the size of a greenhouse heater? Anyone know if sucha think exists and would it be safe? Im ay not use it bubt at least I could point to it to demonstrate I can heat the boat with diesel should HMRC come knocking?

 

[Whitelighter]

why not get a D1 eber? much better, will actually be connected to your main fuel tank and second hand ones come up on here from time to time for a couple of hundred

 

[wakeup]

I was thinking of something for £50, i already have the boat fited out with tube heaters.

 

[Nick_H]

Don't bother. I don't think HMRC could have made it any clearer without tattooing it on their foreheads, if you claim 60/40 you wont be prosecuted. Your engine charges your battery, nuff said. If you want a heater to keep warm, then of course that's a different matter, but it doesn't need to be diesel.

 

[Whitelighter]

ah ok.

thing is, if its not connected to your fuel tank (as the portable bit might suggest) does it not sort of defeat its own point?

 

[wakeup]

Good point, but I wanted to avoid the cost and more the hassle of having to fit a unit, run the heating ducts, wiring and fitting to the fuel tank. If I could point to a portable heater that I fill using say a syphon tube that would be easier.

I am sure if I sign a declaration that if I am not really heating or capable of heating the boat from this fuel I would be breaking the law??

 

[wakeup]

If I got a couple of 12 volt heaters, could I then claim they are powered by the batteries which are in turn charged by the engines or does the 60 40 rule only apply to diesel heating?

 

[Whitelighter]

As far as I can tell, that would be acceptable

 

[nonitoo]

Don't forget that you also use your engine to heat your domestic water - well I do anyway.

Tom

 

[KevB]

Lots of eberspachers on ebay

 

[ari]

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Don't bother. I don't think HMRC could have made it any clearer without tattooing it on their foreheads, if you claim 60/40 you wont be prosecuted. Your engine charges your battery, nuff said. If you want a heater to keep warm, then of course that's a different matter, but it doesn't need to be diesel.

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Exactly!

 

[jfm]

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Don't bother. I don't think HMRC could have made it any clearer without tattooing it on their foreheads, if you claim 60/40 you wont be prosecuted. Your engine charges your battery, nuff said. If you want a heater to keep warm, then of course that's a different matter, but it doesn't need to be diesel.

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Exactly!

 

[blueglass]

just go 60/40 and sleep easy. nobody is interested if you really have a diesel heater.