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While not a boat the principle is the same we have a camper, I have a 5kw Planar heater that I need to fit (I'll get to it at some point, I need to work out exactly here I am placing it), common for vans, campers etc to have forced air diesel heaters, my uncles boat has a webasto diesel heater that feeds a wet central heating system and hot water.
Best heating system I've experienced on a boat, albeit not a narrow boat, was a Webasto system, hot water circuit heating domestic hot water, radiators and hydronic heaters where no room for radiators. Latter were small versions of kickspace heaters used in kitchens, the pumped hot circuit goes through a heat exchanger, a small fan blows air over that to produce dry warm air.
Never had much luck with blown hot air systems, either in terms of heat output not that great or electrical power consumption being high.
Could see how a solid fuel stove would be good for a live aboard, not so much electrical consumption just pumping the water circuit.
Never had much luck with blown hot air systems, either in terms of heat output not that great or electrical power consumption being high.
Could see how a solid fuel stove would be good for a live aboard, not so much electrical consumption just pumping the water circuit.
Simpo Two said:
FiF said:
Could see how a solid fuel stove would be good for a live aboard, not so much electrical consumption just pumping the water circuit.
Bloody miserable getting up on a freezing winter morning to light it though... other methods can be programmed to come on automatically.MartG said:
Simpo Two said:
FiF said:
Could see how a solid fuel stove would be good for a live aboard, not so much electrical consumption just pumping the water circuit.
Bloody miserable getting up on a freezing winter morning to light it though... other methods can be programmed to come on automatically.I have a combination of diesel c/h feeding rads, and a diesel fired stove. The stove can be left on tickover all night to retain cosiness, and the rad heating is now controllable remotely via a SIM card so I can heat the boat up prior to heading there. This combo works really well for me.
classicaholic said:
We have a fan on the stove that works on heat somehow, it really works pushing the air around and getting it warmer lower down.
Aldi had them for about £20 recently but I paid over 100 from the swindlers!
The heat powered thermoelectric module ?Aldi had them for about £20 recently but I paid over 100 from the swindlers!
Now £15.99 at Aldi"s -
https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-stove-fan/p/021240...
Pippage said:
I have a combination of diesel c/h feeding rads, and a diesel fired stove. The stove can be left on tickover all night to retain cosiness, and the rad heating is now controllable remotely via a SIM card so I can heat the boat up prior to heading there. This combo works really well for me.
Tbh that sounds like a good solution providing can be sure the diesel fired c/h exhaust is clear and away from anything that could be damaged by hot flue gas. SimonTheSailor said:
classicaholic said:
We have a fan on the stove that works on heat somehow, it really works pushing the air around and getting it warmer lower down.
Aldi had them for about £20 recently but I paid over 100 from the swindlers!
The heat powered thermoelectric module ?Aldi had them for about £20 recently but I paid over 100 from the swindlers!
Now £15.99 at Aldi"s -
https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-stove-fan/p/021240...
FiF said:
Yep, seen a few posts on canalworld where if the stove is in the boat midsection then warmth gets through the rest of the boat. Others who have had a stove in the lounge up near the bows have needed a circuit and radiators to distribute heat, and complaining about noise from the pump. Though someone used a near silent house pump fed off an inverter. Not sure how well a gravity system would work.
As long as you can get the pipe runs right gravity based works well. Our rads are gravity fed, two to the front, one rad and the calorifier to the rear.
Calorifier (horizontal) is a pig to bleed, but the rads a bang on, warm all day and night, can't put your hand on them if the stoves going strong. No pump noise, not elec draw, and no worries about boiling the backboiler if the stoves still hot when your packing up to leave the boat go home.
SimonTheSailor said:
Anybody cut a big hole in their roof to fit a collar and flue ?
Not too sure if I'm going to tackle this but might give it a go..........
Have seen a few done on various youtube videos e.g.Not too sure if I'm going to tackle this but might give it a go..........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZAlt9NNlVQ
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