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Deano
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 25 May 2015 : 17:52:20
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I may be wrong, but one if the issues I remember comming up when someone suggested a caravan water heater before is the material the big exhaust assembly is made from.... catch that on a lock wall and you have a big hole in the side of the boat.... I believe they are only plastic??
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
Freeman 32 "Liberty"
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deano362
United Kingdom
42 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2015 : 19:39:19
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quote(Mobile gas heater, dangerous, cooker dangerous)
been out for 3 days on our norman 23...told the cooker to boil the kettle when it was on and fry the bacon when it was in the pan...and not to kill us any other time...seemed to work
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D46Lincs
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 May 2015 : 19:39:26
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Originally posted by Deano
I may be wrong, but one if the issues I remember comming up when someone suggested a caravan water heater before is the material the big exhaust assembly is made from.... catch that on a lock wall and you have a big hole in the side of the boat.... I believe they are only plastic??
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
Freeman 32 "Liberty"
See the photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/54758027@N00/
Heater exhaust on a caravan are flush, you cant have stuff sticking out at all, so that said it should fit flush on a boat too.
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Deano
United Kingdom
1843 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2015 : 20:52:09
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Almost flush..... but not quite... Big square plastic thing in the bottom half of the picture.
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
Freeman 32 "Liberty"
See the photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/54758027@N00/ |
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D46Lincs
United Kingdom
26 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2015 : 07:31:34
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Originally posted by Deano
Almost flush..... but not quite... Big square plastic thing in the bottom half of the picture.
Dean - Boating on the Great Ouse.
Freeman 32 "Liberty"
See the photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/54758027@N00/
If you have decent rub rails and bumpers on the side, this should not be an issue really or fitting where it wont get damaged may be they way forward. Mind you i have been looking at other heating methods and there does appear to be good quality 12v heaters. My worry with these are the batteries, i agree its a bit of a mine field out there and only goes to show how complicated marine heating is turning out to be.
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philihun
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 May 2015 : 18:13:39
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There are probably more deaths from eating pies and affiliated junk than from someone trying to warm the cabin up a bit on a cold night. As for a warm pie plus a few beers as you do it's probably safer swimming with sharks. Lighten up please its not ( Houston I have a problem).
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MickJulie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Jun 2015 : 23:43:31
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| I still say using a gas heater at night and falling asleep is not adviseable in a boat with little low level ventilation. Mock all you like. |
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MickJulie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Jun 2015 : 23:49:59
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It's ok while you are awake and in and out of the boat and it doesn't take too long to boil a kettle and cook bacon, this is what a cooker is designed for. When you start talking to the cooker then I think you have some serious issue's lol
Use it for what it was intended, and my point is ok to use for a short while to cook things but not to keep you warm all night. |
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