I recently purchased a Hunter 30. We live in cold waters and plan on sailing early and late in the season. Has any body installed an Espar heater, air or water, or other unit with success? Where did you put it? Terry
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Hi Terry, while you're looking into the Espar...
check out the Wallas 1300 kerosene forced air furnace. We had one on our H28 and it worked great. Bulk head mounted, quiet, very low current and fuel draw, vented through the coach roof and very easy to operate. See the attached link below. Terry http://www.scanmarineusa.com/Wallas_furnace_1300.pdf
check out the Wallas 1300 kerosene forced air furnace. We had one on our H28 and it worked great. Bulk head mounted, quiet, very low current and fuel draw, vented through the coach roof and very easy to operate. See the attached link below. Terry http://www.scanmarineusa.com/Wallas_furnace_1300.pdf
Diesel Soot Concern
One think I learned the hard way was that diesel soot can ruin a diesel forced air furnace. My heater is an Ardic 041D which is around ten years old and I had it serviced recently and found out that there was soot build-up. It does this by carboning up the inside of the combustion chamber. If one goes a long time between service then the soot build-up becomes much more tenacious and difficult to remove. The primary reason for soot build-up is the start-up when the heater begins it's heating cycle. This part is my guess: At this point the fuel burn is not very clean because the equipment is cold and the fuel and air mixture isn't perfect, therefore there is much more soot in the exhaust. If you see black smoke coming out the exhaust this is what is happening. The typical heating situation is for the heater to go through numerous On and Off cycles throught the time period when you're heating the boat; hence, carbon build-up. The new Wallis heater (they bought out Ardic) has an interesting capability to help reduce carbon build-up. It will adjust the fuel flow according to the amount of heat needed to maintain cabin temperature and this really reduces the number of On & Off cycles. According to the dealer in Seattle this will really reduce carbon build-up.
One think I learned the hard way was that diesel soot can ruin a diesel forced air furnace. My heater is an Ardic 041D which is around ten years old and I had it serviced recently and found out that there was soot build-up. It does this by carboning up the inside of the combustion chamber. If one goes a long time between service then the soot build-up becomes much more tenacious and difficult to remove. The primary reason for soot build-up is the start-up when the heater begins it's heating cycle. This part is my guess: At this point the fuel burn is not very clean because the equipment is cold and the fuel and air mixture isn't perfect, therefore there is much more soot in the exhaust. If you see black smoke coming out the exhaust this is what is happening. The typical heating situation is for the heater to go through numerous On and Off cycles throught the time period when you're heating the boat; hence, carbon build-up. The new Wallis heater (they bought out Ardic) has an interesting capability to help reduce carbon build-up. It will adjust the fuel flow according to the amount of heat needed to maintain cabin temperature and this really reduces the number of On & Off cycles. According to the dealer in Seattle this will really reduce carbon build-up.
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