Jeff, Is Wallas the diesel stove/oven that starts a blower when you close the lid? Cool idea for getting propane off the boat.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Feb 6, 2016 1:19 PM, "Jeff Allston via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I had a Wallas 30 Dt installed on my 32 two autumns ago. I live on the > boat in Victoria over the winter so it gets a fair amount of use. > > I went with a professional installer and it took him two days to get it > all done. It would have taken me significantly longer. The heater is > installed in the port lazarette tucked up under the coaming. It's a bit of > a pain to remove for servicing, but it's out of the way the rest of the > year. > > This model heater has two hot air ducts and two cold air returns. One cold > air return is under the cockpit seat on the port side and the other is in > the cabin on the bulkhead behind the fridge. Both hot air runs enter under > the sink and I have one outlet vent there. I ran the other duct under the > stove, behind the water tank, through the hanging locker and, finally, out > the bottom of the storage in the v berth. I wrapped the heating ducts with > insulation. Don't skip this step. > > It works great. I went with Wallas because the national distributor is in > town and I figured they would have all the parts and expertise I would ever > need. > > If you want more details, and there are many, let me know. > > Jeff > s/v Full Deck > Victoria > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 14:41:17 -0500 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Diesel Heaters and installation > From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > CC: stevanpla...@gmail.com > > Hi All, > > I'm starting to look at the Espar and Webasto units. Is anyone running one > on a 32? There's a good price jump from the Espar D2 to the D4. The > literature indicates the D2 is good to 26 feet of boat, so it sounds like I > need the D4 :( > > My use is Georgian Bay, just want to extend the season, not living aboard > in the winter. The boat is two hours away so there will be "maintenance" > trips in the spring and fall which means sleeping aboard, it can get quite > cold up there. > > I have to keep the temps warm for the boat parrot who'll be living aboard > with us while we cruise. We're planning three weeks in August this year so > it shouldn't be too much of an issue but it gets cold up there at night, > even in August. I imagine a D2 would be fine for cold summer nights but I > have ideas about maybe cruising the North Channel when the fall colours are > out. I don't want to limit myself. At the same time, I don't want to spend > money that could go elsewhere. > > The Newport Dickinson Diesel bulkhead heaters are pretty but I hear they > don't make quite enough heat. I'm leaning this way for the cost, but don't > want to be disappointed. Everyone says the Espar and Webastos are best. > > I'de be doing the installation myself in any case so am eager to hear from > others who have gone through it. > > Thanks, > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > > _______________________________________________ Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including > unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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