bilge heating

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:56 pm

1967 seavoyager wrote:I'm gonna put "in bilge radiant" in my 36 sea voyager. i have the tubing allready, & need a 6 gal water heater & a manifold & pump.

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gjrylands · Post by **gjrylands** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:37 pm

1967 seavoyager wrote:
I'm gonna put "in bilge radiant" in my 36 sea voyager. i have the tubing allready, & need a 6 gal water heater & a manifold & pump.

Paul,
What I think he plans on doing is to put in a hot water heating system. I think his plan is to use the hot water heater, instead of a boiler, to heat the water and then pump it through the pipes to heat the bilge of the boat. A 6 gal. hot water heater is only 1500 watts. I don't think he's going to get enough hot water to keep things from freezing. I am not sure how cold it gets in New Jersey, but it sure wouldn't work in Chicago. We get days that our high is below zero. If tempertures in New Jersey get anywhere close to that, he'll be putting in new engines this spring.

1967 seavoyager · Post by **1967 seavoyager** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:37 am

It's not for in the water winters. It's for late fall & early spring when i need a little heat when i'm aboard. I'm in the heating business & don't like using electric heaters. One wave when your asleep & heater lands on the carpet. Not for me. Radiant is the way. We usually get hauled this week & go in in early april if there's good enough weather to slick seam.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:46 am

What I use for the cabin is a oil filled radator type heater I screw it to a ply wood base so it won't tip over . simple cheap and safe . Not for use in a gas engine room .