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PostPosted: Sep 11, 2005 8:12 am    Post subject: calling all DIY'ERS Reply with quote

need to come up with a heater for my boat. No enclosure, just open bow I/O and it needs to be cheap!
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PostPosted: Sep 11, 2005 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What about using one of those propane flameless thingies? I picked up one that fit into a cup holder for like $30 or something.
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PostPosted: Sep 11, 2005 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

how long doe it last? does it really "warm" up the boat or just an area?
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PostPosted: Sep 11, 2005 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We used heating mats on our bathroom floor. If you can happen to get those under the seat cushions that should work.

In our basement they're under the floor tiles and I'm guessing it was pretty cheap.

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PostPosted: Sep 11, 2005 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't used it in the boat yet but I've used it in my 7x14' enclosed trailer and it raised it up enough that I had to turn it off in the middle of a upper 40 degree night. If I remember correctly a single disposable tank keeps it going for about 5 hours on high.

This one is similar to the one I have: http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=5036-850&categoryid=3000

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PostPosted: Sep 13, 2005 2:26 pm    Post subject: Re: calling all DIY'ERS Reply with quote

Wake Force One wrote:
need to come up with a heater for my boat. No enclosure, just open bow I/O and it needs to be cheap!


What do you mean by "no enclosure"? If you have no cabin area to heat, then nothing is going to heat up a boat, only blow a little heat in front of the device, and then dissapate. I use the propane heating grids that go on the tanks, and they do quite well...the disposable tank style is pretty cool, but user beware of heating with flammable materials on a boat...
be careful and good luck!
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PostPosted: Sep 13, 2005 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you could plumb an automotive heat core into the boats cooling system assuming it is raw water cooled......do a google search I have seen them.
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PostPosted: Sep 13, 2005 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mneal, wouldn't that kill the battery? Heating, flushing, sucking. heating, flushing, sucking.
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PostPosted: Sep 14, 2005 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No - the car heater will work just fine. You can tapp off the hot water from the engine block and return it to the raw water intake hose. this will keep constant hot water through the heater block. Put it in a wooden/aluminium box and place a 12v DC fan to blow cold air over the matrix - sit back and enjoy the hot air out the other side.
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