Ahhhh, my Solar Shower, worked rather well on the Mac. Forgot I had one.
Will throw it into the boat next time down.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
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Bob,
It would be real easy to use the Sun Shower as an integrated solar
collector. A couple of cheap plastic fittings, a tiny pump which could be
turned on for 30 seconds once an hour or so to move the hot water from the
solar bag to your HW tank, refilling the solar bag with cooler water from
the bottom of your HW tank. My Sun Shower hits scalding temps no time.
I'd
store some of those free btu's if I had a HW tank.
Just a thought.
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Scout
be back later - gotta take a Bertie

"Bobsprit" wrote
The sun shower uses less power.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Hot water heater is AC 120V. Water is also heated via the engine. Ran the
engine for about 10 minutes and got "warm" water. I'll probably never have a
use for it. The sun shower uses less power.

I, for one enjoy hot showers. I'll admit that we used the sun shower a lot on the
Nonsuch - it was more comfortable than the propane heater, but the AC/engine heater on the
cat works just great.

Two points: Don't leave the AC power on unless you really mean to. If it runs out of
water it can cook the heating element. I've never done it, but an absent-minded friend
started uying elements in bulk.

If you really don't intend to use the engine heating option, you might consider
disconnecting (bypassing) it. There is a risk that an air bubble can reduce water flow
and limit the cooling capacity of your engine. At the very least, if the heater lines are
above the engine, make sure there's a way to vent the air and top off the coolant.

If you really don't intend to use the engine heating option, you might consider
disconnecting (bypassing) it. There is a risk that an air bubble can reduce
water flow
and limit the cooling capacity of your engine. At the very least, if the
heater lines are
above the engine, make sure there's a way to vent the air and top off the
coolant.

Another excellent tip. Thanks. I'll check into this as I may just drop using
the heater.

RB

Jeff Morris wrote:


I, for one enjoy hot showers.

There's one thing (out of many) that is a big difference between you, and I, and I'd suspect
most of the rest of us, and the Bubbles/Crapton axis.... they don't like baths or showers...



Two points: Don't leave the AC power on unless you really mean to. If it runs out of
water it can cook the heating element. I've never done it, but an absent-minded friend
started uying elements in bulk.

If you have an accumulator on your water system, that shouldn't be a problem. It doens't need
to be that big either.



If you really don't intend to use the engine heating option, you might consider
disconnecting (bypassing) it. There is a risk that an air bubble can reduce water flow
and limit the cooling capacity of your engine. At the very least, if the heater lines are
above the engine, make sure there's a way to vent the air and top off the coolant.

Yep. Although a proper installation would already address this issue. It's amazing how many
boats have improperly installed systems.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"DSK" wrote:
Jeff Morris wrote:
I, for one enjoy hot showers.

There's one thing (out of many) that is a big difference between you, and I, and I'd
suspect
most of the rest of us, and the Bubbles/Crapton axis.... they don't like baths or
showers...

So which side of this issue do you weigh in on?

BTW, a long time liveaboard friend of mine has been known to say "showers are very
over-rated."

Two points: Don't leave the AC power on unless you really mean to. If it runs out of
water it can cook the heating element. I've never done it, but an absent-minded
friend
started uying elements in bulk.

If you have an accumulator on your water system, that shouldn't be a problem. It doens't
need
to be that big either.

I don't think my friend's boat had an accumulator. However, if you leave the water
pressure on while the boat is unattended, the water can drain out, accumulator or no. The
marine plumbing fixtures are incredibly cheap and unreliable.

An important lesson for newbies is to ALWAYS shutdown unused systems and leave the boat as
though you won't return for a few weeks - even if you plan on coming back the next day.
If you have an absolute routine, then you don't sit at home wondering what state you left
the boat it. (Or which state, for some people)




If you really don't intend to use the engine heating option, you might consider
disconnecting (bypassing) it. There is a risk that an air bubble can reduce water
flow
and limit the cooling capacity of your engine. At the very least, if the heater lines
are
above the engine, make sure there's a way to vent the air and top off the coolant.

Yep. Although a proper installation would already address this issue. It's amazing how
many
boats have improperly installed systems.

Yes indeed - this is one of those "forgotten" issues.

Why are you trying to heat hot water?
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Steve
S/V Pony Express

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Steve, don't you want to discuss why I took so long to set up my hot water
heater???
It's really interesting!


RB