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


RB

Is your inverter big enough to handle the hot water heater?


"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

Is your inverter big enough to handle the hot water heater?

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. We spent two hours cleaning the
freshwater tank. Just for handwashing and cleanup.
Couldn't really test the ho****er heater itself for long as lightening hit the
power transformer at the marina and knocked out power!

RB

Is your inverter big enough to handle the hot water heater?


Bobsprit wrote:
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. We spent two hours cleaning the
freshwater tank. Just for handwashing and cleanup.

Translation: Bubbles didn't understand the question.


Couldn't really test the ho****er heater itself for long as lightening hit the
power transformer at the marina and knocked out power!

Sounds like another lame-ass excuse. Your marina doesn't have circuit breakers on
the mains?

Bubbles, you're nuts.

DSK

freshwater tank. Just for handwashing and cleanup.

Translation: Bubbles didn't understand the question.

Dummy, there is NO inverter for the heater. Sorry you need such careful wording
to see the obvious.

RB

Bobsprit wrote:


Dummy, there is NO inverter for the heater.

You mean you don't have an inverter, or that your "entertainment system" is all the
load it can handle? Aren't you embarrassed to have such a pathetic power system on
your boat? Or maybe not, after all it was only half price.

How exactly does this make me a dummy?

And you are still banging your "stepping stone" boat into the dock, and saying "I
meant to do that" like PeeWee Herman, instead of learning how to drive properly.
Maybe, since it was only half price, you aren't losing any value by smacking up
your topsides.....

Bubbles, you're nuts. And you're a moron too.

DSK

Sounds like another lame-ass excuse. Your marina doesn't have circuit breakers
on
the mains?

Yeah. Circuit breakers for a direct lightening strike!

Doug, you're a genius. Bwahahahaha!

RB

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.
--
Scout
be back later - gotta take a Bertie

"Bobsprit" wrote
The sun shower uses less power.

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.

The head on the C&C 32 has a small opening hatch above it. Sun shower hangs
from a cleat and the hose is just the right length. Works so well I never
bothered to hook up the heater until now.

RB

Hey Nutsy,

If you are trying to get hot water from the engine, you'll have put the
engine in gear. If you are moored you can do it with about 1800 RPM's.
Chk engine at normal temp when running under power. That is what the
heat/exchange needs.

The engine is a lot faster than the AC Electric if you want a shower. If
I want a shower when I get in I Drop the sails out side the Harbor
marker and motor in. It cuts the heating time dowm at the slip. Also
allows replacement of fresh water in tank.

Ole Thom