I want one. I looked at the Espar heaters at
the boat show, and the Dickenson diesel heaters.

The Espars were pricey but cleaner installations
and had a draw on the batteries, while the Dickenson
required a flue that would tend to get in the way
on deck--prices were much more reasonable.

How does teh Webasto furnance work? Like
an Espar I presume?

"DSK" wrote
OTOH I spent some hours this weekend getting the Webasto furnace on the
boat readied. Not quite the same thing.

I can't understand why more people don't have heaters on their boats.

Bart Senior wrote:

I want one. I looked at the Espar heaters at
the boat show, and the Dickenson diesel heaters.

The Espars were pricey but cleaner installations
and had a draw on the batteries, while the Dickenson
required a flue that would tend to get in the way
on deck--prices were much more reasonable.

How does teh Webasto furnance work? Like
an Espar I presume?

Almost exactly the same, except that Espar seems to specialize in air
heaters; we put in a Webasto because I wanted to to use seperate
radiators for each compartment... like the head, who wants to go into a
freezing cold head compartment and try to get any business done? Not me!

The Dickinson type are a lot easier to install as well as being cheaper
but they only heat up the immediate surroundings... I think you can put
a hoop over the top of the exhaust to keep lines from catching the
exhaust head. Not perfect but it beats freezing!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

What model Webasto do you have?

"DSK" wrote
Bart Senior wrote:
How does the Webasto furnance work? Like
an Espar I presume?

Almost exactly the same, except that Espar seems to specialize in air
heaters; we put in a Webasto because I wanted to to use seperate radiators
for each compartment... like the head, who wants to go into a freezing
cold head compartment and try to get any business done? Not me!

The Dickinson type are a lot easier to install as well as being cheaper
but they only heat up the immediate surroundings... I think you can put a
hoop over the top of the exhaust to keep lines from catching the exhaust
head. Not perfect but it beats freezing!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King