On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we talk about our plans to heat our custom 435 catamaran SV basik and get a jump on the installation of three 5kw...

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it is chilly this morning it's 30

degrees out like unions are starting to

wake up look what I did do put some

insulation on the outside of the deck to

keep some heat on the inside it's 59

degrees inside the boat right now

temporary heats just not keeping up we

only have 30 amps to play with and too

much volume to heat on temporary heat so

get a little pressure from the family

get these installed so that's what I'm

gonna do I'm all ready for it well bust

these open

and see what I'm in for let's get to

work

it's time to crack one of these open

read a lot of reviews on these and

reviews are decent

these are just a simple little heaters

that run on diesel

I've never installed one don't really

know what to expect yet so let's check

it out

heavier guitar

this is the five kilowatt model and

reading through online these run on

anywhere from 0.2 to 0.5 liters per hour

the Baggies ducting whole unit out the

door delivered about $230 I mean you

can't go wrong at least to try it pumps

bracket everything's in here but

installation instructions oh well I did

read that online that it doesn't come

with installation instructions but I get

this sucker stopped so I just opened up

all the packages laid everything out it

looks like it all makes sense I think

this isn't gonna be too bad I mean

looking at this wire harness here it has

a positive and negative 12 volt lead and

three plugs one plug goes into the unit

one goes into the thermostat and one

goes in to the fuel pump that's about

the most difficult part and it's a

pre-wired loom so I don't think it'll be

too bad everything else looks easy this

is your exhaust this is your air intake

here's your ducting your mounting

bracket I will be upgrading some of

these these look like just steel parts

all get stainless replacements for those

for sure and this fuel line look at this

thing it's microscopic tells you how

efficient this is it just must sip the

fuel but I will be upgrading this as

well anyway better get going on this

what do you think Lyn

cool oh come on it's not that bad are we

gonna get this done today well I'll get

started today yeah I could see my breath

you are so bad

look at Emma she's in a t-shirt she has

the space heater on her compass okay

I'll get going so the big question why

are we going with a whole new system

instead of fixing what we already have

that's a great question

well is it easy answer the old system

ran a 110 each of those units drew about

12 amps of power as 24 amps of power and

the startup would surge to about 28 amps

so if one unit is running at 12 amps and

the other one would kick on at 28 amps

that would surge to 40 amps and that's

pretty tough for our generator to keep

up with it actually it wouldn't keep up

with it and we didn't want to have a

generator running all the time we want

wanted Heat

I checked out I didn't understand it my

biggest thing is I don't like to I don't

want to have to run a generator in order

to heat the boat right pull right anchor

I like it pretty quiet so this is a

great alternative and solution to our

needs

yeah the other units also weighed quite

a bit and this is a weight-sensitive

boat

they weighed 85 pounds each these little

diesel heaters weigh under 10 pounds the

power consumption on this it's 12 volt

it searches - about 6-7 amps on startup

because it has to kick on glow plugs but

after a minute or so the unit's going

and it settles down to about a half an

amp of power so doesn't use up much

energy at all but it does take diesel I

just hope it doesn't snow well that's

something we'll figure out as we go I

hope the new ones don't I heard that the

new ones don't so that's a big thing

it's gonna be how well we install it so

let's get busy so the other question

people were asking is now we don't have

air conditioning what are we gonna do

well sweat sweat away our fans our last

boat we had the same system on and we

used the air conditioning a handful of

times maybe it was nice it was a luxury

it's really not necessary and the times

that we did use it we had to be plugged

in to shore power so is it worth

dragging the air conditioner around no I

don't think so

I mean looking back it was nice but it

wasn't it wasn't a necessity yeah so

we're gonna go with heat only and

probably use these just sporadically

just during the winter when we're up

north once we head south diesel be just

parked until we have a nice cool day

that we want to kick them on again so we

don't plan on using these 24 hours a day

7 days a week but it's nice to know we

have an option to heat the boat not that

I want to stay the assignments for long

periods of time yeah we're heading south

ok originally I talked about putting

just one unit in here

but they're so compact I mean this

little unit would fit right up here and

I'd have all of this space so I got to

thinking why not put two units in this

locker run one more trunk line here to

hit some other areas of the boat and

rather than run the one unit on high I

could have both units in here running on

low there's plenty of space I could

probably put five of those units in here

if I could run the trunk lines but I

think two will work nicely in here and

still put other units in other areas

about let's start with these two okay

the first I need to work on is a

mounting platform to mount both units on

they're both going to face this

direction with trunk lines going through

this bulkhead here so let's get started

on the mounting platform first thing I

need to do this is actually the locker

in here just calculate this angle just

transfer this outside

I'm gonna build the framework out of

this stuff I love this it's PVC lumber

can trot it's excellent screw holding

and it works just like wood

just transfer my angle

and cut it up

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you have to make four penetrations

through this bulkhead so I need to get

this one out luckily this one was not

lit in

okay the next thing I need to do I just

cut two supports here I'm going to tee

it straight across here with that PVC

one by four

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okay the hardest thing to do in this

project is I'm trying to calculate my

measurements to the far side of the

sound insulation and this is an angle

little tricky not impossible

well there is a little good news look at

this cloud cover that means we are gonna

warm up about 10 degrees for the next

couple days

keeps it pressure off me

okay here's what I've laid out there's

my two pieces the cross support the two

mounting baskets

that all gets elevated 10 inches from

the top of that Walker okay let's get

assembling this

next thing I need to do is take away a

little bit of the sound ending to get

back to a solid surface I've laid out a

couple of reference points hold this up

in place and just trace out where I need

to cut

come on perfect okay I'm gonna drill

through this and drive three inch screws

into this from the opposite side

but I'll drill from this side to mark it

out let's see where these will come

through I'm gonna be drilling through

here so move all the cushions before I

drill through your snowflake pillows

love it say you like it there okay

actually they're not too bad take all

this out yeah I would take everything

out because I'm gonna have be making

quite a bit of a mess here so it may be

remove these two as well I'll start

laying it out

okay just hold this right up in there

slide it in the slots and I'm gonna mark

it out from the other side any region I

need really yeah can you push it make

sure you're flush to the wall okay right

on there yeah okay put it down yeah okay

one more time put it back up in there

and now I'm gonna skirt in hey use up

the hang tight yeah

make sure it goes flat you got it okay

just hang on hang on

how's that feel

okay brackets in the first part of it

let's test this before I put the front

brace on so that's lining up pretty dang

good gives me clearance to put my clamp

on right here

okay

now that my brackets in I still have to

plain across here and lay out on this

far wall for the outer support but this

locker is too tight to get this pivoted

into place with this sound deadening it

I'm not taking this out this is all

glued and permanent so what I'll do is

lay it out remove this insert it mount

that then I'll be able to tuck this up

behind it and screw it in place ok

everything's set here's my front brace

now I could just pivot this into place

now that this brackets out of the way

I'll screw from the opposite side from

the next Locker over into this one with

3-inch screws but this is a structural

bulkhead it's three and a half inches

thick so what I've done is set up some

pocket screws on the backside of this

that'll be plenty strong just pivot this

in

and that should do it okay now to get

that far side of this thanks Walker /

pantry now she'll be able to get rotate

this bracket right in there let's get a

look at this now

this is not going anywhere okay it's

getting dark outside I think I'll call

it for tonight first thing in the

morning start cutting in the new trunk

lines the exhaust ports and some of the

ducting Oh we'll probably get the tanks

installed as well okay see in the

morning okay it's a new day and a new

weather system it's raining out but the

upside is the temperatures up so it's a

little more comfortable in the boat

let's see what I got going back down to

my project here's where I left it last

night started laying out this morning

though here's one trunk line here I'm

putting a second one here and I've laid

out my two exhaust holes of a four inch

and a 2 inch hole saw here next just cut

these out

the big one got these holes all drilled

sanded smooth and since it's a raw edge

mixed up a little wet system epoxy and

I'll get it sealed before I insert the

sleeves

okay while the epoxy is curing I'm going

to start working on the diesel tank

actually there's two tanks I'm gonna put

the tanks on this wall elevate them off

and line them up right here they'll be

easy to fill ultimately I don't want to

have tanks in this locker but I want to

get a little history with these units

first and if we like them we like the

performance I'm gonna eliminate these

tanks and plumb the diesel straight into

our main tank but let's get these fired

up first and see how they do run on this

winter and make the decision so this is

where the extinguisher was I'm gonna

remove this fill this in this is where

it will wire loom these are the

fasteners for our old wire loom I'll get

this out prep this wall and start

getting a game plan for these tanks

okay the idea let's turn out these on

this wall they need to elevate them up

because the pickup tube comes out the

bottom here and I don't want to kink it

so I want a nice smooth arch to it

so it's gonna go right there I need to

make sure I have clearance when I close

the door they slide this back a little

right there they make some marks

there we go I don't want to cut away

this sound-deadening so I'm going to run

these spacers and insert them in here so

the tanks are elevated above

so I'll cut these in

just mark them out

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let's take a look at these they feel

nicer plenty of clearance for the pickup

tubes and it elevated it off the wall I

didn't want to hard mount these to the

wall because then the sound from these

units may just Telegraph right through

this wall and I could hear it out here

this way I have sound deadening behind

it my dad's still working on this

project and I'm pretty sure he's putting

in some ducting let's see

it's like he's going in they're gonna go

downstairs now you there yeah hello oh

hey can you tell me some tools um I left

my tape measure should be right down the

counter okay right here yeah and give me

a pencil and my razor - okay thank you

thank you what I'm doing right now is

going to take this trunk line down get

this all epoxy then so I'm gonna plumb

in this first trunk line here right now

so I can get the first unit in then I'll

work on this next trunk line okay I'm

inside the locker here just cutting a

few pieces to modify the death thing

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that should do it

have using four inch rigid ductwork I

didn't want to go with soft steps

because these are traveling through a

lot of lockers and I want to be able to

use the lockers with a rigid jock we

could pack the lockers and never crush

down a soft duck so I looked around I

looked at different PVC pipes different

schedules but the sewer pipe was the

lightest I would want one for strictly

for weight this is a really light just a

fraction of the weight of the PVC pipes

real strong holds its shape

triple wall has a little bit of air in

the gap here so it gives a little bit of

insulation I would think but what I'm

going to do since these new diesel

heaters have a little bit more exit Heat

know why the first three feet with an

aluminum duct just to play it safe

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put these heaters in I want to get this

piece of sound-deadening insulation on

first I have a few more cutouts to

accommodate and I've been taking some

notes as I've been going here and sketch

these out on here we'll cut this out and

see how close I got

feel real close okay I'm happy that next

thing I want to do is cut two sleeves

for the exhaust okay next thing I want

to do is get these out

I wanted to mount these in place just to

see how they'd fit in this locker I

marked out its footprint that way cuz

that's inducting it needs to go around

this as well

and we'll get these out of the way so I

get the units in yep I'm good

to the next thing I want to do yes about

two hours hey you excited sorry we're

taking Emma out for a fun kids night her

favorite meal and a little holiday cheer

okay it's time to get these in place

looks like there's a little gasket goes

on here most likely for a vibration of a

tank

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okay now we need to bolt this unit down

it came with these six millimeter studs

steel though ice went down the marine

store picked up the metric equivalent in

a bowl

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and it bolted in yep go grab your coat

we'll go pick up your mom let's get out

of here

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dinner

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ladies and gentlemen flurries colorguard

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are you doing

I loved my dinner and Snowbird Blaine

was amazing but this video is getting a

little bit long so my dad is gonna

stretch this punching out a few more

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