On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we recap the installation of the diesel heat exhaust system on our custom 435 catamaran SV basik. This is the mos...

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welcome back to SB basic look at this

the rain has stopped Suns coming out and

the lake calm down it's beautiful today

last week we got those diesel heaters

fired up but I neglected to show a few

of the steps mainly the exhaust and

there's a couple other things behind the

scene today that I did that did I did

not show so we're gonna start looking at

that exhaust is probably the most

difficult part of that whole install and

the video ran a little long so I thought

I'd cover some of that today let's take

a look at how I did the exhaust and a

few of the other little items okay I'm

in that forward Locker and I need to put

in the second trunk line here's the

first one this is the second unit it's

gonna come here it's gonna feed em a

state room which is through here and

then dive down here and that's where it

returns back and feeds the hallway so

that's what I'm working on right now

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okay so this is the trunk line off unit

1

it runs the beam of the boat but 20 feet

total feeds the dash and the master head

this is the second trunk line coming off

unit 2 it is in it feeds MST trim here

then turns around goes back into the

heat Locker where branches off to three

other registers I'll do that next

don't you think that's cozy yeah super

cozy is my work done you works done

let's go

now that I've made those connections on

the backside of unit 2 here this is that

trunk line is working on goes into that

locker feeds em a state room right here

loops around comes back in here it

actually has a floor register in the

salon it was a little cool spot there so

that's gonna handle that then this comes

around and dives into this locker here

there's two things that need to happen I

have a register already mounted right

here so I'm going to tie that trunk line

into here but down below this locker

this gets a little cool down here I want

to heat this floor area so what I'll do

is I'll come straight off of this trunk

line come down for the register right

here to heat the floor and then turn and

come into this one here what do they

encompass will that work what he says

it'll work so let's do that

you may notice this little pile of

goodies right here I just removed all

that that was all the conduit and straps

to hold the existing heating in when I

shave these out during the whole out

I'll uh fill all the little holes in

fair it all out and make this locker

smooth again here's a little pieces I

need I just cut them all off measurement

let's see how they fit they all have to

crammed into this locker here I'm

tucking them up as tight as I can to the

ceiling I got plenty of room up here

that way I can still have lots of locker

space I cut my whole lot and I used a

little piece of this to fill in this

just put it in there that way when I'm

doing my glass work here I already have

my piece cut out I'll be able to fill

that in later I'm not worried about this

hole here because I'm gonna cut a grate

over this for more air into this locker

that goes up into the other Locker

so let's put this together and see how

she fits I really like using this hard

ducting if you think about it unlike

that corrugated ducting you have a

smooth interior which the airflow could

move throughout it much more efficiently

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so far so good

it is just tough to get it into these

tight spots let's see

there we go and there it is okay it's

gonna work nice now it's just a matter

of put on my retainer screws in and the

ducting is done for this trunk line it's

amazing how many times you put something

together and take it apart when you're

doing a refit like this but that's why I

came up with things like this I had to

remove part of this wire harness to get

this duct in here but rather than having

a hard duct here I left it open so I can

do things like that it's easy to add

wire it's easy to take out wire it's

easy to move things around so I can get

something like a duct in it's worked out

pretty well for me now put it all back

together I'll probably be taking it

apart again one day I'm sure just like

everything else

and there we go I always get a lot of

comments on why I have these exposed

wire chases all out throughout the vote

well let me show you why they're easy to

get to but I'm tucking in places do you

can't see the wire Chase is right there

you have to get down on your knees

you still can't see it you guys start

looking underneath before you'll see it

but look at the access easy access it

wouldn't happen any other way

now it's just a matter of putting my

retainer screws in to lock this all in

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I'll have to do the same thing in that

forward Locker

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dude we've hit some boats not gonna lie

gonna be somewhat of a contortionist

sent my helps okay

now I'm back here to put all my set

screws on that trunk line and this one

as well get these all buttoned up so I

can get on to the next stage which is

exhaust

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in adducting x'

all in both trunk lanes are complete now

it's time to shift gears and we're gonna

work on the most important part of this

whole install and that's the exhaust

that exhaust gets hot so we need to have

plenty of clearance around all the

exhaust lines and get it

exiting the boat in a safe way okay

exhaust has to pass through a bulkhead I

don't want the exhaust get near the

bulkhead so I'm gonna over cut the hole

and it's gonna pass through a metal

opening aluminum's

actually the exhaust was aluminum so I

chose the same metal so I wouldn't have

any dissimilar metals touching each

other even though they won't but they're

in close proximity to each other I don't

need to use a heavy-gauge here this is

just a center of the exhaust through the

hole so it doesn't touch any of the

bulkhead okay there we go a plate for

each side of the bulkhead as it passes

through I'll be drilling a hole right

through the center here and put four set

screws

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Panoz drilled out easily

let's get these files smooth back in a

walker stuffed in here okay here's what

I'm up to those plates I just cut out

I'll be honest I put the exhaust through

the bulkhead here it's a 1 inch exhaust

pipe which left me quite a bit of area

around this I took temperature readings

of this and it was still reaching about

a hundred and forty degrees I don't want

that much temperature coming through

here so I'm gonna cut these another half

inch bigger around this mount it to a

this aluminum plate so it's touching the

aluminum plate as it comes through okay

that gives me quite a bit more clearance

I'm going to test fit the whole system

then I'll back it out and epoxy any raw

edges

when I put this on permanently I'll use

a also put a little fire resistant

silicone in there just to seal it I

don't want any potential exhaust fumes

coming in backwards into that locker

okay

first ones in next one's a little more

difficult I'll have to modify this area

a little bit to get that in there okay

here's what I'm doing recess that in so

they're all in a flat plane I'll get

this secured now so I could test install

the inside then once that's installed

I'll come back out here and do my glass

work okay back inside

I'm busy making Christmas dinner

Emma's actually doing a little school

work on Christmas good for you well what

do we have for what do we have for

dinner that sounds like sounds delicious

and I'm doing my best to make a mess as

fast as she's cleaning it up I better

get busy here okay here's what I got

going I'm gonna do on the inside exactly

what I did on the outside mount these

plates I'm going to cut back the

insulation here and just try to get as

much clearance around this exhaust as I

can

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camped out the insulation out but it's

tough to cut from this side with all

this in here so I'm going to go into the

locker and cut backwards

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okay these are put back together let's

go inside

oh good sore crawling in and out of here

getting too old for this that was a

tough to get work in this little area

but I've got my metal plates recessed in

and they're all mounted in now I can put

the sleeve back in and work on the

exhaust

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you'll love it

this yeah came from a subscriber who

likes your videos so this is from Eric

and he sent this over with a letter to

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tell everyone what it is okay here's the

last push to get this exhaust buttoned

up here's the aluminum sleeves that go

through the bulkhead my ear filters

here's the through-hole fittings that

the exhaust ties into double wall and

extensions on the exhaust to give a nice

big loop on it before it exits

heavy-duty clamps for all of it I think

I'm ready let's get going on this okay

back in here let's take a look at this

I need to put these sleeves in first I'm

gonna head poxy the raw edges put these

plates right back on while that's curing

I'll put my filters for the air intakes

in

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okay those are back in now let's put

these two air filters on okay just pop

those on now secure them with a bracket

okay those are in filters pop right off

the bottom real easy for cleaning I like

it

okay now the fun part the exhaust comes

centered through these holes you just

come up and make a 1 foot rise and loop

and out you want to have a full one foot

loop here so if water does ever splash

in the zone it has to travel uphill

quite a bit before it can make it away

around the loop even if it did make it

past the loop those go through risers

straight up into the units so it has to

travel a long way uphill if it ever

becomes a problem I will put water boxes

on here and I still may do that we'll

take a look at the splash zone and see

how much water hits that area if a lot

does hit that area water boxes are going

in ok I'm pointing out the to exit ports

now let's drill through the hole

Thanks okay holes are in all prepped

it's not gonna go mix up some thickened

epoxy and treat this edge here before I

put the fitting in okay I got a little

help in here hey you got that all

buttoned up yet yes I don't know what

you're complaining about there's plenty

of room for you I know it's kind of

pretty nice in here where's the nice and

dry you stuck me right underneath that

hatch but it was raining well it's

another day yeah okay keep at it

you can go out that way I have to twist

myself in a knot to get out of there

thank you

before I reassemble this I'm taking my

exhaust lines this is just a segment

that's in the interior Locker and I'm

wrapping it with header tape

I just wanted to not have any heat as

it's passing through that bulkhead which

is right about here after that I've got

plenty of line for the exhaust to cool

before it exits the boat so you take

this stuff you soak it in water and you

just muscle it on doesn't go easy but

it'll do the job

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and there we go

you kind of have to fight that stuff on

there it's designed for a much bigger

diameter pipe than this little one-inch

exhaust but it'll do the trick

okay exhaust is back in all wrapped and

insulated I'm going to go into that

locker and insert two sleeves know what

they had neglected to talk about was

when you're handling this stuff wear

rubber gloves I should have and I didn't

in my hand too lit up a little bit last

night

not too bad my hands are pretty tough so

but somebody with a little more

delicates can definitely use gloves when

you're handling this head now to make

those final connections kind of exciting

got my bag of goodies all the tools I

need all the parts I need hopefully so I

hate crawling out of this hole

oh let's get in there okay I'm stuffed

in here I'll be sitting here for about

an hour

oh maybe a little more okay this is how

those penetrate through the bulkhead now

now I'm gonna insert these sleeves just

to give a little more protection this is

gonna have a bead of high temp silicone

right through here to keep this stable

and to keep it from moving but that

looks pretty good

okay I'm liking that I think that's

gonna be nice and safe okay before I

silicone this in I'm gonna make the

connection of my exhaust late and it's

gonna make this big loop right here and

exit here I'll do some sort of standoff

so I don't want it touching and I want

it nice and stable so I want to hold it

off the ceiling about two inches okay

first one is bent into place here takes

my big loop I'm ready to keep as much of

this on here too so the further travels

the cooler it gets before it exits above

it second one is bent into shape it's

gotta make this last connection here

a little piece of aluminum here and I

just marked out where I need to drill

holes make bends and make cuts and this

will create a couple of standoffs for

that exhaust

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okay here's the standoff going in okay

there it is it's all in Nice clearance

no movement

nothing's touching I feel good about the

penetration okay on to the next project

my dad is finally finished our new

heating system I wonder what he'll do

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