Subject: Re: Stus-List friggin COLD - cabin heaters Steve, the Dickinson line of propane boat heaters ( Newport 9000 etc) has a 2-chamber flue - one for drawing in air for oxegen to burn and one to exhaust the burned gases. IN that way you do not deplete the oxygen inside the cabin, and you don't have Carbon monoxide accumulating. Alcohol and propane, kerosene, etc if you burn them in a closed space will yield both. Diesel is great but there always seems to be soot accumulating on the interior. The small wood burners ( see Dickinson solid fuel burner) are cheap but you end up with soot and smoke, and they do not burn for long ( as in 'through the night'). My worry with alcohol is that you sometimes cannot see flaming alcohol that may leak out if e.g., tipped over.
Propane, kerosene, diesel, and electric provide dry heat whereas alcohol yields water vapour as a product of combustion. I am most comfortable with an electric heater with wide wooden feet added and a tip-over cutoff switch on a fused outlet as the only viable option to leave 'on' when the heater is in a dockside boat left unattended. Cheers Randall Walford Hamilton ON Use of a carbon monoxide alarm with any of these would seem to be only common sense. Steve wrote: On the topic of propane heaters, I was always under the impression that they weren't to be used indoors (carbon monoxide). But if Andy says they're good then I'm onboard. I might get one for winter work on the boat. We don't really sail in cold weather because the boat gets hauled in early October. It gets cold, but it only matters for the first couple of weeks before and after haul/launch, not worth the investment in a proper cabin heater at this point. Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
