The water heater is 5 gallons. I took parts off a Seaward 6 gallon heater that I found in the trash and installed them on the new tank. The tank is stainless steel, formerly a restaurant style soft drink pressurized tank. I wrapped the tank with 2 layers of polyurethane foam, covered the foam with fiberglass, and when it is done it will have an on/off lighted switch and hinged fiberglass hatches where the hoses and electronics are.
It fits perfectly in my bilge over the keel in what would otherwise be wasted space- this is an improvement since the old tank was formerly in a space that was almost impossible to get to. It performs well, draws 10 amps, has about a 30 minute recovery time, and allows for about 3/4 of a shower before the water starts going from hot to warm- this is fine for our needs. The only problem I have with a 1200 watt appliance is that I have about 4 other 1200 watt appliances on the shore power 1 circuit so I have to be careful about how many of these are on at the same time. eventually I will place the circuit on the other shore power 2 circuit which is much less heavily wired. I will take pictures at some point. I hope to be able to post them on our new wiki when it is complete. -Merrill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Haefele Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Hot water project Could you describe your home built water heater? Lee Haefele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ballantyne, Merrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My home-built water heater has been working well since I hooked it up > two days ago. I still want to put down another layer of glass and make > some hinged access lids, so it still needs to be finished but I wanted > to test it before I proceeded with the final work. > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
