Wallas reminder

bridma · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:19 pm Post subject: Wallas reminder

It's that time of year again. A lot of us in the PNW will be thinking of laying up our boats for the winter about now, and relaunch in Mar/April. That's 5 or 6 months under wraps. If you have a Wallas stove/heater, neglecting it for 6 months is not a good idea. My local dealer says most of the Wallas failures that owner's experience result from the unit being ignored over the winter months. The owner then expects everything to be just perfect come Spring. He advises to run the Wallas for one hour, once a month. It's a case of "use it or lose it".

I am in my third year with mine. Never had a problem, it starts first time every time.

Martin.

bcassal · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:50 pm Post subject:

So what is the recommended procedure for lay up?
My 2001 unit works great and I am always a little confused with the gloomy reports I hear about the Wallis.

Carpy

NORO LIM · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:54 pm Post subject:

Very good advice, Martin. My Wallas is 8 years old and has never failed or given me any trouble whatsoever. I boat year round, and try to run the stove once a week - I don't think I've ever gone longer than a month. I just leave windows and doors open if it's not cool enough to justify the heat - fuel doesn't store well indefinitely anyway, and is cheap compared to repair bills.

bridma · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:27 pm Post subject:

SounderSolutions · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:49 pm Post subject:

Just got my 95D serviced for the winter. I never layup over the winter as we fish year round. Will be nice to be warm a cozy through the blackmouth season.

journey on · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:22 am Post subject:

Journey On has a Wallis stove which has been in intermittent use since 2005. Typically, it's only used for 3 months of the year. Except for one problem, unrelated to the heating process it's worked well. Including this summer.

Had some problems with the heater fan, due to corrosion and decided to rebuild it. In retrospect, I can't see how that stove needs winterizing. It consists of a burner, fed air with a fan (buried deep inside,) and fuel from a pump. It's all started by a heating element. On shutdown, the feed lines are purged of fuel, so there is no unburned fuel in the burner. All of this is orchestrated by the electronics.

So, outside of clean fuel, what's to winterize? And I buy filtered kerosene or Clean Heat, never replacing just adding.

I do agree that if one needs to service the stove, send it in to the distributor. Otherwise you're going to learn more than you want to about that stove.

Boris

hardee · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:12 pm Post subject:

I have used my Wallas irregularly since I have owned my boat. I works every time, and so far without fail. I have used Kleen Heat fuel, start it on high, run it there for a while that way and then always turn it up to high for a while before tuning it off.

Yup, it's not the fastest heat or the most convenient maybe, but it has worked. And it is easy, so far.

Thanks for reminding me I need to use it again next time I get out on the water.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

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mdoug · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:50 pm Post subject: Wallas Heater

My 2005 CD lays up 6 mos every year. No problem ever with Wallas heater.
We use clean kero. I leave thermostat on high all the time and always let unit cool down before turning off master switch on the boat. So far, so good

Jazzmanic · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:58 pm Post subject:

I think you're on to something Martin. Like Harvey, I had never had a problem starting up our Wallas after the winter layup...until this past year. It took a couple of tries to get it going this past spring but after that, no problem. So I think it's wise to try to start it up periodically during the winter. BTW, I've been using Kleenheat from the beginning with no issues.

Peter

Miafun1 · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:57 pm Post subject:

Sunbeam · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:15 pm Post subject:

thataway · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject:

No tension--the Wallas works perfectly, and we have cooked over 90 meals on it. Even heated the cabin a couple of times. I am one of those who has had good experience with the Wallas.

As any prudent mariner, I carry a back up--a simple single burner which fits on top of the same propane bottles I use in the Magna Grill. There can be other uses of these propane bottles, even including the use of a torch when necessary.

Sunbeam · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:56 pm Post subject:

PaulNBriannaLynn · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:07 pm Post subject:

When we bought our boat, it had sit for some time un-used. The seller was upfront about it, telling us the wallas will not turn on and probably needs to be serviced at Scan Marine.

It would not turn on for me when i got it home, but after charging the house battery and letting it cycle a couple of times it came to life. That was a couple of years ago and although a service wouldnt hurt, I think frequent use has kept it in operation for us. We have had absolutely no problems with it. The rear rear burner is a little bit less hot than the forward one, but to me that a benefit so i can boil some coffee on full blast and not burn the eggs.

Sunbeam · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:19 pm Post subject: