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Espar D-2 Heater Install
Basic mounting under the helm seat where refridgerator was removed. Fresh air intake under right side of seat box just beyond the heater on the left from this view. Heat exhaust under foot box in the helm seat area. Mount made out of 1/4 inch aluminum and 3x4 aluminum angle bolted to front of helm seat box. The four bolts up top are the existing four bolts for the helm seat. I used them for securing the extra long wires from my outboard motor controls and on off switch, bolted fuse holders etc, the heater sits right under the helm seat. What's different also is the hot air exhaust has been changed to 3" instead of the normal two inch, as I will add a Y pipe for a second duct if need be. From what I noticed so far a second duct won't be needed. This heater puts out better than an ugly girl on prom night.

FUEL TANK RACK FOR EASY REMOVAL FUEL TANK HOLDS 2 1/2 GALLONS,HELD IN PLACE BY ONE BOLT. BROWN STUFF ON THE BOTTOM WAS FROM SOME FACTORY GLUE AS THEY HAD A SUB FLOOR GLUED IN TO MAKE IT FLAT FOR THE FACTORY INSTALLED REFRIDGERATOR. CHISELED WOOD OFF

COMBUSTION EXHAUST HEADING OUT TO THE THRU HULL THAT HOSE CLAMP TOOK A WHILE TO COME TIGHT, I SHOULD HAVE TRIMMED IT'S TAIL

COMBUSTION EXHAUST IN STAINLESS STEEL COVERED WITH WHITE SHEATH SAFETY WIRED AT EACH END, THEN PUT INSIDE 2'' DUCT FROM HEATER TO THRU HULL. THE HEATED AIR DUCT WAS CONVERTED FROM 2" TO 3" BY CHANGING THE END CAP ON THE HEATER,WILL ADD Y SO I CAN GET A DUCT UP TO THE WINDSHIELD AND OR TO THE BERTH AREA

FUEL TANK IN PLACE, THE LARGE 3" HOLE WITH THE X IS THE HEATED AIR WHICH WILL GET A 3" DUCT, THE LOWER PIPE IS THE COMBUSTION EXHAUST WHICH GOES INTO A STAINLESS FLEX TUBING AND IS COVERED WITH A WHITE ASBESTOS SHEATH SAFETY WIRED IN PLACE AND THEN PLACED INSIDE A TWO INCH FOIL DUCT TO HELP INSULATE FROM IT'S SUROUNDINGS

FUEL TANK RACK FOR EASY REMOVAL FUEL TANK HOLDS 2 1/2 GALLONS,HELD IN PLACE BY ONE BOLT. BROWN STUFF ON THE BOTTOM WAS FROM SOME FACTORY GLUE AS THEY HAD A SUB FLOOR GLUED IN TO MAKE IT FLAT FOR THE FACTORY INSTALLED REFRIDGERATOR. CHISELED WOOD OFF

INTAKE AIR HIGH, HEATED AIR DOWN LOWER CLOSE TO BERTH AREAS HEAT RISES

mounted fuel pump on bottom of angle bracket. The fuel pump on an Espar heater is incased in a rubber mount and is pretty quiet unlike some of the other heaters on the market that have noisy fuel pumps. Hole for heat outlet going into box under where my feet reside when I am at the helm. Swivel outlet lets heat be directed any desired angle as it spins 360 degrees. Note plate heater is bolted to,see the pipe below that plate which is the combustion exhaust with a drain that will go to the newly installed thru hull

Extra wires behind and below heater are from my binacle control. You know the forward reverse and thottle for the outboard motor, fuel pump on lower left, combustion exhaust w drain centered, drilled and installed new thru hull

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FUEL TANK RACK FOR EASY REMOVAL FUEL TANK HOLDS 2 1/2 GALLONS,HELD IN PLACE BY ONE BOLT. BROWN STUFF ON THE BOTTOM WAS FROM SOME FACTORY GLUE AS THEY HAD A SUB FLOOR GLUED IN TO MAKE IT FLAT FOR THE FACTORY INSTALLED REFRIDGERATOR. CHISELED WOOD OFF

Will-C
Mar 7, 2011

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