Putting the house and starter batteries under the passenger seat leaves just enough room for my 2 gallon kerosene tank.

The dosing pump is now integrated to the fuel cap. I have everything in a temporary position to allow me to test the heater. This is the point were I wonder if the whole idea was crazy. After some fine tuning, it worked and puts out a lot of heat, then settles down to a purr.

I bought a 2 gallon tank that I was hoping would fit under the seat box. Not quite. I would have had to make some changes to the box that I wasn't willing to do, and I didn't want the tank sitting out where it is now. The $75 tank goes back on Ebay. The $15 blue tank wins the day.

I bought two replacement caps for the kerosene can. One to be modified to fit the Espar tank pickup and the other in case I needed to make a shore run for kerosene or diesel for the heater. It turns out that I only used one gallon the first year, so refilling isn't a worry.

Putting the house and starter batteries under the passenger seat leaves just enough room for my 2 gallon kerosene tank.

A little shelf made out of Azek allows them to sit side-by-side under the seat box.

The house and starter battery were moved from under the splash well to the passenger side seat box to improve the trim of the boat. The batteries have Anderson connectors to allow them to be unplugged and removed.

The cables and wires are now in a flexible tube that runs above the hatch, leaving enough storage room for fishing poles and a boat hook. The hatches lock, so it is the only secure area on a CD16.

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Putting the house and starter batteries under the passenger seat leaves just enough room for my 2 gallon kerosene tank.

Marco Flamingo
Dec 27, 2015

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