Heaters and Stoves

Hi Folks, Digger on Snoopy-C replying late on the Wallas 1300. It is in the Snoopy-C file, 2nd page photos. It fits neatly behind the Origo stove. It intakes fresh air through the stack, and exhausts through the same route-- double wall stack. Ron
 
Nainu- The propane tank is mounted in the motor well. There's a photo in the Cabin and Interior section somewhat after the photos of my heater as the photo was added later. Any leaks with the tank in the well will result in the propane going overboard through the drain holes , not accumulating in the cockpit or cabin.

For rust protection, paint the tank and the RV mounting bracket with epoxy paint (spray can for convenience) and just refill the same tank over and over. I have to replace my tank when it's empty because it doesn't have the newer required overfill protection device. It was painted with just enamel paint. Joe.
 
Just a thought :roll: I was considering propane heat on our boat. A logical location seems to be the lazeret / fish well on the port side. There is a drain fitting already that a hose could be fitted to. The other end being a through hull fitting into the motor well. This would drain any leak to the motor well and overboard. There are small steel and aluminum tanks that would fit in this small space.
 
Where do the Coast Guard requirements for a vented propane tank locker with a shutoff valve fit in? are our boats to small for that requirement?
 
Rock-C,

We use the port lazarette for our propane storage. Pretty much as you describe it. This has been working since 1991.

Larry
 
Hey Sea Wolf, I was reading up on this thread and back in January I read your post about a platinum "Cat" catalytic propane heater. That's the same heater we had in our boat when we bought her. It worked pretty good, but I didn't like the 5 gallon bottle of propane in the cabin. It does work with a thermostat and is vented outside. This thing has been sitting in our garage for almost two years now. If anyone would like to have it, let me know and we'll figure out a way to deliver it. I'll give it a week and if I don't hear anything, she'll be hitting the dumpster.
Jon
 
Warm and toasty CLou":10zdte1s said:
This thing has been sitting in our garage for almost two years now. If anyone would like to have it, let me know and we'll figure out a way to deliver it. I'll give it a week and if I don't hear anything, she'll be hitting the dumpster.
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Better hang onto it, Jon. Them Wallas jobs work less than half the time. I wish you would have said something before you went out and bought one, but it's too late now.

Just kidding!
 
Mike, I'm hoping I got the new and improved model. Maybe after all the little "quirks" with these stoves, they incorporated a better design. Wishful thinking on my part.

Hey Mike, I didn't Know it at the time of installation, but Cynthia now has a hair blow dryer on the starboard side of the boat.
 
Cynthia now has a hair blow dryer on the starboard side of the boat.
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However, if you tie up port side to the dock, it won't do much good to try drying her hair.

Them Wallas stoves got a bum rap, I think. That one in the TyBoo25 sat for at least a year, and fired right up with old diesel after I cleaned the fuel suction filter. It was seven years old, so I sent it in for a tuneup and a fan upgrade, and she works great. I'm sticking with the K1 kerosene, and not trying no fancy fuel. That's how Dusty does it!

You'll like that stove a whole bunch more than you think. Now all we gotta do is talk B~C into getting one.

So - it's a new AQC, a new radar, and a new Wallas. What's next? Microwave? TV? DVD?
 
Still have the "ol clunker" radar. Maybe this summer I'll install that bow hatch I was yaking about. Cynthia is really against it, she hates any bit of light when trying to sleep and is burned out on making covers. I showed her Tim's post about the safety feature involved with hatches. A couple more posts like that and I think she'll give in.

I bought 4 gallons of Klean Heat (made by Klean Strip) at Home Depot. I'll give that a try and see how it works.
 
Hey Jon- Did you get my private email regarding the Platinum Cat? I'll be glad to reimburse you for the shipping and handling, plus, say $25 for your trouble. I'm a compulseive tinkerer and love to experiment and to just figure out how things work. I'll put it to god practical use in a houseboat in the process. Let me know what you're thinking. Thanks! Joe.
 
durn scientist will probably convert that thing over to some small nuke plant or somethin, end up melting us all down :)
 
Joe, I never did get your private mail or e-mail. Dang, I wished I had another propane cat heater for you because I gave this one away this afternoon. Would you be interested in a 100 lb dog? Just kidding, Cynthia would have my hide if I parted with that big stinker.
Jon
 
Jon- Too bad about the Plat. Cat, but oh well, thanks anyway. No, no 100 lb dog, I already have a 155 lb. Great Dane female (Shadow) who is my official First Mate (as long as my wife isn't along, then I'm the First Mate, Shadow is in the DogHouse (v-berth). and guess who the Captain is???

Dusty- I was hoping you'd come down with Les and the EQ Gang for the Lake Shasta Cruise in October. I guess I'll just have to come up north to one of the C-Brat get togethers to meet you in person. Would be a good time to bring up and dispose of some unwanted government surplus that the good people in Nevada don't seem to want stored inside that big mountain just outside Las Vegas. Placed in just the right position there near Deception Pass, it ought to help the local salmonoids quickly evolve into some great red-hot lunkers for to to catch on your new boat. Joe.
 
Joe -

The trip with the kids to Shasta would be great fun, and I certainly would like to meet you in person. My really LONG trips are from here to the CDory plant in Monroe with Les - as long as he drives. Of course I drive to Port Angeles to visit Jon and Cynthia, but get a break on the ferry, so it's not a bad trip - well worth it too, because they understand my pain and ply me with smoked salmon and beer!!! Tough.

Not sure your ordinance would do much good up here. No smart salmon is going to come anywhere near the Deception Pass Bridge. In fact salmon swim miles and miles just to avoid the area. I spend hours under the bridge drowning herring, and I know.

Dusty
 
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