Just orderd / Finished a Wallas 85DU/270

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JMR TOO
Can't wait till it gets here next week!!! :xlol
Any, Would do it different than the factory did advice??
I am hoping to get a PWS trip in befor it gets Too Cold.
Thank's to the Alaska Wellfare / PFD. /Oil revenue
dividend(or how ever you care to look at it) :mrgreen: :beer
 
No advice---like where they mounted it just fine. Hope you know what your letting yourself in for. If it turns out anything like ours it will be a love-hate relationship. On our Inland Passage cruise last summer had on and off problems with it that we thought were due to low boat batteries, but turned out to be much worse. The electrical burning smell we thought we smelled was indeed electrical parts overheated. Fortunately it didn't go out for good this year untill our last day on the water between Juneau and Skagway. Ours was just returned to us last month with a $488 repair bill and that was with using some demo replacement parts.

Really do love the ^&&%$#%& thing when it works. Perhaps it will be trouble free for you. Have read here some claim that to be the case for them.

Jay
 
We had the factory mount the Wallas as far forward as possible in the countertop - gave us more room for storage behind it. We were hoping to have room for a small microwave behind there, but the 240 lid/blower for it is bigger than the footprint of the stove.

We use and enjoy ours a bunch. :thup
 
Put it in the vberth. :lol:
 
flapbreaker":3nkgavhg said:
Put it in the vberth. :lol:
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Too much hapening in the V berth still :mrgreen: :beer :xseek
 
I am not sure which lid you are getting--but if it is the slanted lid, you may want to consider the flat lid. I made a "Starboard" cover which gave a level surface over the slanted lid. I am told that there is a new and improved new flat lid--and that is preferable.

Consider what you want from the space--experiment with cardboard templates before you do the cut for the stove.
 
thataway":1wdqvu57 said:
I am not sure which lid you are getting--but if it is the slanted lid, you may want to consider the flat lid. I made a "Starboard" cover which gave a level surface over the slanted lid. I am told that there is a new and improved new flat lid--and that is preferable.

Consider what you want from the space--experiment with cardboard templates before you do the cut for the stove.
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C-D already made the decision for me :lol: :lol: It will go where the 2 burner Origo came out. Looks like I mite have to narrow up the opening with a piece of teak or something but we will get er dun!! I will post some picts when it gets here and I get started on it :mrgreen: :beer
 
Looks like I mite have to narrow up the opening with a piece of teak or something
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Yep. I was exactly where you are when I got my Wallas in '93.
Since JMR II is a '90 I assume you've got the same wood panelling as my '89. For a real clean look you can replace the countertop and start over. Get a sheet of plywood and laminate it with "Nevamar" Golden Ash Textured #WM-8-110T. It is a dead ringer and can be shipped cheap. Route(round over bit) and stain the exposed edges and she'll look look like an original factory installation.
 
Finally Got er dun! :mrgreen: :beer

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Used Wilsonart Teak Laminate, scabbed in a piece of oak to for fill (Origo stove was 3" wider), belt sanded the origional top laminate w/40 grit, put new laminate on, routed openings and reassembled! :mrgreen: :beer Added a couple Stand-offs 3/32 316L tig rod to keep exh tube away from every thing. Went with the fiberglass tube insulation just out of Paranoia!! Used Stainless tie wraps to secure the insulation to the
exhaust. Used 5/16 fuel hose for conduit to run the line to the tank, Works GREAT. : :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :gift :xlol
 
It looks awesome! Spendy, I know, but worth every cent. Since I got mine I've never, ever needed a coat or sweater even when it was below freezing outside. You're gonna love it !
 
The installation looks great. We've had good luck with our Wallas, though we rarely have needed the heat. It should be great in Alaska. No love/hate, just happy.

Looks like you got the heat blower lid, which is what sold the stove to Judy. Especially after our summer in Alaska. However, our stove has an air intake just below the countertop in the front. Do you have an air intake to supply cold air to the heater? Or do you plan to crack a cabinet drawer? Or am I messed up (again.)

Boris
 
journey on":ia0x52n8 said:
The installation looks great. We've had good luck with our Wallas, though we rarely have needed the heat. It should be great in Alaska. No love/hate, just happy.

Looks like you got the heat blower lid, which is what sold the stove to Judy. Especially after our summer in Alaska. However, our stove has an air intake just below the countertop in the front. Do you have an air intake to supply cold air to the heater? Or do you plan to crack a cabinet drawer? Or am I messed up (again.)

Boris
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With a 1/8" gap or better all the way arround both doors, the 2 - 1 1/4 finger holes in the doors, a 3" dia hole that the engine controls run through and a 2" dia hole in the bulkhead the washdown hose runs through. I figured it gets way more than
the 100cm sq. the instructions call for. If I have any probs I will add more. The blower lid is the Cats Ass! :mrgreen: :beer
 
tsturm":3i5urtvd said:
I am hoping to get a PWS trip in befor it gets Too Cold.
Thank's to the Alaska Wellfare / PFD. /Oil revenue
dividend(or how ever you care to look at it) :mrgreen: :beer
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If you get a PWS late trip in let us know how if goes, with this global worming thing who knows, maybe a trip in November???

Great job BTW!

Jay
 
Looks great. We're on our second Wallas and love it even more than the first one. Reliable safe heat.

Oh -- and for the V-berth. Another way to heat it is a small 12v fan to direct the warmth down under.
 
Help. This topic is on a Wallas 85. Journey On has a Wallas 125. The 85 is on Scanmarine's web site, but the 125 isn't. What's the difference,just out of curiosity?

Boris
 
Boris

Asked the same questions of scan marine when they called mine a 125, on the bill when I knew it was a 85. They said they changed mine to a 125 when they did an update and added a larger blower fan motor for heat distribution. So I guess that's the difference.

Jay
 
journey on":7c6o6wz1 said:
Help. This topic is on a Wallas 85. Journey On has a Wallas 125. The 85 is on Scanmarine's web site, but the 125 isn't. What's the difference,just out of curiosity?

Boris
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New model # as of 2/06? is what I was told.
I got a old catalog with 125 crossed out & 85 written in.
They also changed the shape of the lid / blower :mrgreen: :beer
 
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