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Why heat a boat?
Homes are centrally heated, so why not your holiday
home: the boat! If you’ve boated in Spring and Autumn you’ll know
how chilly and miserable it can be. Even summer has its moments,
particularly at night! Or maybe you’ve not bothered and laid the
boat up instead and only dreamed of being out there on those still
sunny winter days.
But more than all of that is the problem of damp that
convinces you to fit a heater. Inside, boats are naturally damp.
Damp linings, fabrics, damp clothing. It’s not only uncomfortable,
but creates mould and will even affect the boat’s equipment.
Fitting an Eberspächer heater will make time afloat
that much more enjoyable.
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Cold Sail Boats
Space is at a premium on a boat. The miniature
size of an Eberspächer reflects this. The heater is usually
fitted in a stern or cockpit locker and the exhaust led away
to the transom, or in motorboats hull side aft. In the centre
cockpit sail boat the heater may be in the engine area, and
the exhaust led to the cockpit combing, aft of the winches.
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Cold Narrow Boats
The water heater system has become the preferred
option with narrow boats. Much like central heating at home.
The Eberspächer diesel burning boiler feeds a pipe system
through the boat. Domestic hot water via a calorifier and
space heating by radiators or fan blowers.
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Cold Motorboats
Modern motor cruisers offer a high level of
luxury and comfort. Heating will be a priority. Most will
have adequate domestic water heating from engine fed coil
in the calorifier and shore AC. So a warm air system may be
the preferred choice.
However, if you are not marina based and
have no generator then an Eberspächer water heater system
will be essential for domestic hot water, heated towel rails
and space heating through under berth fan blowers.
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Warm Crew
Keeping skipper and crew warm is a must, particularly
if the crew are family and young children. The Eberspächer
is easy to control and easy to understand. The unit is well
away from the living areas and all you see is the cabin controller
and feel the warmth of the heat from the cabin outlets.
Dry Lockers
Heat from natural convection of the principal
components is a good side benefit of fitting Eberspächer.
Those hidden places that, left to their own devices, become
damp, smelly and pretty horrid. By passing hot ducts or water
pipes through these, natural heating currents are set up that
move air and combat the damp.
Indirect
Eberspächer heaters are “indirectly fired” diesel
burning units. This simply means that the products of combustion
pass to the outside and do not contaminate cabin heating.
All skipper and crew feel is fresh warm air.
Self Regulating
All heaters in the Eberspächer range self regulate
over a number of heat levels. This avoids boiler “cycling”
or on/off switching and makes for an improved, even temperature
in the cabin. Electrical consumption is greatly reduced with
this style of operation.
Safety
Eberspächer heaters are strong, robust units.
Fail safe and protection for correct operation are engineered
to give confidence.
Service Network
There is a full national and international network
of factory trained service centres. There will be an Eberspächer
expert near to your boat to give advice, service and reliable
support.
Fully compliant
Every Eberspächer kit fully complies with
both the British Waterways and Environmental Agency Boat Safety
Scheme and the European Recreational Craft Directive.
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Calltronic
And now, ask your heater to start ahead of your
arrival at the boat from your mobile. A specially designed
electronic receiver takes your mobile phone instruction and
starts the heater automatically.
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