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Old 01-03-2011, 12:15 AM   #14
Peter B
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City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
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RE: Hot water heater

I recently, well a year or so ago, replaced our corroded out old hot water heat exchanger cylinder with a new Isotherm Basic 43 litre tank, and it is fantastic - we never run out of hot water. It has a 240v element as well, which we briefly plug in at the marina using the charger lead, (which is the only shore power we use, as we don't have AC at all out on the water), and the 30 minutes it takes for us to get ready to go is enough to raise it to about 37 degrees C. Then the engine takes over.* Yes, she was in pretty bad shape, but still worked.....but slowly......
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