Johnrgould
Member
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2018
- Messages
- 23
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Lilly May
- Vessel Make
- 1977 Trojan F-36 Tri-Fly
Hi,
We have a 1977 Trojan F36 Tri-fly and we use our boat year around. We do take trips on it but most of the time we go out a couple miles and anchor. We live in Eastern Oregon and we spend our time on the Columbia River. My Wife is always cold. I have a 6.5K Onan water cooled generator. I am designing a heating system similiar to what side by sides and utv use. I intercept the coolant before the heat exchanger. Put a inline thermostat in the coolant hose and divert the hot coolant thru some Heater core units with a fan and thermostat. Then after heater cores it goes back to close system coolant pump. When engine gets to temp the inline thermostat opens and sends excess heat to heat exchanger.
So my question is has anybody done this and their experience with it. I can not find any infomation on this subject. Is there any reason this is not a good idea. My Wife is always cold so I thought this could be a great heat source when generator is running.
Thank you for any info or comments!
We have a 1977 Trojan F36 Tri-fly and we use our boat year around. We do take trips on it but most of the time we go out a couple miles and anchor. We live in Eastern Oregon and we spend our time on the Columbia River. My Wife is always cold. I have a 6.5K Onan water cooled generator. I am designing a heating system similiar to what side by sides and utv use. I intercept the coolant before the heat exchanger. Put a inline thermostat in the coolant hose and divert the hot coolant thru some Heater core units with a fan and thermostat. Then after heater cores it goes back to close system coolant pump. When engine gets to temp the inline thermostat opens and sends excess heat to heat exchanger.
So my question is has anybody done this and their experience with it. I can not find any infomation on this subject. Is there any reason this is not a good idea. My Wife is always cold so I thought this could be a great heat source when generator is running.
Thank you for any info or comments!