thataway
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 8, 2018
- Messages
- 133
- Location
- Florida
- Vessel Name
- Thataway
- Vessel Make
- C Dory 25, pilot house trailerable cruiser
We had a very simple system on a Cal 46: 45,000 BTU, A header/expansion tank, and a single continuous loop, with air handlers in each of the 2 staterooms and in the main salon. Used simple thermostats to control the fans on the air handlers. No selenoids.
We did run several loops of copper tubing in the hanging locker where wet foul weather gear was stowed. We also put a couple of loops of copper tubing in each head to place towels over--warm and dry, as well as bare copper tubes around the baseboards of the heads. The rest of the tubing was insulated. This worked well in AK.
What I would want to monitor: temp at return to boiler, fluid level in expansion tank, and amps drawn by the pumps, fans, and boiler (fuel pump, ignitor and air compressor).
We did run several loops of copper tubing in the hanging locker where wet foul weather gear was stowed. We also put a couple of loops of copper tubing in each head to place towels over--warm and dry, as well as bare copper tubes around the baseboards of the heads. The rest of the tubing was insulated. This worked well in AK.
What I would want to monitor: temp at return to boiler, fluid level in expansion tank, and amps drawn by the pumps, fans, and boiler (fuel pump, ignitor and air compressor).