Heater install on centre console

[Charter Tofino]

I am looking to install a heater on our Lux Marine build. The boat is currently in getting a wrap around canvas for the benches. I’ve got a Planar 44d heater to pair with this and am having a hard time committing to an exhaust port. The heater will be installed on the drivers side inside the console. It’s easy to run the exhaust port out the console but melted jackets and fumes on the deck is the concern.

Has anyone run their exhaust up to the roof on a console? Or just run a long exhaust line in general? It will be about a 5.5 ft run to the roof. The concern is carbon build up over the long vertical run. Will be run with kerosene and full tilt or off so I think it will be feasible. Will be able to have a water tight port welded on the roof side exhaust port.

Any thoughts or ideas?

 

[Charter Tofino]

The exhaust could come up the right side as marked in red. Either as heat wrapped exhaust or heat wrapped exhaust in an aluminum pipe. Does anyone know how hot a heat wrapped exhaust gets 2 ft from heater?

 

[Brando]

Any chance of having a pipe welded though the deck and out the side of the hull.

 

[ship happens]

I don't see why you couldn't do a roof mount exhaust. As long as you made it yourself. Make a cap of some sort. Make the cap removable would be smart. Any stainless fasteners up top i would goop well with tef gel.

That exhaust gets hot. Even with heat wrap it can melt plastic touching or almost touching it. Well ventilated pipes.

I personally prefer tightly wrapped heat wrap over the sleeve stuff. You want that heat to blow out the exhaust as much as possible.

 

[Charter Tofino]

Any chance of having a pipe welded though the deck and out the side of the hull.

It turns into a pretty big job going that route unfortunately. No clean route and the run would be longer than factory specs.

 

[Rain City]

Just do a big ******* smoke stack and have the exhaust end anywhere inside of there. Roll coal...

 

[ship happens]

Aluminum pipe up the CC and out the top with a cap. Maybe it will warm the rest of the cab and cool the exhaust at the same time. Good experiment anyway

 

[Charter Tofino]

I don't see why you couldn't do a roof mount exhaust. As long as you made it yourself. Make a cap of some sort. Make the cap removable would be smart. Any stainless fasteners up top i would goop well with tef gel.

That exhaust gets hot. Even with heat wrap it can melt plastic touching or almost touching it. Well ventilated pipes.

I personally prefer tightly wrapped heat wrap over the sleeve stuff. You want that heat to blow out the exhaust as much as possible.

Ya it’s not a very clean option but still seems better than an exhaust port at the side of console where people/items are going to get exposed to the through hull exhaust. I could get a cover built for this option but I think it would still be too hot. My other boat will melt through a bumper in no time if you don’t keep it clear.

Thanks for the wrap advice. I assume you can’t just keep wrapping and expect a serious insulation increase to drop the contact. My concern is skin contact in that exposed location.

 

[ship happens]

Might not need any heat wrap the more I think about this. Send a pipe vertically up there and put a cover over the pipe so you can touch it. Weld the pipe to the top of the cab roof. Make a little top cover. Might work really damn good

 

[Gong Show]

Ya it’s not a very clean option but still seems better than an exhaust port at the side of console where people/items are going to get exposed to the through hull exhaust. I could get a cover built for this option but I think it would still be too hot. My other boat will melt through a bumper in no time if you don’t keep it clear.

Thanks for the wrap advice. I assume you can’t just keep wrapping and expect a serious insulation increase to drop the contact. My concern is skin contact in that exposed location.

Yes you can!
I have a Wallas stove with exhaust running out under the unit, on top of my fridge.
Running hard heat caused a funny smell, found out the exhaust tube with single wrap was melting into the top of my fridge.
What a cluster!
I want my crew to have warm hands to pull traps, but the Lucky needs to be cold!
Double wrapped the exhaust, as per some smart person's advice, and voila! Happy crew and skipper!

 

[Gong Show]

Might not need any heat wrap the more I think about this. Send a pipe vertically up there and put a cover over the pipe so you can touch it. Weld the pipe to the top of the cab roof. Make a little top cover. Might work really damn good

Boring!

3" x 22" Flue Guard

PART# 16-030 A decorative guard measuring 22” long, made of 304 stainless steel, to cover the chimney pipe to protect hands from touching the exhaust chimney. (Dickinson chimney accessories are meant to be used only with Dickinson appliances).

dickinsonmarine.com

 

[ship happens]

Boring!

3" x 22" Flue Guard

PART# 16-030 A decorative guard measuring 22” long, made of 304 stainless steel, to cover the chimney pipe to protect hands from touching the exhaust chimney. (Dickinson chimney accessories are meant to be used only with Dickinson appliances).

dickinsonmarine.com

Pretty sure he's going to wanna use about a 1inch pipe. Coming up that column I wouldn't strap stainless to that. Make an aluminum cover and weld it on in a few places. Done.

 

[Gong Show]

Pretty sure he's going to wanna use about a 1inch pipe. Coming up that column I wouldn't strap stainless to that. Make an aluminum cover and weld it on in a few places. Done.

It does say 'decorative' as the second word in the description.
It's bling, but with proper offsets, could provide a modicum of charm to the 'cabin'.
Could be the first aluminum cc with a 'yacht finish'!

 

[Gong Show]

I bought the wrap from Trotac.

 

[Brando]

3/4” sch 40 might do the trick you’ll have to try to confirm it’s slightly larger than 1” OD. I would do what sh suggests and weld it out through the roof a simple cap that directs it backwards or a bent 90* on the top side would do just fine. I think it’s gonna get too hot for a bare hand to want to touch though but some C channel or angle iron over top of the pipe should do it. If you use any kind of heat wrap the stuff planar and espar sell works much better than the fiberglass header wrap.

 

[ship happens]

Even just a piece of flatbar tacked in the corner of that column

 

[Max123]

Any thought of running the heater in the seat box and then venting up one of the back canopy support posts with a guard? Or even just vent it out the back of the seat with a big 'caution - hot' sign. Keeps it a bit more tidy, and avoids the vent stack blocking sight lines in the console. Not sure if the console has a rear facing seat behind it (which would obviously complicate matters).

I always wondered if you can get an electric seat heater incorporated in the cushions for a leaning post. Would likely be a decent draw on the electrical system - but all cars have them, and you are likely running dual batteries anyway. The problem is likely that you couldn't find something rated for exposed/wet applications.