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Posted by George Huffman (thatboatguy2@…>)

Michel, that was brilliant work converting the diesel heater for hot
water heat! Somehow I missed all that.

George

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

Thanks George. Now we have a few weeks of experience with the heater,
we know that the system I devised, works. I did a lot of math
calculating the minimun required calorific take-off of the radiator
and heat exchangers. Since the hot water heater is not regulated, you
have to be sure that the capacity for heat taken off is larger than
the capacity of heat produced. Otherwise, the water gets hotter and
hotter and will start to boil. In that situation turning the burner
lower is the only solution.

It works really fine; the radiator and heat exchangers are hot after
an hour of burning in position 4 or 5 (5 is max). So if you use a
lower burner setting, like in spring or autumn, only the main unit
produces heat, just like you want it. Of course, the water has to be
kept circulation all the time, no matter if radiator or heat
exchangers produce heat.

It was a lot of work installing all of it, but it was a nice excercise
for brains and hands.

Michel

— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@…> wrote:

Michel, that was brilliant work converting the diesel heater for hot
water heat! Somehow I missed all that.

George

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Posted by sgaber@…> (sgaber@…>)

Couldn’t you put a thermostat and/or a pressure relief valve in the system?

Steve Gaber
Sanderling, 1967 C-31 #77
Oldsmar, FL

---- “michel.capel” <michel.capel@…> wrote:

Thanks George. Now we have a few weeks of experience with the heater,
we know that the system I devised, works. I did a lot of math
calculating the minimun required calorific take-off of the radiator
and heat exchangers. Since the hot water heater is not regulated, you
have to be sure that the capacity for heat taken off is larger than
the capacity of heat produced. Otherwise, the water gets hotter and
hotter and will start to boil. In that situation turning the burner
lower is the only solution.

It works really fine; the radiator and heat exchangers are hot after
an hour of burning in position 4 or 5 (5 is max). So if you use a
lower burner setting, like in spring or autumn, only the main unit
produces heat, just like you want it. Of course, the water has to be
kept circulation all the time, no matter if radiator or heat
exchangers produce heat.

It was a lot of work installing all of it, but it was a nice excercise
for brains and hands.

Michel

— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@…> wrote:

Michel, that was brilliant work converting the diesel heater for hot
water heat! Somehow I missed all that.

George

–
Steve Gaber
Sanderling, 1967 C-31 #77
Oldsmar, FL