Who still has their original heater and air conditioner. I have ONE unit on a 47
Who still has their original heater and air conditioner. I have ONE unit on a 47-foot boat and it still works perfectly for heat and cool. I vacuum this out before we fire up the heater (but only need it rarely when it gets really cold in south Texas). But I’m also curious about if there’s a better air filter? It works perfect and it’s been used for 52 years and is fully contained in a big metal box?? (The last picture is the inside of the filter that’s taped on)
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Posted by: Cindy Chebultz
long as the feed wiring is ok, i would use it, maybe move the air with a fan
trim out the opening with a off set in molding so you can drop a filter in from the top.
You could get some stainless or aluminum channels and make pockets for pleated filter cartridges. Put a decorative grate over the front. Just dont run wo filtration, in the long run it’ll cost more to clean n repair the system.
We have 66 Roamer, and after getting our generator going recently, mechanic was amazed that our original heater and fridge work great. No A/C on our boat
Cindy, that current filter is a metal mesh type used in commercial units. Replacements are available from McMaster-Carr.
https://www.mcmaster.com/metal-mesh-filters
If it ain’t broke use it
That’s old school. Like a giant electric toaster for your boat.
Make sure you never touch those elements leaving an oily residue from your hands on it, it could create a hotspot and cause it to overheat in that location and break. Those ceramic insulators look pretty fragile also.
Home Depot has AC filters you can cut to size. I use the activated charcoal ones, keeps the smell neutral.
Nothing wrong with that heater Cindy…this same set up is used on oil over electric furnaces…the electric heating elements done just like this….also your surveyor apparently has never taken the heater element out of his cloths dryer to change it…same tec on a smaller scale
Example…https://www.ebay.ca/i/270845453355?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=706-89093-2056-0&mkcid=2&itemid=270845453355&targetid=607627058052&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9000655&poi=&campaignid=1669215011&mkgroupid=63013116845&rlsatarget=pla-607627058052&abcId=1063836&merchantid=137585271&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_b38lcuh5QIVwp6zCh1fZwWFEAQYAyABEgJxjfD_BwE
https://www.google.com/search?q=clothes+dryer+element+replacement&oq=cloths+dryer+replacement+element&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.12530j0j9&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
On my Constellation I put a small “Vornado” 3 speed table top fan to do double duty, one to keep heat/air moving from smaller front berths to main cabin, and secondly to keep air always moving (even if heat/air off) to avoid musty smell. I do this on my fiberglass Sportfish as well.
My old chris had bilge heaters in her.
The big scare from that era was use of propane refrigerators and heaters (which you don’t have).
For a billion different reasons, should furnace exhaust not be vented to the outside…it will find it’s way to the bilge.
When propane burns, only two thirds is consumed. The final third goes out the exhaust…unless there’s a leak…and it settles in the bilge.
Any spark can set off an explosion.
So now you know.