chaslanier
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Does anyone know where the bilge heater would be plugged in on a 320 Sundancer? Can see the cord but cannot trace it far.
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Wow, 10 amps for a bilge heater? That's like 5000 BTU. You would think a continuous 250 watts in the bilge would be more than enough to keep stuff from hard freezing in marginal subfreezing temperatures.
I can raise the temperature of my garage (5000 cubic feet) by 30 degrees in about 2 hours with a 10000 BTU heater in less than 2 hours when it's -10 F outside.
you know what?.....you are absolutely correct.....I just looked on the net and found a large Xtreme bilge heater will pull around 6 amps at normal operation....so my numbers were exaggerated....I wrongly expected a bilge heater to put out around 1500 watts of heat like most small portable heaters....those heaters do pull 10 -12 amps while running....
thanks for calling me on this....I don't like to mislead people.....and I learned something....
but the idea of knowing the total amp draw of everything on a specific circuit still applies to determine if there is a chance of popping the breaker if the items are all running at the same time...
cliff
thanks for calling me on this....I don't like to mislead people.....and I learned something....
so I ran a pigtail down into the bilge and installed an outlet near the port engine.
please rethink this....you never want to have an outlet in the ER.....this presents a potential spark hazard.....and the coast guard will likely fine you if they see the outlet.....
cliff
A lot of diesel boats come from the manufacturer with 110 volt outlets in the engine rooms. As far as I can tell there is no problem. Gas engines are a whole different animal!
When I installed mine, I routed the cord to the rear where power enters the boat. I attached to the terminal on the boat side of the main breaker.
Don
Hi there, I currently run my cord up through the circular access hole in the deck but would love a cleaner solution (and I am not interested in hard wiring at this time). My hope was to run the cord from the cubby next to the cockpit fridge. You mention running up from the port salon seat. I looked under that seat and I don’t see a pass through to the engine compartment. Any advice on a good way to route a cord from the engine room up to the outlet in the cubby next to the outlet fridge? Thanks!I run my plug up from the port salon seat and plug it into the outlet in the cubby next to the cockpit refrigerator(closest outlet).