northshore
Well-Known Member
- Jan 17, 2011
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- Boat Info
- 1989 340 Sundancer
Raymarine E90W Radar/Chartplotter
- Engines
- Twin 454 Mercruiser 340's
About engine space heaters....
Our girl is in indoor heated storage again and normally before she goes into storage, she gets winterized. This year I took care of the freshwater system, the head, air conditioning and shower sump. The marina was supposed to do the engines.
For various reasons she made it into heated storage without having the engines done. The marina that did the haul out will shortly be sending someone to the storage facility to do the engines and genset. The storage facility is kept at 55 degrees but has no back up if the power goes out. If something happened where the power did go out, I would get a call as soon as it was discovered. It would probably be about 24 hours max.
The engines and genset are all freshwater cooled
What does anyone think about getting a bilge heater run through an inverter running off the set of house batteries (2 Group 31).
If can get a bilge heater of adequate size to maintain the bilge temp at about 40 for a day or two until I can get someone in to winterize the engines if the power is out for an extended period.
The underlying reason here is to save the money of having the engines winterized every year by purchasing a bilge heater once.
Thanks,
-Mike
Our girl is in indoor heated storage again and normally before she goes into storage, she gets winterized. This year I took care of the freshwater system, the head, air conditioning and shower sump. The marina was supposed to do the engines.
For various reasons she made it into heated storage without having the engines done. The marina that did the haul out will shortly be sending someone to the storage facility to do the engines and genset. The storage facility is kept at 55 degrees but has no back up if the power goes out. If something happened where the power did go out, I would get a call as soon as it was discovered. It would probably be about 24 hours max.
The engines and genset are all freshwater cooled
What does anyone think about getting a bilge heater run through an inverter running off the set of house batteries (2 Group 31).
If can get a bilge heater of adequate size to maintain the bilge temp at about 40 for a day or two until I can get someone in to winterize the engines if the power is out for an extended period.
The underlying reason here is to save the money of having the engines winterized every year by purchasing a bilge heater once.
Thanks,
-Mike