mnm99
Well-Known Member
Do any of you keep a bilge heater on when winterized on land? If so, what size and what is your electric bill like? I have a 340 and am looking into it.
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Your right. See my post earlier though. I'd like to keep my batteries from freezing and also couldn't hurt keeping the temps up a little to keep condensation down.I would think it unnecessary on a boat that was properly winterized.
$50 a month? What heater and size do you have?Mine stays plunged in. Also mine stays to the water year round. Power bill is around $50 in the winter. I think of it as insurance.
When I do get to the boat I run the cabin heater as well and the fridge so that adds to my bill
I know a lot of deisel guys use pan heaters to keep the condensation down inside the motors - the added benefit is all that cast iron is a giant heat sink for the rest of the bilge - i never hear about gas boats using them thoughI'm in the same marina as Wyrman and keep my boat in the water all winter. I use a Boatsafe heater in the bilge and have 6 or 7 110V heaters spread throughout the boat. They keep the interior of the boat around 40*-45*. I also have one of the 110V heaters in the lazarette. There's a through-hull down there that has a glass "jar" that the filter sits in.
A few years ago I sorta forgot about putting a heater in the lazarette. Don't ask me how I was reminded that there needs to be a heater in there. I also drain the glass jars on all the thru-hulls when I winterize the boat.