On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we finally get to fire up our planar 12v diesel heaters for the first time onboard our custom 435 catamaran SV ba...

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hey guys welcome back do you hear that

that's the hub of our temporary heating

still going

we're on week three of our heating

install yeah

although NGOs defense like he says this

is not the only project that he's doing

so we got a million things to button up

and this is just one of them luckily

it's not as cold right now so yeah he's

kind of off the hook but I really do

want to get this done and completed and

we are almost done I can't wait to get

this fired up yeah so let's see what the

captain's working on because I hear him

down there looks like he is doing

something it's getting there

we're almost done maybe there too one

day one day I'll help okay

how about tomorrow I fire these puppies

up let's do it let's get to work

I'm back at it

another ugly day filter rain all day

today luckily I'm inside ok let's take a

look at what we got going

tanks are out I've marked them out and I

mark these out for a reason

because I have to run some ducting this

used to be my air inlet it is now gonna

be an exhaust it's gonna tie into this

unit here this unit actually goes in

feeds have a state room in here turned

round comes back out will snake around

exit here come around here exit down

here and I'll have two registers one

here and one here so have to rough all

this in right now because when I put

these tanks in I want to be able to

mount the pumps right here right where I

could see them in order to do that I

want to know where all this ducting goes

so let's get that in

okay that gives me a good idea of where

the ducting is going to be these were

all the old holes for the water see

water in seawater out condensation drip

I'm actually cut this out and mount a

grille of this for an air intake for

this cabinet

it's so different when you're living on

your boat and working on it you really

got to keep your work environment clean

because at the end of the day you don't

to be going to bed

and fibreglass dust

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okay now that a little ventilation into

this cabinet let's I need to still put

the tanks back on but before I do that

let's work on the exhaust there's two

exhaust pipes that come out and they're

to be centered right through these

sleeves and I'm going to pack it around

here with glass insulation to keep any

of that heat transferring out to the

sleeves

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next thing you do is wrap fiberglass

wool

around the exhaust

and then insert this into the sleeve

this will keep it centered

and keep that heat from traveling to the

sleeve

I'll do this from both sides one down

take a look at this everything that's

good

the exhaust in this locker is done it

penetrates through this bulkhead into

that huge Locker from there they'll be

attached to mufflers and then risers

that penetrate to the upper deck

through a chimney so now what's next

well I can mount these but then I think

it's gonna get in my way I still need to

do some work right here so let's do this

next that's where I'm going to mount the

fuel pumps my dad is so crazy

he's cutting those things outside in the

storm

it is ugly cold not too bad just soaking

wet okay okay I just cut this piece

right here I'm gonna mount nuts at you

right there and it gives me a nice

platform for the fuel pumps my a

mounting plate is almost done with the

last pump on

and there we go just like that

now this simply gets mounted right here

so it was hard to get a drill into this

area right here luckily I have a little

flexible drill bit

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kiss the next thing I'm gonna do is if

these tanks in firmly do that off to

mount this pickup to right in the bottom

of the tank they leave a little flat

spot to drill it in I don't know why

they don't put it in but think about

this

you have to unscrew this beat it all the

way through here through the hole hold

it steady

put the washer on and tighten the nut

well it's like building a ship in a

bottle I have a couple of ideas I'm

going to do this let's see how it works

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I could do this in one take

I tied a drill bit for weight I could

see it in there drop it out pull this

tight

cut the drill bit off

thread

the pickup tube on here

right about there

and now need the stopper midway through

this line

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now let's see if I could pull this into

place and there it is

I work pretty good I like it

cut this off

pull this out

and tighten it up

getting close here this goes in but I

wanted to get my little retainer screws

and all my ducting I'm not gluing this

together because I want to be able to

disassemble this if I needed to I just

need to make it into last connection

here I need to go into that locker and

slide it right in once that's in I have

my last three retainer screws and mount

the tanks can you hear me yep great what

do you want me to do well when ice

you'll see this little see that big

4-inch pipe yeah yeah yeah okay yeah I

do hold on let me get it up well

hold on let me get up there Emma yeah uh

there's a spacer it's underneath a very

back in the back of the locker

underneath of the pipe yeah see that

Oh better well um hold on out okay it

out no it was it yeah there we go

hey push it down yeah okay the spacers

don't say underneath there anymore okay

looks good okay welcome ah how they got

that last connection in

just tie this all in and this ducting is

in for good well I've done as much work

as I can behind the scenes here it's

time to get these tanks in firmly okay

it's getting there I left this little

gap down here little one-inch gap under

everything so be easy to just insert a

little absorbent pad that'll be easy

there it is that way all my field lines

have a little protection underneath them

and I can see if I have any leaks and if

there is it's easy to replace and

diagnose a problem

okay let's see what we got going down

here it's a new day let's get these few

lines in got them all laid out right

here here's the fuel lines that came

with the unit the filters came with a

steel clamps I went and bought new

stainless ones and upgraded to a marine

grade fuel line so these go away I use

all this okay I've got the first one in

get it in and up there fits nicely

right there get those clamps on

next thing I have is a cat a little

length for my fuel filter this gets

plugged in and right on the bottom error

okay here's the last fuel line

connection there's no directions on the

orientation to put these fuel pumps but

I did see on somebody else's video they

suggested tilting them 20 degrees I'm

gonna fire them up see how they do if

they have problems it's real easy to

loosen these two set screws and tilt

them any orientation I want

fuel lines are all in next electrical

got everything set up right here and

staged got my wire my connectors my sub

fuse panel I'm gonna think I'm gonna put

in a light in there as well

here is my carbon monoxide alarms so

let's calculate what we need and get

this thing going

okay to calculate which wire I need I

open my blue C systems circuit wizard I

could calculate wire size if I was to

run both of those units simultaneously

they surged to 6 amps for about a minute

so let's say that the load let's call it

14 let's say just play it safe I know my

feet

and I have to run 15 feet and it surges

for about a minute so let's call it 2

minutes just over calculate this a

little bit and calculate so as I need 12

gauge

there's the wire I need okay to get my

wire

15 feet through this conduit I do have a

messenger tied right here but I don't

need it because when I took the other

unit out

I left that line in here and I just

taped it to the end of this and will

pull it through I will need a little bit

of help though then can you help me for

a second okay your job is just to make

sure it spools off correctly I'm gonna

pull from the nav station make sure that

not gets through the conduit smooth and

I'll just be changing the one ten to

twelve volt correct are you ready yeah

that should do it

hey my job done okay

wires pulled through I'm gonna mount the

sub panel and then actually wire this to

the sub panel that way I could secure

this bundle so it doesn't move and work

from the other side at the main panel

okay now that we've pulled the 12-volt

lead from the heaters over the board

I'll get that wired into my 12-volt

panel here I'll remove that 110 lead

from our old heater air conditioner at

the same time

okay I've killed the 12 volt now it's

time to direct my attention to my new 12

volt lead to the sub panel it goes to

this breaker here so it's just a matter

of prepping the wire and get it in song

like to score just about halfway through

just barely touch the razor type want to

make sure I don't Mar any of the wires

below just give a little bit of a score

I'm gonna pull right off on your mark

okay I have my 12-volt killed right now

but my 110 is switched on the board here

so it's nice to put something

non-conductive over this just in case I

bump into a hot lead over here okay

everything's tied in just gonna need to

put my last connectors on and tie it

into my breaker

it leads in now it's in the off position

I'm gonna order my new label

let's head downstairs and see what's

next well there's only two things left

connect the electrical to the new panel

and start working on the air intakes so

let's do that okay before I get these

air intakes in I want to fill in all

this sound deadening around here well

that was easy

okay the exhaust is here the air inlets

for the burner are up here I have to use

the same ambient air pressure for the

intake that I do for the exhaust that

forces me to go outside the exhaust is

outside so I just punch saved little

time Dez off-camera

punched two more holes through the wall

here epoxy sleeves in and I'll be able

to insert the intakes for the burner now

now it's just a matter of inserting

these in

one

there's to get those clamped and secured

okay it's a little tight but not too bad

okay let's take a look at this exhaust

intake all mounted in place this locker

is about done just the electrical

connections left stuff work to do on the

opposite side in the locker I need to

put air filters on my intakes mufflers

on my exhaust and then go out after the

muffler it's going out the cabin top but

for now I jump on electrical I'll hit

that first thing in the morning still

raining outside

let's get in late okay we're on the

homestretch

are we compass

here's what a guy

I just removed my old thermostat but the

new thermostats are you talking to me

the new thermostats are much smaller and

won't cover up this hole so I've made a

little template here compass calm down

I'm right here I'm literally right here

here play the mid-foot there you go okay

this lays out all the hardware needed to

attach the new thermostats and here's

the little piece that I'm working with

I'll be able to cut this out lay out all

the new holes and attach it here's the

thermostats cute little guys little

mounting hardware and the wire harnesses

most of this will be cut away this huge

lead is the power lead I've put a power

lead right in the cabinet so I'll be

able to cut most of this off along with

their inline box because it is T is

there as well so let's get on this

compass

ah okay I just went outside cut this out

now to do a quick layout and get it

installed

okay got all my cutouts I also cut out

here to match my plate now it's just a

matter of

Manning's on I've hidden all these

fasteners behind there so another one

will show now I'm gonna get the

thermostats just through the hole here

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there's one

and to yeah I'm happy with that

okay here's the new thermostats here's

the old one got this door behind our

fusions stereo system and the nice white

of Chase so I just need to remove one

and add two

here's my thermostat plug right here

plugs into here but I need to chase it

under here I didn't have a lot of room

coming up so I just added another access

point right there let's see what that

looks like from below

okay comes out right here I'll be able

to tie it right into this wire chase

here I'm not sure how I'm gonna route it

yet to get over to this will play that

next okay what I want you to do this

plug in this plug see these two I'm

gonna go up top see that hole right

there yeah

feed them up one at a time to me and

then control the lines as they come

through I don't want the wires twisted

okay okay go ahead me the first one just

through the opening I wanted to come

through together though okay now just

kind of feed them so they come through

nice and smooth make sure there's no

noise okay next thing I do is start

controlling these leads get these tied

in right along here

okay

why are you getting tidy thermostats go

up next just tie these power leads into

the sub panel okay we're getting close

now

I need to clean up this mess

here's my old thermostat I've left this

in because I'm gonna use it for a

messenger to pull the new leads through

so that's next pull this through make

the action tuck the wires get this all

buttoned up and thermostats will be done

okay and the grab is a gray wire yeah

now it's tied to this bundle I'm gonna

pull it just pull it nice and slow make

sure it doesn't snag it but snag don't

pull through the part I'll pull back

keep pulling is it feel like it's doing

no feel like it okay something okay

there you go perfect okay keep pulling

keep pulling and there we go thank you

camera thinks tucked in thermostats are

hooked up okay the last connection on

the wire harness was plugging in the

fuel pumps went in nice and smooth

getting close to firing these up Wow it

is ugly outside windy rainy just

miserable but it's about to get cozy in

here because we have power

let's see how everything finished out

here everything's done it's all in put

in a carbon monoxide detector I wired it

in a light it's up here thought it'd be

handy I also got some high-temperature

wrap and put it around the exhaust

anywhere it got close to anything so I

think we're ready to put a little diesel

in here and test these puppies out okay

I just fired it up I can't hear it oh

yeah I can

get here the fan going

you're the pumpkin I ended up wrapping

this entire exhaust port I'm gonna do

that to this one as well I just felt a

little safer that way it's kicking up

getting a little more speed to it let's

close this up see how quiet it's not too

bad you can hear a faint clicking of the

pump but I'm happy that let me see if I

can feel some air coming through this

all right yeah there we go it's working

Merry Christmas to us it feels so nice

now that the heater is finally working

fired up I can actually take off

jacketed sweaters hats I feel good I

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