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Post by Andyberg on Nov 29, 2017 1:24:01 GMT
thank you. There are firelighters. Did not just want to guess. Ours has a separate tank too. No idea how much is in there, might see if I can dip it. Might even be worth filling it up anyway. this is my second boat with a bubble stove awesome beasties Yup concur with you there Peter.
Once it’s lit and running hot it should be blue like this... if it’s yellow/flamey it’s running too rich and the diesel ain’t vaporising! Enjoy your cosy warm trip!
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Post by bargemast on Nov 29, 2017 8:34:47 GMT
My boat has diesel fuel ce,tral heating, which is rather nice for someone like me with a very bad back. The only thing that isn't nice is that the price of this liquid is going up by the day. They delivered 500ltr of fuel to my boat yesterday for € 387,94 (+/-£350) which is already more than half my retirement pension. If one day I can sell my boats, and find (or build) another one, I'm thinking about a stove that will use pellets. The bags with pellets are often about 10 kgs, a weight that I can handle, and don't give the amount of dust that wood- and coal makes. To be as independent as possible it will have to be one that doesn't need electricity, and possibly with a waste oil burner too. Peter. . Pete, were going up to the boat tomorrow and unwanted to try the stove. Whatever best way to get it going? Bubble diesel one. Any tips. Adrian The boat I'm living on has a fairly big SOMY jet burner, it's more like a domestic unit, as long as there's fuel, enough, power in the batteries to supply the inverter with 24V it's a trouble free system. If you follow up Andy's instructions, your fire should work and burn with a nice blue flame like on Andy's photo. You may have to give it a good clean first, as it's very important that the burnerpot is free of carbon deposit to heat up quick so it can evaporate the fuel. Also all the small holes around the burnerpot have to be clean, to get the air that's needed to the burnerpot. By the time you read this, you're probably already on the boat, where it's already nice and warm. Best of luck with it, and enjoy the heat. Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Nov 29, 2017 8:49:58 GMT
There's a video with some (maybe) useful visible demonstration and talking about lighting a diesel stove (not a Bubble) here : the start of the stove 6.30
Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Nov 29, 2017 8:57:29 GMT
this is my second boat with a bubble stove awesome beasties Yup concur with you there Peter.
Once it’s lit and running hot it should be blue like this... if it’s yellow/flamey it’s running too rich and the diesel ain’t vaporising! Enjoy your cosy warm trip!
Nice stove Andy, it looks like it could be a family member of the one I have on my small barge in the avatar, although not an exact copy. Too bad the picture is so dark, but you can still see how much they look alike, mine shows a nice blue flame like yours too when it's lit. Peter.
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Post by lollygagger on Nov 29, 2017 9:31:58 GMT
this is my second boat with a bubble stove awesome beasties Yup concur with you there Peter.
Once it’s lit and running hot it should be blue like this... if it’s yellow/flamey it’s running too rich and the diesel ain’t vaporising! Enjoy your cosy warm trip!
My head is still ringing with the £50/week you said in another thread that it costs to run it!
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Post by quaysider on Nov 29, 2017 14:51:22 GMT
What a pretty blue flame...
oo erm I mean That looks warm lol
I need to amend my previous posting as I've just made the fire up! ;-)
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 29, 2017 14:57:50 GMT
Yup concur with you there Peter.
Once it’s lit and running hot it should be blue like this... if it’s yellow/flamey it’s running too rich and the diesel ain’t vaporising! Enjoy your cosy warm trip!
My head is still ringing with the £50/week you said in another thread that it costs to run it! I made an basic mistake in my calculations, it takes around 6 litres a day at .66 for red diesel so it's about £25 for 24/7 full boat heat and water, if I could be arsed going for kerosene, I could drop it to .50 a litre so £20 a week!! Baring in mind my work patterns, the times I'm away from my boat and the peace of mind that it's safe to leave it in whilst I'm not there, knowing boats warm when I get home, plus I don't stink like Guy Fawkes or have a boat covered with half inch of coaldust shite or a roof full of manky twigs and coal bags, I don't think that's too bad!!👍
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Post by quaysider on Nov 29, 2017 15:44:52 GMT
My head is still ringing with the £50/week you said in another thread that it costs to run it! I made an basic mistake in my calculations, it takes around 6 litres a day at .66 for red diesel so it's about £25 for 24/7 full boat heat and water, if I could be arsed going for kerosene, I could drop it to .50 a litre so £20 a week!! Baring in mind my work patterns, the times I'm away from my boat and the peace of mind that it's safe to leave it in whilst I'm not there, knowing boats warm when I get home, plus I don't stink like Guy Fawkes or have a boat covered with half inch of coaldust shite or a roof full of manky twigs and coal bags, I don't think that's too bad!!👍 oh yes... that's something we didn't take into account... although now we "live with it" day to day, only having a proper clean up when someone comes to visit lol
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Post by thebfg on Nov 29, 2017 18:08:49 GMT
. Pete, were going up to the boat tomorrow and unwanted to try the stove. Whatever best way to get it going? Bubble diesel one. Any tips. Adrian The boat I'm living on has a fairly big SOMY jet burner, it's more like a domestic unit, as long as there's fuel, enough, power in the batteries to supply the inverter with 24V it's a trouble free system. If you follow up Andy's instructions, your fire should work and burn with a nice blue flame like on Andy's photo. You may have to give it a good clean first, as it's very important that the burnerpot is free of carbon deposit to heat up quick so it can evaporate the fuel. Also all the small holes around the burnerpot have to be clean, to get the air that's needed to the burnerpot. By the time you read this, you're probably already on the boat, where it's already nice and warm. Best of luck with it, and enjoy the heat. Peter. No blooming cold. We've come home now. Couldn't get any fuel through. The stove does need a good clean. I wonder if something is blocked. On the left under the front at the end of the fuel line was a lever that spins all the way around. Had no idea which way it was supposed to be pointing. At one pointbi noticed a teaspoon full but no idea how I did it. Can't get the radiators warm either from the colifour. The pump is by The stove. I haven't tried moving any knobs or anything by the stove. I wonder if there's something stopping the water flowing. We did chucknthe small electric heater. But the main task was to winterise it. As we won't be back up till Xmas.
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Post by patty on Nov 29, 2017 18:20:14 GMT
The boat I'm living on has a fairly big SOMY jet burner, it's more like a domestic unit, as long as there's fuel, enough, power in the batteries to supply the inverter with 24V it's a trouble free system. If you follow up Andy's instructions, your fire should work and burn with a nice blue flame like on Andy's photo. You may have to give it a good clean first, as it's very important that the burnerpot is free of carbon deposit to heat up quick so it can evaporate the fuel. Also all the small holes around the burnerpot have to be clean, to get the air that's needed to the burnerpot. By the time you read this, you're probably already on the boat, where it's already nice and warm. Best of luck with it, and enjoy the heat. Peter. No blooming cold. We've come home now. Couldn't get any fuel through. The stove does need a good clean. I wonder if something is blocked. On the left under the front at the end of the fuel line was a lever that spins all the way around. Had no idea which way it was supposed to be pointing. At one pointbi noticed a teaspoon full but no idea how I did it. Can't get the radiators warm either from the colifour. The pump is by The stove. I haven't tried moving any knobs or anything by the stove. I wonder if there's something stopping the water flowing. We did chucknthe small electric heater. But the main task was to winterise it. As we won't be back up till Xmas. That sounds bad..hope you soon sort out the heating
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 29, 2017 18:31:21 GMT
No blooming cold. We've come home now. Couldn't get any fuel through. The stove does need a good clean. I wonder if something is blocked. On the left under the front at the end of the fuel line was a lever that spins all the way around. Had no idea which way it was supposed to be pointing. At one pointbi noticed a teaspoon full but no idea how I did it. Can't get the radiators warm either from the colifour. The pump is by The stove. I haven't tried moving any knobs or anything by the stove. I wonder if there's something stopping the water flowing. We did chucknthe small electric heater. But the main task was to winterise it. As we won't be back up till Xmas. The lever will be the diesel in cleaning lever...pull it back n forth and spin it to clear out all the burnt on coke from the fire where the diesel drips in. There's a fuel cutout lever on the Toby valve round the back, if I run out of diesel I normally take off the inlet to the valve and suck the fuel thro with a little pump then connect back up, they are susceptible to air locks. If you PM me an email addy I have some Bubble instruction info, Toby valve breakdowns / user guides I can email you! 👍
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 29, 2017 18:42:49 GMT
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Post by thebfg on Nov 29, 2017 19:16:37 GMT
No blooming cold. We've come home now. Couldn't get any fuel through. The stove does need a good clean. I wonder if something is blocked. On the left under the front at the end of the fuel line was a lever that spins all the way around. Had no idea which way it was supposed to be pointing. At one pointbi noticed a teaspoon full but no idea how I did it. Can't get the radiators warm either from the colifour. The pump is by The stove. I haven't tried moving any knobs or anything by the stove. I wonder if there's something stopping the water flowing. We did chucknthe small electric heater. But the main task was to winterise it. As we won't be back up till Xmas. The lever will be the diesel in cleaning lever...pull it back n forth and spin it to clear out all the burnt on coke from the fire where the diesel drips in. There's a fuel cutout lever on the Toby valve round the back, if I run out of diesel I normally take off the inlet to the valve and suck the fuel thro with a little pump then connect back up, they are susceptible to air locks. If you PM me an email addy I have some Bubble instruction info, Toby valve breakdowns / user guides I can email you! 👍 It was quite caked, I dident think of going in and out. That will be really appreciated, thank you. I've pmd you. Just want to put this to bed and work on the next issue.
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Post by bargemast on Nov 29, 2017 20:48:45 GMT
Sad to hear about your missery in the cold, that's terribly annoying.
Did it work well last year ?
Have you ever checked if the fuel comes out of the line when undone at the regulator ?
Did you ever clean the tubular filter in the bottom of your regulator ?
Make sure all the oil channels inside the regulator are letting the fuel through.
As Andy said already, the thing that turns round is there to clean the fuel supply pipe to the burner pot.
Soot and carbon deposit can easily block the fuel flow.
This video may be useful to watch :
Good luck with this dirty job,
Peter.
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Post by thebfg on Nov 29, 2017 22:17:05 GMT
Sad to hear about your missery in the cold, that's terribly annoying. Did it work well last year ? Have you ever checked if the fuel comes out of the line when undone at the regulator ? Did you ever clean the tubular filter in the bottom of your regulator ? Make sure all the oil channels inside the regulator are letting the fuel through. As Andy said already, the thing that turns round is there to clean the fuel supply pipe to the burner pot. Soot and carbon deposit can easily block the fuel flow. This video may be useful to watch : Good luck with this dirty job, Peter. We got the boat late summer this was the first time lighting it. There was fuel getting into the water separator thing. I'm getting the impression I need to clean out the pipe into the stove using that handle thing. I'll watch the video, thanks and thanks to andyburg will digest the info he's nicely emailed me. I'll pop up one evening armed with gloves and have a go. We want to spend some time winter cruising but not tiĺ we've worked out the heating.
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