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Post by metanoia on Jan 21, 2018 20:08:41 GMT
With D9, John V and MagnetMan.... watch out for the lelandyii sappy stuff.
If cool enough in the morning, give chimney a quick scrub and take/shake out the baffle.
Jumpers will keep you warm but the boat will start getting damp.
Take care and keep warm
Met x
eta - sorry, crossed with JohnV's post
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Post by metanoia on Jan 21, 2018 20:10:36 GMT
BTW - I LOVE your new avatar
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Post by metanoia on Jan 21, 2018 20:15:40 GMT
You're making me feel tacky now ....
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Post by metanoia on Jan 21, 2018 20:25:01 GMT
I do have the webasto but it was put in with 15mm pipes instead of 22mm so it struggles to heat the rads further than the mid section perhaps when it is the only heat source it will gather pace...and Ive determined (from more help on here) that it will be perfectly okay to run for twelve hours at a time Good luck.
Webasto likes working hard so will run for ages - just watch your diesel tank (and power level to keep it running).
Keep warm
Met x
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Post by Jim on Jan 22, 2018 6:47:31 GMT
Place logs around the fire to dry out more, once you have it going. But not too close and keep an eye on them. Ash can be burnt green btw.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 6:58:00 GMT
Time for this?
There are several slightly different versions.
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Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear If the logs are kept a year; Store your beech for Christmastide With new-cut holly laid beside; Chestnut's only good, they say, If for years 'tis stored away; Birch and fir-wood burn too fast Blaze too bright and do not last; Flames from larch will shoot up high, Dangerously the sparks will fly; But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown.
Oak and Maple, if dry and old, Keep away the winter's cold; Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke; Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold; Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread - So it is in Ireland said; Apple-wood will scent the room, Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom; But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry A King may warm his slippers by.
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I suppose the most similar to Leyland Cypress would be Larch. This does assume you are able to ID the wood in the first place.
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Post by quaysider on Jan 22, 2018 8:04:06 GMT
I do have the webasto but it was put in with 15mm pipes instead of 22mm so it struggles to heat the rads further than the mid section perhaps when it is the only heat source it will gather pace...and Ive determined (from more help on here) that it will be perfectly okay to run for twelve hours at a time Good luck.
Webasto likes working hard so will run for ages - just watch your diesel tank (and power level to keep it running).
Keep warm
Met x
THIS BIT ... ours works very well but hammers the batteries...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 8:31:35 GMT
I came across a field full of freshly chopped down apple tree logs last winter, filled my boots and the roof, started burning them straight away, made a mess of the side of the boat with gunge out the chimney, but its getting a new coat of paint anyway, kept me warm for free so didnt really care.
Mixed with coal they burnt fine.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 22, 2018 8:40:50 GMT
Place logs around the fire to dry out more, once you have it going. But not too close and keep an eye on them. We always put our damp logs on top of the stove to dry them.
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Post by JohnV on Jan 22, 2018 8:41:58 GMT
Place logs around the fire to dry out more, once you have it going. But not too close and keep an eye on them. We always put our damp logs on top of the stove to dry them. the sizzling noise and the smell put me off doing that
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 22, 2018 8:47:30 GMT
I do have the webasto but it was put in with 15mm pipes instead of 22mm so it struggles to heat the rads further than the mid section perhaps when it is the only heat source it will gather pace...and Ive determined (from more help on here) that it will be perfectly okay to run for twelve hours at a time Rads have 2 valves. One may or may not be themostatic, but it will turn by hand. The other will have a cap held with a screw. Hot rads near webasto - unscrew, take off the cap and using a spanner, turn the valves partly off. This makes what is presently the easiest path for the circulating water a bit harder so the water will travel to the further radiators. A bit of trial and error required. The easiest time to judge is as the rads warm up - turn the hottest down as described and the coolest up.
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Post by peterboat on Jan 22, 2018 9:45:20 GMT
Its surprising how nobody balances rads anymore!!
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 22, 2018 10:06:03 GMT
Its surprising how nobody balances rads anymore!! I do. Same reason, the nearest got burny hot, the furthest barely warm. Now they all get hot. Mine are fed by 22mm, but a boat is small so I'm have thought 15mm though not ideal would work ok.
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Post by Telemachus on Jan 22, 2018 10:21:31 GMT
I do have the webasto but it was put in with 15mm pipes instead of 22mm so it struggles to heat the rads further than the mid section perhaps when it is the only heat source it will gather pace...and Ive determined (from more help on here) that it will be perfectly okay to run for twelve hours at a time Rads have 2 valves. One may or may not be themostatic, but it will turn by hand. The other will have a cap held with a screw. Hot rads near webasto - unscrew, take off the cap and using a spanner, turn the valves partly off. This makes what is presently the easiest path for the circulating water a bit harder so the water will travel to the further radiators. A bit of trial and error required. The easiest time to judge is as the rads warm up - turn the hottest down as described and the coolest up. And just to clarify further, make sure the valves at both ends of the furthest away radiator are fully open, with the nearer ones being progressively shut down so as to equalise the “difficulty” of the flow through each radiator. ”Lockshield” valves at the end that doesn’t look like it has a valve, are normally under a small plastic hat and are a spindle with a flat end. Can be rotated with pliers etc. Fully open is fully anti-clockwise, but they can tend to stick so a good idea to rotate each way to free it up. There should be several full turns from open to close.
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Post by lollygagger on Jan 22, 2018 10:32:49 GMT
Rads have 2 valves. One may or may not be themostatic, but it will turn by hand. The other will have a cap held with a screw. Hot rads near webasto - unscrew, take off the cap and using a spanner, turn the valves partly off. This makes what is presently the easiest path for the circulating water a bit harder so the water will travel to the further radiators. A bit of trial and error required. The easiest time to judge is as the rads warm up - turn the hottest down as described and the coolest up. And just to clarify further, make sure the valves at both ends of the furthest away radiator are fully open, with the nearer ones being progressively shut down so as to equalise the “difficulty” of the flow through each radiator. As we're getting techy, bigger radiators need more flow too so it could be that a bigger rad, though closer to the pump, could need to be more open than a smaller one further away. Trial and error is the best way after an initial guestimate, leave the caps off and have the spanner handy for a week of fine tuning.
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