Diesel heater
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
Harry
I have a 2023 Webasto diesel heater on my current boat. Absolutely no
problems with it, heats quickly, extremely miserly on fuel. One thing the
dealer stressed to me was to regularly use the heater. Apparently
these things consume so little fuel that they can clog up otherwise. Might
be worth checking your installation before throwing in the towel.
Jim Waskowich
ex owner
NT 37 Grand Adventure
New London
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM Harry Hungate via Sentoa <
sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to
ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before
we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on
it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly
I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than
pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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There is a filter in the pump and another that is part of the injector nozzle, both are user replaceable
Richard Cohen
508-265-7277
Typed with my thumbs and voice to text, please excuse any typos and the brevity.
From: Jim Waskowich via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 2:39:18 PM
To: South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA) sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Cc: Jim Waskowich jwaskowi@gmail.com
Subject: [Sentoa] Re: Diesel heater
Harry
I have a 2023 Webasto diesel heater on my current boat. Absolutely no problems with it, heats quickly, extremely miserly on fuel. One thing the dealer stressed to me was to regularly use the heater. Apparently these things consume so little fuel that they can clog up otherwise. Might be worth checking your installation before throwing in the towel.
Jim Waskowich
ex owner
NT 37 Grand Adventure
New London
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM Harry Hungate via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.orgmailto:sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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Hi, Jim and many thanks for the reply. Our tug lives on the Great Lakes and the chinese diesel heater get all-too-regular use up there. We bought the boat in Connecticutwhere it spent most of its life, so I think the heater is just worn out.
Harry Hungate
On Feb 1, 2025, at 2:39 PM, Jim Waskowich via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
Harry
I have a 2023 Webasto diesel heater on my current boat. Absolutely no problems with it, heats quickly, extremely miserly on fuel. One thing the dealer stressed to me was to regularly use the heater. Apparently these things consume so little fuel that they can clog up otherwise. Might be worth checking your installation before throwing in the towel.
Jim Waskowich
ex ownerNT 37 Grand Adventure
New London
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM Harry Hungate via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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Thanks, Richard! I replaced the fuel pump filter a couple of years ago, but did not know about a second filter in the injector nozzle. I'll have a look at it when we splash in late May. Boat is wintering in Seneca, IL.
Harry Hungate
On Feb 1, 2025, at 4:59 PM, Richard Cohen via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
There is a filter in the pump and another that is part of the injector nozzle, both are user replaceable
Richard Cohen
508-265-7277
Typed with my thumbs and voice to text, please excuse any typos and the brevity.
From: Jim Waskowich via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 2:39:18 PM
To: South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA) <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Cc: Jim Waskowich <jwaskowi@gmail.com>
Subject: [Sentoa] Re: Diesel heaterHarry
I have a 2023 Webasto diesel heater on my current boat. Absolutely no problems with it, heats quickly, extremely miserly on fuel. One thing the dealer stressed to me was to regularly use the heater. Apparently these things consume so little fuel that they can clog up otherwise. Might be worth checking your installation before throwing in the towel.
Jim Waskowich
ex owner NT 37 Grand Adventure
New London
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM Harry Hungate via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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I have not had mine apart yet, nor am I suggesting that this is the exact part, but my understanding is that the nozzle has a metal particle "filter" in the back
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Richard Cohen
508-265-7277
Typed with my thumbs and voice to text, please excuse any typos and the brevity.
From: Harry Hungate wcx7106@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 5:09:55 PM
To: sentoa@lists.sentoa.org sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Cc: Richard Cohen rcohen@bostoncio.com; sentoa@lists.sentoa.org sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Subject: Re: [Sentoa] Re: Diesel heater
Thanks, Richard! I replaced the fuel pump filter a couple of years ago, but did not know about a second filter in the injector nozzle. I'll have a look at it when we splash in late May. Boat is wintering in Seneca, IL.
Harry Hungate
On Feb 1, 2025, at 4:59 PM, Richard Cohen via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
There is a filter in the pump and another that is part of the injector nozzle, both are user replaceable
Richard Cohen
508-265-7277
Typed with my thumbs and voice to text, please excuse any typos and the brevity.
From: Jim Waskowich via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 2:39:18 PM
To: South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA) sentoa@lists.sentoa.org
Cc: Jim Waskowich jwaskowi@gmail.com
Subject: [Sentoa] Re: Diesel heater
Harry
I have a 2023 Webasto diesel heater on my current boat. Absolutely no problems with it, heats quickly, extremely miserly on fuel. One thing the dealer stressed to me was to regularly use the heater. Apparently these things consume so little fuel that they can clog up otherwise. Might be worth checking your installation before throwing in the towel.
Jim Waskowich
ex owner
NT 37 Grand Adventure
New London
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM Harry Hungate via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.orgmailto:sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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Thanks, again, Richard. Now I will know what to look for.
Harry Hungate
On Feb 1, 2025, at 5:23 PM, Richard Cohen <rcohen@bostoncio.com> wrote:
I have not had mine apart yet, nor am I suggesting that this is the exact part, but my understanding is that the nozzle has a metal particle "filter" in the back
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Richard Cohen
508-265-7277
Typed with my thumbs and voice to text, please excuse any typos and the brevity.
From: Harry Hungate <wcx7106@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 5:09:55 PM
To: sentoa@lists.sentoa.org <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Cc: Richard Cohen <rcohen@bostoncio.com>; sentoa@lists.sentoa.org <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Subject: Re: [Sentoa] Re: Diesel heaterThanks, Richard! I replaced the fuel pump filter a couple of years ago, but did not know about a second filter in the injector nozzle. I'll have a look at it when we splash in late May. Boat is wintering in Seneca, IL.
Harry HungateOn Feb 1, 2025, at 4:59 PM, Richard Cohen via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
There is a filter in the pump and another that is part of the injector nozzle, both are user replaceable
Richard Cohen
508-265-7277
Typed with my thumbs and voice to text, please excuse any typos and the brevity.
From: Jim Waskowich via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 2:39:18 PM
To: South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA) <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Cc: Jim Waskowich <jwaskowi@gmail.com>
Subject: [Sentoa] Re: Diesel heaterHarry
I have a 2023 Webasto diesel heater on my current boat. Absolutely no problems with it, heats quickly, extremely miserly on fuel. One thing the dealer stressed to me was to regularly use the heater. Apparently these things consume so little fuel that they can clog up otherwise. Might be worth checking your installation before throwing in the towel.
Jim Waskowich
ex owner NT 37 Grand Adventure
New London
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM Harry Hungate via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org> wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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i have a nt32 and installed a VVBB heater mid priced works great
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On Feb 1, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Harry Hungate via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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The Wallas Heaters are excellent.
So quiet outside you can’t tell they are even running.
-evan
NT37-148
Tugaway
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(please excuse the typos...)
On Feb 2, 2025, at 09:48, Weik Anne via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
i have a nt32 and installed a VVBB heater mid priced works great
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On Feb 1, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Harry Hungate via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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Thanks, but these are way beyond my budget.
Harry Hungate
On Feb 2, 2025, at 3:23 PM, Evan Effa via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
The Wallas Heaters are excellent.
So quiet outside you can’t tell they are even running.
-evan
NT37-148
Tugaway
Sent from my iPhone
(please excuse the typos...)
On Feb 2, 2025, at 09:48, Weik Anne via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
i have a nt32 and installed a VVBB heater mid priced works great
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 1, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Harry Hungate via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
The chinese 12 v dc diesel heater on our NT 32-238 "Bessie" has failed to ignite. It replaced the factory-installed ESPAR? heater some years before we purchased the vessel in 2020, so it has at least five years of use on it. The thermostat control has also become a bit erratic and quite frankly I do not want to try to troubleshoot the heater.
I am tempted to replace it with another chinese diesel heater rather than pay over ten times as much for an ESPAR or WEBASTO heater.
Anyone care to share their experience and recommend a heater?
Many thanks,
Harry Hungate
Bessie NT 32-238
2004 Model
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