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Subject: TWL: Watermakers and Water Heaters
From: Philip J. Rosch (pjr@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 09:51:35 EDT
I solved the electric water heater problem 15 years ago on my Morgan
OI/51 with a Paloma "instant on" propane water heater. I bought one for
my trawler 10 years ago and recently replaced it with a Bosch 38B LP for
$350. All the cruisers using Block Island as a staging area for the trek
south around the end of October would get really mad at me as I hosed
down the boat (at anchor) with steaming hot water.
Propane usage as a full time live-a-board is one 20# tank every 35-40
days and that includes the propane stove and oven. See my earlier post
on replacing the valves on the old aluminum propane tanks. I carry 3
20# tanks and can usually find propane at under $10.
Regards....
Phil Rosch
Old Harbor Consulting
M/V "Curmudgeon" Marine Trader 44 TC
Currently Moored in Back Creek, Annapolis, MD.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from
the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover." - Mark Twain
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