Hot air heating on my narrowboat. Ready for winter. My journey continues..

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In this vlog, I try to fit a chiese diesel heater where my boiler used to be. It's a work in progress. I'm not a professional, so this is NOT a how-to video.
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[@NarrowboatWill]

buymeacoffee.com/Narrowboatwill Thank you so much. ❤❤❤

[@akilby8022]

Dispel air heaters are awesome, leave the heater on while you’re out and come back to a sauna 😂😂😂😂👍👍

[@NarrowboatWill]

I'm abit nervous about leaving things on just incase something blows up. 😂 🤣 I do leave my fire on though. On tickover.

[@akilby8022]

@ I’ve left mine on many times, just make sure nothing is blocking the air intake, exhaust and the warm air outlets. Your be fine

[@NarrowboatWill]

@akilby8022 That makes sense.

[@annjarvis9300]

Hope all is well with the heater and Leon boat ok to tc now keep well n safe the oldies 😍❤️😍❤️

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thank you for watching, guys. Have a great day.

[@markeh1971]

Hi,you can put the hearer on its side depending upon how the fuel entry to the glow plug area is. The exhaust should go down though because of condensation. Take care M.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I agree. I do change most things though. Cheers

[@umbertoyltp]

You're a plumber Houdini, scary moments, but in the end you got rewarded with warmth!😅❤

[@RJ-444]

Spoiler, Umberto... spoiler! I haven't finished watching yet... I'll watch the rest pretending he stays cold 😆🤣😁

[@NarrowboatWill]

Ha Ha ha. So true Umberto..

[@paulwhite2023]

Hi Will. All that heater for just £92. Only the Chinese could do that. Plenty of components to the overall system, dealing with the setup and install of each and finally having it all interconnected. Very satisfying. Knowing your scifi interest, the appearance of the display segments was reminiscent of the films called Predator. When thd alien set his wrist band to explode when he'd been mortally wounded!! Am I the only subscriber to spot that?😂😂😂. Regards. Paul. 👍👍

[@NarrowboatWill]

One of my favorite films Paul. You are a very observant fellow. 😂 🤣 I love the old science fiction. Any who have a good day. 👍

[@letsbefrank6269]

I like your thought processes Will, problem solving is a dying art today mate. Now to get everything back in the cupboard! 😊

[@NarrowboatWill]

I enjoy problem solving. Or causing problems more like. 😂 🤣

[@DaveAppleton]

Hi Will, I know this was a while ago and you've probably done it by now but just a friendly reminder in case you haven't done it to cap that gas properly. I worked in the plumbing and heating trade for 2 decades and that's a guaranteed BSS fail.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Yes I've taken out the t junction and put in a proper pipe connector and bubble tested the joint..

[@simonpav]

Get a Y piece for the hot air outlet with butterfly valves in them so you can adjust/balance the heat. Had to fit one in our webasto as toilet got crazy hot in there😂

[@NarrowboatWill]

Where do I get these from. I've tried the diy stores?

[@simonpav]

@ the only place I could find at a good price was on eBay from china. Tbf they came in about a week or so. Couple of UK places had em in stock at stupid prices mate.

[@lyndsayscott8866]

Fab vlog as usual. One thing I would point out though. Your exhaust going vertical will allow condensation to run back into the heater. “you MUST install something at the low point in the exhaust to allow condensate to drain and prevent it from flowing back into the combustion chamber, or worse, blocking the exhaust while you are asleep and give you CO poisoning. Did you know that 1 gallon diesel produces ~1.03 gallons water when burned? Most is in the form of vapor but if you have a long exhaust through a cold area, a lot of it can condense into liquid water. “

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thank you for the info. 👍 I was just seeing if the thing worked. I do move the exhaust because of that concern. Great comment. 👍

[@RJ-444]

Once again, I enjoyed watching you do something I wouldn't be able to fathom myself in a month of Sundays. My brain was a blur... but I understood "it's getting warm" and "time for a coffee" so all's well that ends well...😅🤣👏🙌 (oops, I've spoiler alerted myself now, Umberto!) 😅

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thank you for joining me and leaving a good comment. 👍

[@Dyfhi]

Nice 1 Will. I have a funky feeling men would end up doing less work with 3 hands than 2 🤣🤣. Have a fine Sunday and week mate…

[@NarrowboatWill]

😂 🤣 I need another hand.

[@Dyfhi]

@ I’m an ambidextrous schizophrenic I’m ok 🤣🤪👍

[@martinrose241]

Hey Will. You did check to see if the silencer had a drain hole, or not? ( Hand one end blow down the other)They normal do , and the first thing to do when fitting on a boat or anything without floor ventilation is to throw the thing away! I hope you don't, but you wouldn't be the first boater to kill themselves. That type of silencer is meant for under vans.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I have alarms fitted and I have so much ventilation it's a freezing joke. 😂 🤣

[@SueC-oj6zv]

Morning Will 👋, that was really interesting, I love your problem solving skills. Bet you are so happy you sorted it ready for winter! Take care and keep warm 😊🤙

[@NarrowboatWill]

It's not quite sorted yet Sue. 😕 But I an keep warm from it. Hope you're well and keep warm..it's just horrible here. 😕 Ta ra.

[@captainpugwash1950]

Hey Will Will Will Will Will Kerlang! That was my penny drop moment. I'm a freezing pensioner and I live in a small one bedroom bungalow. I'm wondering if a heater like your new one might offset against my gas bill favourably. All I'd need is a 12 volt transformer. I only need an outlet in my living room and maybe the bathroom as I like a cool bedroom and the kitchen would take care of itself. Waddya think mate? Loving the vlogs by the way and always look forward to the next. No pressure eh 😂 Keep warm and carry on

[@NarrowboatWill]

I've seen vlogs where people heat their homes. They put the 12v heater to a battery then run a 12volt charger to it. That safes inverting. They stick them outside and run ducting into their homes..

[@markmeadows9838]

Great vlog again Will 👍🏻 what a nightmare that screw was in the tank😩 job well done 🎧👊🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@NarrowboatWill]

I cut out all the swear words. 😂 🤣

[@markallen4529]

Hi Will … if that was me mucka… I would run that heater on sunflower oil or cooking oil from the supermarket … lot cleaner 👍🏻

[@NarrowboatWill]

I've watched some vlogs on burning waste oil. They went back to diesel because it's so dirty. It leaves tank sludge and extra soot in the combustion chamber. More than diesel but it ran hotter. Also everyone and their granny wants that oil. It's hard to get hold of locally. Good call though. Thanks

[@malcolmone1]

they would not sell a fuel line that does not last ,yes there are metal ones, but most are screw thread designed not to blow off

[@NarrowboatWill]

That makes sense.

[@DarrenFisher-g4m]

Doing nice job there will mate!!! Hope you guys are all doing great as always and Leon enjoys his new boat at last 😊😊😊😎😎💯💯💯👍👍👍👍😊❤️

[@NarrowboatWill]

@DarrenFisher-g4m Hello Darren. 👋 We're doing OK. Keeping warm in that freeze and this rain. The canal is overflowing at present. Take care. 👍

[@jonathanphillips3257]

Personally, Will I find this sort of video content very interesting. Great work mate. Hope your son finds a suitable home on the waterways soon.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I watch alot of diy stuff. I love it.

[@RobertSmith-zv1xo]

You are not full of hot air, but your boat is! 😂😂😂 It was a question for me in your first vlogs; when will Will's boat be ready? Answer: never! 🤣

[@NarrowboatWill]

Hello Robert. 👍 It's never finished. Once one is finished it's time to start the other. 😂 🤣

[@johnthayre8088]

Hi will love watching you videos on your you and your antics on your narrow boat I lived down in the south coast of being trying to get my wife to instead of buying another house to buy narrow boats and or a narrow boat rather about a 50 foot and then two dogs do what you do live on it and the beer continuous Cruise and cruise around with none of us are getting any younger not just something I'd like to do before I die you have done a few things in my life in the Army being all over the note to drive got me nice and motorcycle buy certainly love your antique you make my day when I find you when you just posted new videos up thanks keep going mate

[@NarrowboatWill]

I lived in Bournemouth and the nearest canal was 50 miles away. I would go up to my boat on my days off to work on it. Then I decided to sell everything and get on with it before it's to late. Thanks for watching..

[@glennpuffett9376]

Alright bill installed one on mine back of boat , great for drying cloth seams too not use a lot of diesel , great vlogs keep em coming 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@NarrowboatWill]

Mines not to bad.

[@3wheeler115]

These gas heaters have a tendency i to catch fire Will, so make sure you have smoke detectors. And make sure the roof flue vent doesn't get snow blocked

[@NarrowboatWill]

These catch fire. Where is this info please? 🤔

[@mikehurley5052]

@@NarrowboatWill They only catch fire due to bad installation, has that guy ever had a fire?

[@NarrowboatWill]

@mikehurley5052 no idea. I've not heard any catching fire. People forget I'm burning coal in my front room. 😂 🤣

[@milesbaigent4534]

You are very adept young man. Excellent Vlog Will, as per normal. Thanks.

[@NarrowboatWill]

You're welcome. 👌

[@wayneharris7534]

Hi will what another brilliant interesting and informative video from you.. mate.. I have to take my hat off to you over the years you have shown that there is nothing you won't tackle. Yourself.. What I will say to you about the heater is you will find it a game changer.on board your boat.. The last boy I owned was fitted with two of these heaters. One at the front and one midship.. What I did notice was the condensation levels were reduced dramatically.. I. Only had one small problem with them which was keeping the pipework away from anything flammable . Will I have fitted my camper van with one of these and to be perfectly honest I have had to turn it off because of being to hot in the middle of the night.. I sometimes wonder why they are not fitted to every narrow boat. Anyway will as always keep yourself safe and well mate filthy thumbs up 👍 👍 👍.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thanks Wayne. I will have a go at anything that I find interesting. Wait to see what I get upto next vlog. 😂 My heater is still working perfect. Very warm floor in my kitchen. I've tried to find flap vents but I can't get hold of any locally. Take care mate. 👍

[@craigsiddons4988]

Morning Will, another fab video, another obscure tool, your grippy thing! I was at my mates a couple of days ago and he was impressed when I pointed out that I knew what his thread file was 😂, cheers will FFU.

[@NarrowboatWill]

😂 🤣 I bet he was. Not many people have seen one before.

[@widebeam]

Noticed you don’t say “rippers” as much any more Ian ☹️ it’s become a favourite expression on our boat and we miss you saying it!

[@NarrowboatWill]

I mentioned it last vlog. I actually heard Hugh jack man say it. 😂 🤣

[@A-Nobody]

Fitted a chinese diesel heater to our 58ft narrowboat, plumbed the fuel pipe into main boat diesel tank. Brilliant heaters and does the exact job of Webasto, Eberspacher etc for a fraction of the cost.

[@NarrowboatWill]

That's my intention when I'm happy with where it is and how reliable it is. I love it so far. Is it located in your engine bay?

[@A-Nobody]

@NarrowboatWill yes, in engine bay with all upgraded marine fuel lines, silencer etc. Air intake pipe goes inside cabin inducing an already warmer air source. Easy install.

[@NarrowboatWill]

@@A-Nobody Interesting. Thanks.

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

great vlog on cut working on you sons boat keep up the great vid on channel

[@NarrowboatWill]

@@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 cheers Lee. Me oil fruit.

[@PeterGallagher-er3vh]

Will good job I have fitted a lot of these just a few wee tips if you are going to use red diesel connect it to your main fuel tank if you like use heating oil it's cheaper cleaner and gives out more heat and put your wee tank at the back of the boat as well as the pump as the clicking will drive you nuts if you can suspend it with cable ties it's not so bad next put exhaust out side vent and put a heat shield cover over it it gets very hot and most important do away with the silencer box. As they leak straight pipe out you probably have figured this all out by now as you are a clever bloke

[@NarrowboatWill]

Great tips. I've fitted a super silent pump because it drove me nuts. Without the silencer it's really noisy. It does make a difference but I need to get a better one.

[@PeterGallagher-er3vh]

@NarrowboatWill it's that the seem of the silencer is bad if you get it welded round it's fine they leek co2 back into boat alls good will keep warm I'm off to my boat on Tuesday on lough erne to get antifreeze in and winterise it as we say here keep her lit

[@NarrowboatWill]

@PeterGallagher-er3vh I'm looking for a better silencer. To be honest, I burn coal in my front room without any problems. When the wind blows hard, all the fire smoke blows into my boat. I've put new strings, etc. It's all part of boat life. Any ideas where to get a better silencer Peter? Cheers

[@RoyByrne-v5w]

Evening , enjoying your adventures . How's the Lancaster doing !!! You mentioned on one of your vlogs that there was talk of closing the lancaster canal. Let's hope not as we are hoping to have our boat moored on it . They are spending a lot of money on improving things !!! What do you think? Regards Roy.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I can't see them closing this canal. There's to much going on. Lots of marinas would close etc. I love this canal. 😀

[@colinrance5823]

Hi Will I hope the new heater is working and keeping you warm now the cold weather is here. If your Leon is still looking for a new boat there is a youtuber called May who has a raffle for her narrowboat worth £50,000 @ £5 a ticket. Take care.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Wow! Are you going for it? I'll tell Leon. Cheers. My heater is perfect.

[@colinrance5823]

​@@NarrowboatWill I think I will for a fiver. More details kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpq5daaajtV8kM0si=Hf5Df0Uw3oiFu4i5

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

Hope you have a good Carbon monoxide alarm fitted.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thanks

[@mandycoleman1394]

Nicely done will !! X

[@NarrowboatWill]

@mandycoleman1394 Thank you Mandy. 😊

[@RichardBrigzy]

Nice one Will, not an easy mission. Does it do hot water too some how. Since I got eberspacher serviced it doesn't heat the water as well, I wonder if I have got air in the calorifier which is horizontal mounted when I refitted the heater.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Perhaps you've got water pumping issues or blockage.

[@ClintRomine-o6o]

For the fuel tank feed nipple or whatever I use a meter and a quarter of dental floss with a small crimp on fishing weight and then I tied the other end to the fuel nipple the so come out the bottom of the tank and then I just you know, jiggle the tank the weight fell throughand then I just pulled the fuel nipple down through worked good less than 30 seconds once I had to line set up

[@NarrowboatWill]

That's a great idea. 👍

[@captainpugwash1950]

Thank you Will. I'm seriously sourcing this idea.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Great stuff. 👍

[@rogerr1296]

Hey Will. Quick question, who is Cassiewilson2988? They have replied to a few of my comments and a few other peoples as well. From the replies, it looks like it's Shui, but I wanted to make sure. Anway, just curious. Thanks for another one. Take care. 👍👍

[@NarrowboatWill]

Shii.

[@narrowboatmisfit-zh7qu]

If you drill hole were the pad is at the bottom of tank then push a piece of 2.5mm cabel into it until it comes out of the filer cap then through the pipe, Nippl tying a knot and just pull it through slip nut on and that's it

[@andyaldrich5884]

I connected mine to the engine fuel tank

[@NarrowboatWill]

I wanted to keep an eye on usage. My tank is a pain to get to. 😫

[@ClintRomine-o6o]

And don’t you just love that Engrish 😂in the directions?

[@NarrowboatWill]

😂 🤣 😆

[@richardwall2692]

Thanks for another cracking Vlog, Will. Basically, it's a diesel-fuelled fan heater? How much range does it have? How much of the boat will it heat up? So many questions!!!

[@NarrowboatWill]

It doesn't heat my boat in freezing conditions. I have my fire on for that but it's great for getting my boat warmed up in the mornings.

[@richardwall2692]

@@NarrowboatWill Thanks. Looks like you did a good job with it. You have similar problem-solving mindset to me. As we used to say in the Submarine Service, Adapt, Improvise, Overcome 😃

[@petersimms4982]

🇨🇳 china to the rescue again, had mine 3 years , fantastic 😍😊

[@NarrowboatWill]

They are brilliant.

[@DarrenFisher-g4m]

A long thin pair of grips might help with your fuel tank

[@NarrowboatWill]

Only if I had a pair. They would've been perfect..

[@normanshute7162]

Almost wonder if you can find copper tubing for the fuel line?

[@NarrowboatWill]

I do pick up some better fuel pipe. I guess copper would be good but it would still have rubber ends to fit the heater and tank. 🤔

[@craigsiddons4988]

Forgot to ask. Will you be putting some kind of heat proofing between the exhaust pipe and the wood just to be on the safe side?

[@NarrowboatWill]

I move the exhaust and put some rap on it.

[@MessengerRising]

Great video Will. I wonder how long it will be before someone from somewhere makes some stupid regulation about certification of diesel heaters? Hopefully the BSS will always cover it.

[@NarrowboatWill]

If they do. I will just refit it.

[@MessengerRising]

@NarrowboatWill Exactly, people even put wood burners on GRP boats once they have that 4 years BSS certificate, the same way some travellers have them in caravans. As long as it's done safely we should be able to do whatever we want within reason.

[@NarrowboatWill]

@MessengerRising agreed. I burn coal in my front room and I'm still alive. How is this possible? 😂 🤣 😆

[@MessengerRising]

@@NarrowboatWill Must be that thing called common sense 😂😂

[@Kat69nh]

GG says woof to Reggie

[@NarrowboatWill]

Reggie? Morning Kat. Woof woof GG. 😍

[@roadstrom]

Doing my best narrowboat will impersonation " oh how lovely"

[@NarrowboatWill]

😂 🤣

[@stevenharris6357]

Hope you got some ear plugs 😂

[@NarrowboatWill]

For the fuel pump. That's loud. Click bloody click.. 😆 🤣

[@metalsnapper6728]

Not sure why you got a blown air version when you already have a system in place there for a water version to serve radiators and also heat your hot water when this was running. The exhaust silencer that comes with this blown air one must be outside the of the boat as there is a small hole in this for getting rid of any condensation as it’s designed for a vehicle and not for a boat so will be releasing CO into the boat from this small hole….not good! These Chinese heaters are unfortunately not great, poor build quality, incorrect exhaust for a marine install as well as incorrect type of fuel pipe. They are cheap and cheerful for a reason.

[@omelaurus]

Hi Will, I came across this guy who solved the clicking by replacing the fuel pump: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpzGkGyinqh7gJYsi=5FUYn1StiTVWibsc

[@NarrowboatWill]

Watch my next vlog. It's so quiet now. 🤫

[@omelaurus]

@@NarrowboatWillgreat to hear you solved it! 🎉

[@lorencolt]

It does not help that you are engineering against your self. If you were just the builder it would not happen. Engineer, designer, builder, grunt, Who do you cuss the most in life?

[@NarrowboatWill]

I curse not having 3 arms. 😂 🤣