We do have snow in Australia, well a little bit for a little while. Can I invite you to join us for a barbecue at Tom Price, it was 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in the shade the other day.🤔😉. I love the snow but dress for it.
Just remember, the opposite is also true. I know so many Canadian people who can’t stand the hot days of summer. Anything over 30° C and they’re complaining.
Anyone who manages to do plumbing in a small closet on a boat deserves to treat themselves to whatever they serve in a local Scottish tavern. Over all these years I have to come to admire your mechanical and electrical skills….and your perseverance. Someday you might want to roll an outtake or two where we might learn a little Australian slang for the American version of “I’d like to meet the SOB engineer / manufacturer who thought this was a good idea.” But all the fuss is soon forgotten when the final outcome works out just fine.
Hello from Alaska. I live on a baba 30 and have used Dickinson heaters for over 4 years( had the Bristol, Antarctic, Lofoten, Newport models) Let me share a trick to starting the stove better faster and cleaner. Use a handheld propane torch to heat the bottom of the superheater, takes about a minute and your stove will remain clean. The startup as described in the manual creates a lot of soot and it makes a mess to clean it. Good luck happy trails
Nice addition to your home! I have just one little suggestion, you-could reposition your ball valve ( shut off) 90 degrees counter clock wise so that the lever is parallel to the locker wall wether it is open or closed. This would leave you more unobstructed space in the locker.
Good work. Enjoyed it and learned. Good plan on the fuel. What happens if you get up late have to rush off to the airport, leave the heater on? You burn 5 liters max and it turns off. A couple of things I know a bit about. The fittings. Any of those brass/compression fittings. Don't over tighten them, and if they're leaking after you redo them (mostly with gas like 'natural' propane...) you have to replace the fittings. There's just no fixing them once they've been 'stretched.' Your flue chimney. I made a 'chimney' for filling up hot air balloons my students made. I used double walled vent pipe (like your bottom section with the perforated outer shield). It still got a bit too hot. So using thin aluminum (In rolls in the roofing section of the lumber store) I made an outer shield attached to the vent pipe with stand off z brackets made out of the same stuff. All pop riveted. So if the perforated shield is still too hot, you can add some of the roll aluminum as a shield on the parts you might bump into it. Same for the upper section. It's thin as beer cans, beautiful aluminum - will look great for many years. And of course the heat still gets out because it's just a shield not a pipe. The trick with this aluminum is just cut it with scissors, but then carefully sand the edges moving up the grits, then it's never sharp.
The stainless steel plate is not just to make it look nice and hide the insulation. Heat propagates through conduction, convection, and radiation. The insulation helps block conduction. The stainless steel helps block radiation. It acts like a mirror and bounces the radiant heat coming off the back of the heater into your cabin, instead of it being absorbed by the wall behind the heater.
Great job on this install, guys. You did amazing work modifying the furniture; the install looks super clean. How are you finding the heat output from the diesel heater? I installed the Dickinson P12000 (propane). The heat output is enough for shoulder season type weather (45-55 °F), but not enough for weather colder than that.
We call that funny snow "graupel". We pronounce it improperly -- "graup" rhymes with "drop". Congrats on the heater -- must feel wonderful. Millie is now an explorer yacht!
My happiness goes with yours. No fun being cold. I do have tension when I see fire on a boat but I'm sure the engineering is second to none for your application. Good job in your new saloon space. Cheers
Looks good. Put a fan on the floor up forward blowing up and aft will equalize the temperature in the boat. In other words you won't have cold feet and a hot head;-)
As a north sea sailor if i could offer one piece of advice it would be to bin that white plastic fuel tank, they are terrible and prone to cracking, i use a heavy duty red marine fuel tank, much more piece of mind
Learned when I was 15 working on automobiles that the best tubing flare you make is always the one you forget to put the nut on first. Nice job overall. Might want to rotate the fuel off shit off handle so it moved in the plane of the wall. The way it’s presently installed putting your hand into the cabinet can open or close the handle by accident. What do you have in case you get distracted and leave the fuel pump on? Might want to put in a fuel overflow back down to the tank.
Great job looks neat and tidy and we look forward to hearing how it goes heating the boat. I’m sure it will help lower the condensation tested by the cold weather.
well done guys, heat!!. You have been in Scotland, near some of the best scenery in the world imho, yet haven't been able to see it yet. Hope to take time to. I would say you would regret it if you don't
loved that you filmed forgetting to put the nut first :). Makes us feel like we are not the only ones :). Great heater clearly the best in the market hope to have that on my boat maybe next winter season :)
I had one of these when I bought my steel ketch up in MAINE and the owner had told me to not leave the boat while it's running as he had it run away on him. He had his day tank about 10 feet aft but a foot or two above the stove so I'm not sure if the extra head pressure messed with the process or not, but I ripped it out and sold it to the guy next to me at the yard. I've heard a couple of other people at the yard saying pretty much the same thing. Great unit but don't leave it unattended.
I have the small Dickenson propane fireplace/heater in my mini skoolie. I had a tank installed that feeds my heater and stove. Dickinson makes quality products built to withstand being tossed about. My only gripe? It doesn't have a piezo lighter ... so it has to be lit manually. For the price of these units I find it confounding but it is what it is. Missed you guys after a long bit away and am glad to see you back adventuring. Great job on the interior. Have a great time...
Hi Guys, just one thing when you transfer fuel set a timer alarm because you will overfill the day tank sooner or later. It takes a lot of cleaning up Keep up the good work, Kev down in Devon
We used to call that “bean bag” snow. Old 1970’s reference. We had bean bags as furniture. Inside was styrofoam bits… that look exactly like that kind of snow.
Another good video! That pellet snow is called graupel (gropple) and is formed under very specific conditions. You can look it up inside your toasty warm boat while it is snowing outside and you get bored. Namaste. 🙏
What do you do on a sailing boat in Oban in winter? (A) Do you sit and read or, (B) Do you make Millie more comfortable to live in? Plan (B) was the answer, great improvement. Like the new cabin improvements as well. enjoy.
Wonderful 🎉 enjoy the cosy place you created over weeks/months (?) and thanks for all your explanations. I think it's very useful ... because now I am absolutely sure, that I will not be able to do something like this by myself 😂! Don't worry I love your content, especially after a hard labour day it's so good to see other people working... (with a smile because the work makes sense)!
Looks great Adam! And, it's not just you - best flares I've ever done are where no one could possibly see them. That upgrade ought to keep Millie nice and dry on cold days, as well as keeping awesome crew toasty warm. Is there a cutoff valve between the gravity tank and the heater? Seems like, as a safety, it would be useful.
OMG! I’ve been on the water in the cold and sun and I feel for y’all. I’ve mentioned before especially being a redhead and the sun which I have to say again, be careful. I have a spot on my leg and hand that needs further surgery after a biopsy. I’m 66 years old and this stuff seems like it is never ending. Love your videos and wish y’all only the best. ❤️⛵️🐕🦺
When installing the fuel system in my airplane, I had to learn how to cut, debur, finish, bend and flare copper tubes; a very frustrating process with lots of wasted time and tubing. I too forgot to put on the nut more than once before flaring the tube. Those fittings are expensive! Well done Adam.
Great job Adam and Khiara!!! I can't imagine snow and being that cold. I think it gets cold in Florida but nothing like that. We have a plug in heater that's 1200 watts and use that since we're at the dock. This is will be awesome for you!!!! ❤❤
your fuel pump is trapping air in the horizontal case and will make noise and it's a piston pump, vertical will allow gases to escape. i know they say different.
I have a dickenson Newport. and i learned this the past winter from my neighbour who has the same one onboard his boat. It's easier to put in about half a cup of bio-ethanol (if that doesn't work, try more orif it works to good try less) and light that. It will heat up the chimney and everything then when everything is warm, slowly let the diesel enter the burn chamber. Start at 1 then go to 2 and when it's burning properly go to the setting you want.
I am at 2:43 and had to just pause the video and comment - I really miss and enjoy these explanations!!! I have been watching for donkey's years and have always followed you... love you both, but I really miss these explanations - no other channel delivers them like you!! MORE PLEASE!!!! OK... Press Play!!
May not be comment you want to hear but from 35 years operating yachts one no no or not best practice is to branch off from engine fuel line. Loads do it but as far as I understand it really is asking for potential trouble. Best set up separate fuel line or run it off anything other than main engine
Not snow, SLEET! Frozen rain drops. And also not hail. All three form differently. Such a tiny bit of it too. Nice installation. What is the heater rated for? BTUs or whichever units it is labelled for.
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As a Canadian I’ve got to smile when a little snow sends the Aussie’s running. 😊
Strewth bloke, fair go, that's a bit on the nose maaaate😊
😂
We do have snow in Australia, well a little bit for a little while. Can I invite you to join us for a barbecue at Tom Price, it was 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in the shade the other day.🤔😉. I love the snow but dress for it.
🙈😂🐨😂🦘🦘🦘🦘😂🦘🦘🦘😂👍😎
Just remember, the opposite is also true. I know so many Canadian people who can’t stand the hot days of summer. Anything over 30° C and they’re complaining.
Anyone who manages to do plumbing in a small closet on a boat deserves to treat themselves to whatever they serve in a local Scottish tavern. Over all these years I have to come to admire your mechanical and electrical skills….and your perseverance. Someday you might want to roll an outtake or two where we might learn a little Australian slang for the American version of “I’d like to meet the SOB engineer / manufacturer who thought this was a good idea.” But all the fuss is soon forgotten when the final outcome works out just fine.
You are going to love that little DIckinson heater. You will actually be able to prance naked in the cabin and still be warm. Nice installation.
Good idea for the next video - just saying.
@@davep5788Don't encourage Adam we don't need to see that.
@@matthewbaynham6286speak for yourself
Adam, 'bout that naked thing.... forget it son. But to the divine Miss K, if you insist please proceed if you dare.
Nice diesel heater - now don't forget to install a carbon monoxide alarm, if you don't have one already
Always enjoyable, always entertaining, always informative Many thanks
Hello from Alaska. I live on a baba 30 and have used Dickinson heaters for over 4 years( had the Bristol, Antarctic, Lofoten, Newport models)
Let me share a trick to starting the stove better faster and cleaner.
Use a handheld propane torch to heat the bottom of the superheater, takes about a minute and your stove will remain clean.
The startup as described in the manual creates a lot of soot and it makes a mess to clean it. Good luck happy trails
Fire extinguisher be handy!
Beautiful job.
Great heaters. Get your self a heat powered fan to sit on top. Makes a huge difference in spreading the heat through the boat. Great work!
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Fully agree
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Please put a guard over the upper section of exhaust pipe. It's a bad place to land a hand to catch your balance.
Miss you guys. Hope you are well.
Nice addition to your home! I have just one little suggestion, you-could reposition your ball valve ( shut off) 90 degrees counter clock wise so that the lever is parallel to the locker wall wether it is open or closed. This would leave you more unobstructed space in the locker.
What he said 🙂
Grand job by the rocket engr and his lovely bride. What a relief to have a good heat source.
She is always so giggly, love these guys.
Love the new Dickinson heater, great install!
Hi Guys … I lived in Oban in the early 70’s , fell in love with Oban and the highlands and Oban Whiskey
That Hail-Snow is what our weather people here in the US call “Graupel”
look forward to seeing some scottish coastline. the land of my ancestors. Thank u
Our ancestors were probably neighbors.
Thanks A & K, great job. I had no idea how complex a little bitty diesel heater is.
Stay warm and comfortable. ❤ the video.
There's a "dryer" you can buy at paint stores to help varnish or whatever dry in cooler weather.
Good work. Enjoyed it and learned. Good plan on the fuel. What happens if you get up late have to rush off to the airport, leave the heater on? You burn 5 liters max and it turns off.
A couple of things I know a bit about. The fittings. Any of those brass/compression fittings. Don't over tighten them, and if they're leaking after you redo them (mostly with gas like 'natural' propane...) you have to replace the fittings. There's just no fixing them once they've been 'stretched.'
Your flue chimney. I made a 'chimney' for filling up hot air balloons my students made. I used double walled vent pipe (like your bottom section with the perforated outer shield). It still got a bit too hot. So using thin aluminum (In rolls in the roofing section of the lumber store) I made an outer shield attached to the vent pipe with stand off z brackets made out of the same stuff. All pop riveted.
So if the perforated shield is still too hot, you can add some of the roll aluminum as a shield on the parts you might bump into it. Same for the upper section. It's thin as beer cans, beautiful aluminum - will look great for many years. And of course the heat still gets out because it's just a shield not a pipe. The trick with this aluminum is just cut it with scissors, but then carefully sand the edges moving up the grits, then it's never sharp.
Groovy episode....
The stainless steel plate is not just to make it look nice and hide the insulation. Heat propagates through conduction, convection, and radiation. The insulation helps block conduction. The stainless steel helps block radiation. It acts like a mirror and bounces the radiant heat coming off the back of the heater into your cabin, instead of it being absorbed by the wall behind the heater.
Great job on this install, guys. You did amazing work modifying the furniture; the install looks super clean. How are you finding the heat output from the diesel heater? I installed the Dickinson P12000 (propane). The heat output is enough for shoulder season type weather (45-55 °F), but not enough for weather colder than that.
I must say that Adam has a flair for those plumbing fittings!
We call that funny snow "graupel". We pronounce it improperly -- "graup" rhymes with "drop".
Congrats on the heater -- must feel wonderful. Millie is now an explorer yacht!
If you hang the pump from a rubber hanger, it should make it quieter. Another idea is to encase it in a round foam aquarium filter
My happiness goes with yours. No fun being cold. I do have tension when I see fire on a boat but I'm sure the engineering is second to none for your application. Good job in your new saloon space. Cheers
Looks great ! Mike from Missouri
Dang flare nut! We did the exact same thing haha Awesome install you two! Cheers to cold snowy sailing! 🇨🇦 ⛵️
Warm at last 😃 Glad you're enjoying the Scottish winter. Enjoy your heater, will make a big difference.
I haven't watched a single second so far but I had to click 'Like' instantly for that beautiful, warm smile in the tumbnail - next level!
Khiara’s almost constant smile may be my favorite thing in all of TH-cam!
And her ability to change her look at a moment's notice....
6:12 The word you are searching for is “plumb”.
It is 21C here today in Georgia. Oh the days of chilly weather!! Have fun this spring!!
I call that sleet.
Looks good. Put a fan on the floor up forward blowing up and aft will equalize the temperature in the boat. In other words you won't have cold feet and a hot head;-)
Thanks for the diy install video. Jim Rodgers
As a north sea sailor if i could offer one piece of advice it would be to bin that white plastic fuel tank, they are terrible and prone to cracking, i use a heavy duty red marine fuel tank, much more piece of mind
Awesome
Very cool 😎
Thanks very much. It was great watching everything come together. It looks fantastic
It was smart of you test your flaring procedure first.😅😅😅
That is just fantastic! I just love watching you two work.
well done. the install looks nice.. and warm!
nice work guys on the heater install (and shout out to all the Gage Road fans out there :) )
Whoops! You mix the dryer into the varnish/paint.
Who knew it would be so interesting to watch a heater install! Must be the two of you!
Great job!
Learned when I was 15 working on automobiles that the best tubing flare you make is always the one you forget to put the nut on first. Nice job overall. Might want to rotate the fuel off shit off handle so it moved in the plane of the wall. The way it’s presently installed putting your hand into the cabinet can open or close the handle by accident. What do you have in case you get distracted and leave the fuel pump on? Might want to put in a fuel overflow back down to the tank.
That project turned out really nice!
Great job looks neat and tidy and we look forward to hearing how it goes heating the boat. I’m sure it will help lower the condensation tested by the cold weather.
Well done!!
well done guys, heat!!. You have been in Scotland, near some of the best scenery in the world imho, yet haven't been able to see it yet. Hope to take time to. I would say you would regret it if you don't
Good effort, Adam! well done
Looks very nice and snuggly!
Excellent improvement! Hopefully you are now warmer and drier. Thank you for posting!
Beautiful! It’s so nice to have a little fireplace like that. We just have a candle, but it’s always so much more cozy inside as soon as we light it!
I live on the East Coast of Scotland I cannot say the words but it is what we call a cat. You ken.
Oooooo, it looks great int he cabin there! So cozy!
Woot woot 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Job well done! Keep warm guys 🤗💞
Well done guys, great video. Please just confirm you have carbon monoxide alarm
Excellent Job
Looks nice 🔥
I have one in my boat, it works very well.
If there was a pure and genuine giggle or laughter, this 6:44 is it!
loved that you filmed forgetting to put the nut first :). Makes us feel like we are not the only ones :). Great heater clearly the best in the market hope to have that on my boat maybe next winter season :)
I had one of these when I bought my steel ketch up in MAINE and the owner had told me to not leave the boat while it's running as he had it run away on him. He had his day tank about 10 feet aft but a foot or two above the stove so I'm not sure if the extra head pressure messed with the process or not, but I ripped it out and sold it to the guy next to me at the yard. I've heard a couple of other people at the yard saying pretty much the same thing. Great unit but don't leave it unattended.
Now it’s a sea going vessel 💪🤙
Nicely done.
oh wow you still make videos? i checked out during the pandemic
Nicely done! Winter WARM 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Fantastic ❤❤❤.
My favorite channel.
I have the small Dickenson propane fireplace/heater in my mini skoolie. I had a tank installed that feeds my heater and stove. Dickinson makes quality products built to withstand being tossed about. My only gripe? It doesn't have a piezo lighter ... so it has to be lit manually. For the price of these units I find it confounding but it is what it is. Missed you guys after a long bit away and am glad to see you back adventuring. Great job on the interior. Have a great time...
Well done Adam these “little” jobs usually escalate perseverance the only solution, nothing like a flame to feel warm and cosy.
Well done guys , boat will be cozy now in cold latitudes
Hi Guys, just one thing when you transfer fuel set a timer alarm because you will overfill the day tank sooner or later. It takes a lot of cleaning up
Keep up the good work, Kev down in Devon
We used to call that “bean bag” snow. Old 1970’s reference. We had bean bags as furniture. Inside was styrofoam bits… that look exactly like that kind of snow.
Well done you two, this should make your journey a bit more comfortable. Always enjoy your videos, Khiara that smile is beautiful.
Well done, finally all complete and a great job. You will be wanting that Scottish Winter to go on forever...oh hang on, it does 😉
Make sure you meater the heater sir
Well done guys 🎉
Looks Great. Thanks for sharing :)
Another good video! That pellet snow is called graupel (gropple) and is formed under very specific conditions. You can look it up inside your toasty warm boat while it is snowing outside and you get bored. Namaste. 🙏
What do you do on a sailing boat in Oban in winter? (A) Do you sit and read or, (B) Do you make Millie more comfortable to live in? Plan (B) was the answer, great improvement. Like the new cabin improvements as well. enjoy.
Wonderful 🎉 enjoy the cosy place you created over weeks/months (?) and thanks for all your explanations. I think it's very useful ... because now I am absolutely sure, that I will not be able to do something like this by myself 😂!
Don't worry I love your content, especially after a hard labour day it's so good to see other people working... (with a smile because the work makes sense)!
Looks great Adam! And, it's not just you - best flares I've ever done are where no one could possibly see them. That upgrade ought to keep Millie nice and dry on cold days, as well as keeping awesome crew toasty warm. Is there a cutoff valve between the gravity tank and the heater? Seems like, as a safety, it would be useful.
One dorade less? That's a bummer.
Nice project, good execution!
OMG! I’ve been on the water in the cold and sun and I feel for y’all. I’ve mentioned before especially being a redhead and the sun which I have to say again, be careful. I have a spot on my leg and hand that needs further surgery after a biopsy. I’m 66 years old and this stuff seems like it is never ending. Love your videos and wish y’all only the best. ❤️⛵️🐕🦺
When installing the fuel system in my airplane, I had to learn how to cut, debur, finish, bend and flare copper tubes; a very frustrating process with lots of wasted time and tubing. I too forgot to put on the nut more than once before flaring the tube. Those fittings are expensive! Well done Adam.
We call it snizzle. It's difficult for us to imagine here in Guatemala!
i cannot believe it took u guys this long to get a heater. Better late..........well done. Cheers and stay safe
Great job Adam and Khiara!!! I can't imagine snow and being that cold. I think it gets cold in Florida but nothing like that. We have a plug in heater that's 1200 watts and use that since we're at the dock. This is will be awesome for you!!!! ❤❤
your fuel pump is trapping air in the horizontal case and will make noise and it's a piston pump, vertical will allow gases to escape. i know they say different.
I have a dickenson Newport. and i learned this the past winter from my neighbour who has the same one onboard his boat.
It's easier to put in about half a cup of bio-ethanol (if that doesn't work, try more orif it works to good try less) and light that. It will heat up the chimney and everything then when everything is warm, slowly let the diesel enter the burn chamber. Start at 1 then go to 2 and when it's burning properly go to the setting you want.
I believe that funny styrofoam snow you experienced is called "graupel." Sometimes known as "corn snow." Fun video, as always! Well done.
I am at 2:43 and had to just pause the video and comment - I really miss and enjoy these explanations!!! I have been watching for donkey's years and have always followed you... love you both, but I really miss these explanations - no other channel delivers them like you!! MORE PLEASE!!!! OK... Press Play!!
So glad you finally cut the notch out of the bottom of the backing plate. My OCD was screaming for about 23 seconds. 😊
"about" 23 seconds? Can't you be more precise?
May not be comment you want to hear but from 35 years operating yachts one no no or not best practice is to branch off from engine fuel line. Loads do it but as far as I understand it really is asking for potential trouble. Best set up separate fuel line or run it off anything other than main engine
Not snow, SLEET! Frozen rain drops. And also not hail. All three form differently. Such a tiny bit of it too. Nice installation. What is the heater rated for? BTUs or whichever units it is labelled for.