Comments on: FPB 64 Avatar First Passage Report http://setsail.com/fpb-64-avatar-first-passage-report/ A New Paradigm for Cruising Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Dashew http://setsail.com/fpb-64-avatar-first-passage-report/comment-page-1/#comment-7764 Steve Dashew Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:22:20 +0000 http://setsail.com/?p=12378#comment-7764 Hi Pete: There is a "tropics" loop in the Kabola heating circuit, essentially a "T" in the engine room between the feed and return lines. Change the valve and the hot water only circulates within the engine room. Hi Pete:
There is a “tropics” loop in the Kabola heating circuit, essentially a “T” in the engine room between the feed and return lines. Change the valve and the hot water only circulates within the engine room.

]]> By: Pete Rossin http://setsail.com/fpb-64-avatar-first-passage-report/comment-page-1/#comment-7763 Pete Rossin Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:46:50 +0000 http://setsail.com/?p=12378#comment-7763 Sounds like everything a proud designer wants to hear. A question about the hot water/heating system. When the Kabola is running, the circulation loop is providing the heat for the domestic hot water system. With the engine on, waste heat from the engine also provides heat for domestic hot water (and I assume that the Kabola could be off but the closed loop pump would have to be on). I would also guess that one pump provides the flow to the closed loop system through the Kabola and engine heat exchanger. Is this the same closed loop that flows through the heaters for the interior of the boat? If so, does this add any significant amount of heat to the interior of the boat in warm conditions even though the heater fans would be off? Regards Pete Sounds like everything a proud designer wants to hear.

A question about the hot water/heating system. When the Kabola is running, the circulation loop is providing the heat for the domestic hot water system. With the engine on, waste heat from the engine also provides heat for domestic hot water (and I assume that the Kabola could be off but the closed loop pump would have to be on). I would also guess that one pump provides the flow to the closed loop system through the Kabola and engine heat exchanger. Is this the same closed loop that flows through the heaters for the interior of the boat? If so, does this add any significant amount of heat to the interior of the boat in warm conditions even though the heater fans would be off?

Regards

Pete

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