boat heaters

[trout slayer]

Hi guys. Im setting my driftboat up with 2 mr heaters one in the front and one by the rowers seat. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good place to get the hose to run from the propain tank by the rowers seat to the front and if there is a splitter for running one on top of the tank and one with a hose??.Looking for a cheap place to get propain hosing and fittings??? thanks

[G-Man]

I picked up my propane extension at Lowes, most hardware stores should have the equipment for which you are looking. How many BTU's on your heaters? A 20lb cylinder can only provide a limited amount of vaporized propane which can vary a great deal based on external temperature. I only mention this because you may find that at times you aren't getting the output that you'd expect from your heaters, this is normal and unfortunately gets worse the colder it is.

[trout slayer]

They are the 15000 btu burners and i havent had any problems in my sled runing them on the tank. They have always worked before? Did they change something with them??thanks for the lowes tip i will check them out thanks for the reply

[G-Man]

Mostly a FYI as I'm sure your heaters will operate, they just might not be able to put out their max rated BTUs all the time. You may find that you need to use just one heater to keep a strong flame burning in a cold and windy situation. If you've ever tried to prepare steaks on a big propane grill in the Winter you will find that it can't put out the same heat as it does in the Summer and during a real cold snap it's just about useless. The amount of vapor/gas a cylinder of propane can supply depends on several factors but mostly on the size of the container and the ambient air temperature. If you are trying to run two 15,000 BTU heaters off of 1 20lb propane cylinder in near or sub freezing weather, your not going to get a strong flame. Check out the link, they have a table for temps and cylinder size to BTUs. http://www.yamaha-propane-natural-gas-g ... mption.htm

[trout slayer]

Thanks GMAN i toatally understand what youre sayin now makes toatal sense i was kinda confused..lol..thank you for the great advice :)i apreciate youre posts

[trout slayer]

After kicking it around a bit and some not so cheap joes sales...lol i figured out the way that fits me .. I found a heater mount made by promotion fishing products that holds the 1lb cans and i wont need to run hoses ....yeah they will only last like 2hrs on high but there small and i have a ton sooooo im pretty happy