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My Xtreme Heater Experience
As many of you know, I have been using an Xtreme Heater to keep one of my boats in the water all winter without winterizing it for the last few years.
I usually don't keep my G23 in, but I always have something on the lift. This year it is my 2003 226 that I have been restoring.
I have a cheap WIFI temperature sensor that I hung in my engine compartment, and it connects to my WIFI system (that is extended to the dock area). I can monitor the temperature and humidity in my boat's engine compartment on my phone. It will also alert me if the temperature falls below 40 so I can investigate what's happening.
The Xtreme Heater kicks on at about 44 degrees, and, in my experience, runs until my engine compartment reaches about 72 or so. Now, the temperature sensor is mounted about 12" above the Xtreme Heater, so that explains the difference in their claimed temperature trip points and what I see.
Here's the graph of the last week or so in my engine compartment. As you can see, the Xtreme Heater just kicked on in this screenshot. It'll be toasty in there soon.
Oh, and before anyone says it, yes, I understand that if I have a power outage, I would need to take some action, either draining my block or hooking up my generator to the Xtreme Heater. I understand that. This just makes it easy for me to use my boat year-round without draining it every time.
I usually don't keep my G23 in, but I always have something on the lift. This year it is my 2003 226 that I have been restoring.
I have a cheap WIFI temperature sensor that I hung in my engine compartment, and it connects to my WIFI system (that is extended to the dock area). I can monitor the temperature and humidity in my boat's engine compartment on my phone. It will also alert me if the temperature falls below 40 so I can investigate what's happening.
The Xtreme Heater kicks on at about 44 degrees, and, in my experience, runs until my engine compartment reaches about 72 or so. Now, the temperature sensor is mounted about 12" above the Xtreme Heater, so that explains the difference in their claimed temperature trip points and what I see.
Here's the graph of the last week or so in my engine compartment. As you can see, the Xtreme Heater just kicked on in this screenshot. It'll be toasty in there soon.
Oh, and before anyone says it, yes, I understand that if I have a power outage, I would need to take some action, either draining my block or hooking up my generator to the Xtreme Heater. I understand that. This just makes it easy for me to use my boat year-round without draining it every time.
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