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Hi guys,

I'm almost back at 100% after that little bug I caught. That's great news, but it's annoying that it slowed me down with the heater install. I was hoping to have the heater done this week but no such luck. Next week though, should be smooth sailing.

The goal for next week is to:
1) get the heater up and running
2) get the aft cabin cleared out to start finalizing the plans for the LifePo4 batteries and the placement of the inverter/chargers and isolation transformer.

I've got two weeks off from my day job around Christmas. That means more time for boat work!
Earlier this week, the compressor and holding plate for Athena's fridge showed up. I plan to install both between Christmas and new years. That should be pretty straight forward - not like this freaking heater install ;-) Also, before we get into 2021, I'd like to build a 1:1 model of the solar arch to help me figure out the angle between the deck and arch. I've got a cool idea of how I can fit 2 x 360W panels on the arch. The model should let me figure out if that's something to peruse :) 

I'm going to head back to Athena and tidy up and prepare for tomorrow. I'll be back later to reply to comments :) 

I hope you've had a fantastic weekend. Thank you so much for your support :) Stay safe :) 



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Sail Life - Dometic Proheat X30 hydronic heater on a boat, part 2 of 3 - DIY project

In this video, I continue to work on Athena's heating system. All the plumbing gets finished, the heater gets installed and connected to diesel. 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Dometic Proheat X30 Features 02:21 Fan heater airflow 03:29 Soundproofing for the technical compartment 06:25 Buffer tank installation 06:45 Manifolds installation 08:04 Buffer tank installation 08:25 X30 installation 10:51 X30 connection to the diesel tank 12:50 Exhaust overview 14:30 Exhaust thru-hull location 17:42 Cya! *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from the US!) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter Donations for the sandpaper fund: https://www.paypal.me/saillife

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Chris Quint

Mads, You might want to try a small and sharp hole saw similar to the one you bored out the exhaust fitting with to cut a hole through your sound insulation. Try drilling from the hard back-side towards the silvery front side. Perhaps place sacrificial boards under and on top of the insulation, compressing the foam between.

Chris Quint

Today in the hardware store I noticed another way to cleanly cut holes in your soundproofing. A hollow punch. These are often used by sailmakers and leatherworkers to pound a hole quickly through many layers of fabric or leather with a couple of wacks of a hammer on softwood base.