WorkshopPlanar heating: It couldn't be cheaper

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 19.02.2018

Workshop: Planar heating: It couldn't be cheaperPhoto: Hersteller
Thermal image: the brighter the colour, the hotter the air - up to 80 degrees in the test
More on-board comfort and a longer season: the fixed built-in heater is very welcome, but expensive. The basic package of the product from Russia costs 500 euros
  Once with everything: Planar heating with all conceivable peripheralsPhoto: C. Jungblut Once with everything: Planar heating with all conceivable peripherals

Depending on the boat and requirements, there are also the costs for hoses, air vents and other peripherals. This means that the heater is always inexpensive. But is it also good?

We show how the device can be retrofitted to an older boat, what steps need to be taken and what special features there are. Plus our experiences after one season and a small system comparison with alternative heat sources - to get the 2018 season off to a pleasant start.

More on this in YACHT number 5, on newsstands from 21 February

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Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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