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For the diesel, I wasn't planning on moving the boat that much. What are the marinas like with just taking a canister for it to be filled up with diesel. Taking the whole boat to get more diesel would be annoying. How often would you say you would have to fill the diesel tank up.

Thanks for all the advice guys and gals. One of the reasons I didn't want to go gas/deisel is that both me and my girlfriend both have jobs with long hours, didn't want to keep worrying about how much gas we had got left. With gas how much gas does a normal boiler burn though. If I was to go gas are there better systems than the Alde one?

As it is a live-aboard most of the time it will run straight from the shore power as we will not move most of the time. Whilst we are moving, it will be running off gas. The microwave, the number I have is maxed watts from the manufactures website

I was going to try to use it for the central heating on the boat. So there would probably be 3 radiators over the boat. Am I just asking for too much from the system.

So for the 3kw setting. If we go by current = Watts / Voltage. We go for 3,000/240 which is 12.5 amps. Is this right?

Since the alde is designed to be used in RV's and the like. The amount of water it heats up itself is small. I was just wondering if the alde had enough power to heat up the boat as well as the water in the Calorifier.

Hi there, I am in the process of buying a narrow boat, sail away hull. I have been trying to do many calculations to figure out all of the electrics in the boat. Please tell me if i have got any of the following wrong as im finding that i'm a little stuck. The residential mooring i am planning on using has a 16 amp pylon for a power supply. I have been looking at an Alde 3020 for the heating system attached to a 40l Calorifier for the hot water. The Alde system uses around 1000w which is around 4.3 amps, the Calorifier has a 1kw heating element in it so that's another 4.3 amps. Would you need to use the heating element or would the alde heat provide enough to heat the water on its own. I also have been looking at a standard fridge to cut down on the cost. These at their max they are 750w so that's another 3.3 amps. Then with a microwave oven using 1850w in use max so thats 8 amps. In total that's around 20 amps. That's not including all of the little things in the boat. The main thing i am asking is a) Has anyone got an alde and does it use less current than my calculations. 2) Would i have to use the heating element to heat the hot water up all the time or is the adle enough. 3) are the pylons at the CRT residential moorings defiantly 16amp Thankyou in advance. For extra information. I am getting a 50ft Sail-away to live in the centre of Birmingham