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May 12, 2022
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Disco-inspired safety check
I have just read about the danger of cheap exhausts bought online and fitted to marine diesel heaters (PBO May 2022).
It isn’t just cheap exhausts that cause a problem – time, and a marine application can corrode even the most respected models.
We own a 20-year-old Fairline Phantom 43 fitted originally with a high-quality diesel heater. I replaced the whole system two years ago. Before replacing it I smoke-tested the old system using a disco smoke machine (apple flavoured smoke – not essential!) To my horror the stainless steel insulated exhaust leaked like a sieve. When I removed the old exhaust
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