I have the like Newport Dickinson stove. Been in the boat for years. Works very well....... My tank is in a cabinet outside so it's easy to fill. Holds 10 gals. However........just had a survey done and the surveyor wrote this stove and my Shipmate #201 solid fuel stove up for not having "room sealed combustion chambers". Also wrote up my Norcold gas/electric refrigerator as not "intended for marine use" and it is not ABYC approved. He wrote up a bunch of other stuff to as to not being ABYC approved. For cripes sake, this is a 35 year old boat and was not built to ABYC standards. This survey was for my insurance renewal so don't know what they will require me to do. Will know next week after they get a copy. Doc, M/V Concordia 45' Jones Goodell Day Island, WA. In a message dated 8/26/2011 7:33:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Bucks2@aol.com writes: Richard, I have a Dickinson Newport stove installed on my boat with a stainless steel day tank directly behind the stove. The tank has a stainless steel heat shield with air space between it and the stove. The tank has a sight gauge on the side and is filled with an automotive type diesel fuel pump. The tank has a vent on top which is simple a tube with a 180 degree bend to keep anything from falling in and contaminating the fuel. It also has a stainless steel tray below it that has a drain going to a gallon jug in the bilge for that just in case filling error. The system works well. It was installed prior to my purchase of the boat so it apparently meets inspection standards as my surveyor was pretty competent. (IMHO) The tank is filled by simply pulling a switch near the heater which turns on the pump. The fuel level is easy to see in the sight tube. Topping off is a dry, easy operation. The only change I might make is to make the fuel pump switch a hold to pump switch, which would make it harder to accidentally leave it on. There is no need for a return line. The vent on top lets air escape and enter during filling and use. I use my Webasto hydronic heater for routine heat, but there just isn't anything like the Dickinson stove for ambiance on a cold and rainy day. Ken In a message dated 8/25/2011 8:01:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com writes: From: Richard E Packard <rpackard43@gmail.com> To: trawlers@lists.trawlering.com Subject: T&T: heater day tank Message-ID: <CAKCKiQfhDaGXzjpFdQ_QT_GaosWL0QE1X9J37iH24nKGjrKb2w@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I plan to install a dickinson heater on my boat. I wonder if list members can describe how they fill a day tank if used as the fuel supply for these heaters. It seems to me that if you fill the tank with an electric pump one would necessarily have to plumb a return line back to the main fuel tank to avoid spills when accidentally overfilling. Alternatively one could have an automatic switch to turn off the pump when the tank is full, but that is subject to a messy spill if the switch fails. If I used a manual pump situated on the flying bridge near the day tank then I am committed to standing out in the rain (I am in SE Alaska) to fill the tank every day. Any suggestions? _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.