Recent content by AKMel

Have a great time. If you go into Glacier Bay you pass less than 8 miles from our front door.

Sent you a reply to email addy. Let me know if you get out toward Gustavus.

I haven't seen anyone post about visiting AK this summer. We are in Southeast and if possible would like to meet anyone cruising. If you are in the area give me a shout. Mel

A few weeks ago the weather in SE Alaska was looking great. On a Sunday afternoon my wife spontaneously said, “Let’s go to Pelican.” I double checked the wind and weather, and we were on the water an hour later for the 50 mile voyage. All looked well. The inside water was like glass. The...

I've been away for several years. My wife of 50 years got critically sick and I cared for her for 2 years before she passed. Then a year of dealing with loss and getting my life back together. I married again a year ago and am getting back in the captain's chair. We did 3 days in Glacier Bay NP...

It's been about 4 years since my last post. A lot of water passed around the boat since then. My wife of 50 years got sick and I cared for her for her for two years before she passed. After several more years I got married again. Those were years away from C-Brats forums. I still have C-esta and...

I had a conversation with a Chinese friend today. She has been in the States about 6 months but is fluent in English. I mentioned about Chinese customer service lacking English ability. Her response was that, unless it's a big company, they don't have English speakers at all. She says they run...

Followup: As stated the problem seems to be my controller. I ordered another. I detailed this to the seller after filing a "dispute." They offered reimbursement. There are two controllers, one wired, one wireless. They work together. I have both. I eventually realized they offered...

Latest update for those interested: Joining a forum where you can post questions about these Chinese heaters is very educational. The instruction manual that came with it is poor English and, for me, ridiculous when it comes to helping set up the controller. I recommend a forum to anyone who...

It's not a rheostat. It appears to have a high tech electronic thermostat. The controller has many other functions: It shows on bar graphs the heat output. Another graph notes the signal strength from the remote control if one is used. It illuminates a little pump when the fuel pump comes...

The heater works, but I have a major problem: It does not shut off when the set temperature is reached. It slows down as it should, but does not shut off, even if the area reaches 5˚above set temp. (I haven't let it go higher but am sure it would). I have to shut the heater off manually using...

I started install of the Chinese parking heater yesterday. My observation was that the kit was quite complete. Other than the usual mount location questions, I did encounter two difficulties. 1) The pump mount is all rubber. I didn’t take a lot of care running in the mount screw, and the...

The Espar on our 22 Cruiser makes some noise when igniting, and on high. I find most of the jet sound is coming from the exhaust. The little turbine apparently causes the diesel fuel to do a violent burn. Installing a muffler in-line might help. I'll see how much quieter the knockoff is with the...

$158. But there seems to have been a Paypal surcharge added, bringing the total to $163. That's for the 2KW.

The heater arrived. It's been an interesting journey. 1) the Chinese gave me the wrong tracking number. That package went to someone in Indiana. 2) I filed a dispute 3) the seller got back to me with the correct tracking number, which showed the package had been at our post office for two...