hot water shower

can someone tell me what all i need to install a hot water shower on my 1994.is this pretty easy to install/make..i see skidim sells them but 250 seems really really pricey..im sure theres a cheap and easy way..thanks ryan

I have never seen one but read all the time boats have them.Is it a shower of Lake water heated by the boat ?

Ultra,

The shower is a great add on, but as Munday said the motor does need to be running since the water source is the raw water supply/return. CC no longer offers them from the factory quite possibly because of the exhaust hazard. They are nice for warming the suit or yourself on a cold day, mine get as much use as a toy for the kids.

Ryan, I hope your installing it for your wife, and if you wear your wetsuit and drink alot of beers you can keep warm naturally

eric-actually its for moi...april may and october can get a little cold...even after my wetsuit and a case of beer.....i really only want it to be hot, i dont need the cold water...so i need a 12 v pump a piece of hose and a nozzle...so i run a hose from the manifold to the pump0a piece of hose from the pump to the nozzle....????????..my wife thinks that in order to get in the water its gotta be like bath water....doesnt happen to often here in ohio.

   Good advise BKH.Water from your home water heater shouldn't be any more than 125 degrees at best,and most people mix that with a little cold.

   Mike

ryanandrews wrote: guess i never realized how hot it would be.

Im guessing you would get 160 degree water if you take the feed from the block.

if you put a "T" fitting in at your raw water hose and a "T" fitting at the hose running from the thermostat to the exaust manifold, then take those two hoses and run them into a "Y" fitting.

You can use the two valves as mixing valves untill you mix the right temp. Take the hose from the Y fitting and run it to an inexpensive pump.

similar to this one at northern tool.
Then run hose to a sprayer end.

Rob

Ryan,

I went ahead and bought the HeaterCraft kit from Boaters Outlet over the web - BoatersOutlet.com, $200 plus tax. I looked around for valves, controls and a shower head but could not find any pieces / parts as nice as what comes in the kit. I figured I paid about an extra $50 for these versus buying what you can find at a hardware store. I still ended up buying more hose and fitting because of the "custom" installation I wanted to do. I am just about finished and only need to do the final connections to the engine - tomorrow. I already ran it with a supply from a bucket of water. I plan on using it this weekend to fill my wetsuite since the air temp in Orlando will be about 80, but the water temp will be in the 60's.

I am spoiled and I know it. We go early before it warms up and the jet skiers trash the lake.

Mark P what lake are you on in Orlando do you know Madmax and Blondiegirl? they boat on conelly I think.

thanks quinner..

Not a chance. Winter sucks. I lived too many years up north and do not plan on moving back unless somebody pays me tons, and I mean tons of money to move back. By the way, the water temp was 72 yesterday.

Ryan,

Make sure you mount it where it will stay dry, i.e. not down in the bilge. I mounted mine in the back on the rack for and between the ballast tanks. I used a piece of marine plywood to mount it on.

Mark

I mounted mine on the top of the stringer next to the starter that way it is above the water, but close to all the connections that need to be made.

Rob