Sig marine 180 diesel heater

[Oeanda]

Anyone have any experience this heater? A forum search and Google in general hasn’t turned up all that much for me. There is one for sale locally here, fairly cheap, so I’m kind of tempted to try it. We have a Dickinson Pacific which sometimes seems to produce more soot than heat, but then it’s quite old. It’s also quite bulky. If the Sigmar heater burned clean (assuming proper installation etc) and put out a half decent amount of heat it might be worth a try (?). We have a 39’ boat. We also have a forced air diesel, so the 180 wouldn’t necessarily be our sole option if it’s on the small side. But we’ve been fooled before with underpowered heaters.
Thanks.

[GordMay]

The Sig 180 appears to be a free-standing, pedestal unit [NOT bulkhead mtd], so make certain you can accommodate that style.
Also note: The requirement/recommendation for a barometric damper, and aux. fan, etc.

Sig Marine* Natural Draft Diesel Heater
Operating and Installation Instruction Manual
➥ http://dickinsonmarine.com/dm/wp-con...el-Heaters.pdf

* Dickinson bought the Sig line in 2007.

[Oeanda]

Thanks Gord. I’m hoping to quiz the seller more today, but I’m not sure he knows much since he hasn’t actually used it. It definitely appears from the stock photo I saw to be free standing. But the only site I find selling it in Canada describes the heater as

‘Sig Marine 180 Diesel Bulkhead Cabin Heater

The Sig Marine 180 is an attractive free standing Diesel Cabin Heater...’

https://www.boatownersworld.ca/sig-m...in-heater.html

Whatever that means. Typo maybe. I’ll see if I can squeeze more info out of the guy. It might be another one of these cute little heaters that barely keep a small boat warm.