When the weather starts to turn cold and the wind picks up, you need to make a decision about how to stay warm and keep your boat as safe as possible. Your options include choosing boat bilge heaters or winterizing your vessel. If you into spending as much time on the water as possible an engine compartment heater is the right way to go.
Learn more about your heating and winter options to protect the integrity of your boat.
What Are Boat Bilge Heaters?
If you're looking to keep critical components of your vessel safe, you need Boat Bilge Heaters. These engine compartment heaters are explicitly designed with boats in mind to keep your engines and plumbing from freezing. They automatically turn on and off to maintain a consistent, safe temperature.
How Do Boat Bilge Heaters Work?
Our heaters are built to be the safest, most reliable, and most efficient products available to protect you and your boat. They're intuitive to use, easy to install, and keep your engine compartment dry and mildew-free.
We built our boat bilge heaters to run efficiently and only run when necessary. Unlike other options on the market, Xtreme Heaters automatically turn on at 40 degrees Fahrenheit and off at 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Once our boat bilge heaters are triggered, the temperature is maintained consistently to ensure your bilge space is safely in the high 30s to mid-40s, despite freezing temperatures outside.
Our boat heaters also use Positive Temperature Coefficient technology to create a self-limiting functionality. It means once our heaters reach their operating temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit, they will turn off. This makes our heaters incapable of overheating.
What About Winterizing My Boat?
Xtreme Heaters are specifically designed to help keep your engine compartment and other crucial areas safely above freezing. By maintaining temperatures above freezing, they prevent batteries from dipping into potentially damaging cold levels, ensuring they stay operational and efficient. They also help to keep all belts and hoses from freezing and cracking prematurely, extending their lifespan. Additionally, our heaters ensure that any water in the bilge compartment remains unfrozen, protecting the bilge pumps, water pumps, and the overall bottom of the boat. If you have a generator onboard, Xtreme Heaters keep it warm and ready for use.
Even if you choose to winterize your boat, adding an Xtreme Heater provides extra safety by targeting hard-to-reach areas where antifreeze might miss pockets of water. This additional layer of protection can be a cost-effective way to avoid extensive repairs due to freezing damage. Winterizing a boat can range from a few hundred dollars to $750, depending on the vessel's size. However, neglecting proper freeze protection could result in repair costs of thousands of dollars due to expanding ice and damage to your boat’s hull and systems.
Whether or not you fully winterize, using an Xtreme Heater can be a practical option. It protects your engine without the full expense of winterization, especially in climates where temperatures fluctuate. For those who do winterize, an engine compartment heater offers added peace of mind by providing consistent warmth, even during storage. Our heaters are safe to use unattended, effectively keeping mildew and mold at bay while ensuring your boat remains in optimal condition.
Next Steps
If you're ready to maximize your time on the water this winter, make an affordable investment in our boat bilge heaters. Browse our entire selection today from small to extra large or get in touch to find out which heater will work best for your size boat.
