Building a boat to the RCD?

[Bat & Frog]

In respect of your 2. above, this has already happened in a small way and I've pointed it out on here once before. If you Google for ISO 13297 and ISO 10133 (the RCD stds for 240v AC and ELV DC supplies on boats) and look carefully at what comes up you will find a whole lot of sites offering them for sale for the approx £100 each. But look closer and you will find a Polish website with both of them on there in English as .pdfs to download for free! I won't put a link to them on here because it might not be a Good Thing.

 

Richard

 

Interesting, off topic but just bought a mitsubushi pajero and the online manual, though in english, is on a eastern european site

[Graham Bowers]

It appears that as well as having to purchase/borrow/steal a number of "Standards" you also have to go somewhere different in advance in order to find out exactly what it is that you want to purchase/borrow/steal.

 

Tony

Its on the europa website, google for recreational craft directive harmonised standards. This is the link.

 

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/european-standards/documents/harmonised-standards-legislation/list-references/recreational-craft/

 

Many of the standards apply to components, so I expect that it necessary to purchase compliant components and get paperwork to document compliance.

 

By the way, you may find the guide to the directive useful. This is published by the European Commission so is "official". I see it refers to the relevant harmonised standards too.

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/maritime/files/regulatory/cc_guide_cons20feb2008_en.pdf

 

Hope this helps

Graham

[Gibbo]

In respect of your 2. above, this has already happened in a small way and I've pointed it out on here once before. If you Google for ISO 13297 and ISO 10133 (the RCD stds for 240v AC and ELV DC supplies on boats) and look carefully at what comes up you will find a whole lot of sites offering them for sale for the approx £100 each. But look closer and you will find a Polish website with both of them on there in English as .pdfs to download for free! I won't put a link to them on here because it might not be a Good Thing.

 

Richard

 

Ha! Funnily enough they both now turn up as the top hit on Google for a freebie. But one of them is an older version.

[rjasmith]

Its on the europa website, google for recreational craft directive harmonised standards. This is the link.

 

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/european-standards/documents/harmonised-standards-legislation/list-references/recreational-craft/

 

Many of the standards apply to components, so I expect that it necessary to purchase compliant components and get paperwork to document compliance.

 

By the way, you may find the guide to the directive useful. This is published by the European Commission so is "official". I see it refers to the relevant harmonised standards too.

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/maritime/files/regulatory/cc_guide_cons20feb2008_en.pdf

 

Hope this helps

Graham

 

Yes - those two links go to documents I read on another marathon all night session some years ago! They're nearly as boring as the RSG (Recreational Sectoral Group) Guidelines which are on the RSG website (Google for it if you're interested - I think you have to register first - I am, as a fictitious boat builder called RJAS Boats!)

 

The best place to start (IMHO) for anyone contemplating doing a DIY RCD build is to read the stuff on the RYA's site (you don't have to be a member) here

 

(But watch out because even the RYA hasn't updated its list of standards to the current mod state! I've pointed this out to them but they ignored me! Amazing when they are one of UKs RCD "Notified Bodies").

 

Their associated website "RCDweb" gives a correct list of standards however and that is the one that costs £550 to join!

 

Richard

[rjasmith]

Well while I've been rabbitting on here Cambridge Libraries have emailed accepting my application to join.

 

Hooray - back to the garden to work on the boat again (legally)

 

Still going to try joining the British Library though and will post again if this seems a useful step.

 

Richard

 

Just thought I'd report back on the above to say I'm now successfully using Cambridge Libraries to access BSOL again!

 

Hooray - The county of Cambridgeshire is wonderful! (As is one of its kind inhabitants!)

 

Also, in case anyone else might want to do this, I was encouraged by both Sussex and Surrey Library HQ staff to put in an "inter library loan request" to see if I could obtain a couple of BS on loan from the British Library. The Surrey and Sussex staff said they'd been told it wouldn't work but would like me to help them prove it one way or the other.

 

However it does work! I am now in possession of a complete paper copy of ISO 10088 (new version on Fuel systems) and BS 8511 (the dreaded SF stove CoP) for 3 weeks!

 

If anyone else wants to do this just go to your local library and ask for the request form. It took just a week to get the copies from the British Library store in Boston to Haslemere.

 

Richard

[Phoenix_V]

Haven't looked in the blogs for ages, just stumbled on this thread and it reminded me that I haven't updated my BS knowledge for a while. Then a thought occurred, my son is at university, a short while later found that his library code gives direct access to BS on line, result. May be worth a try for others?