StephenA

Another one for Mr Denny's list

If you build a derivative dataset from OSM then you have to make your dataset downloadable as part of the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)

Anyone got a clue what this is? The three symbols on the back are scissors and between the two bottom ones it says "cut" Appeared on the boat whilst it was at Norbury

As Rob says it's probably the canal society working the lock to raise money.

To be honest this forum sort of reflects boating rallies in the 1980s where everyone gets on fine to start with but by the end they're at each others throats

Needs a much bigger hole in the bulkhead. On Mintball the surface mounted inlet is tucked away in the corner out of the way of people's legs

You have switching inside the boat to ensure only one 240v source can be connected at once. We do it on Mintball by having sockets outlets for the two sources and plug the internal 240v circuit into the appropriate output

The one we have came from a regular supplier, not marine.

Ours does.. as does this one https://www.essentialsupplies.co.uk/pce-16a-appliance-inlet-wall-mount-with-sprung-lid-240v-ip44-3-pole-513-6d.html?srsltid=AfmBOorNdjgDIWNbXqbkR2_ngqzC7Tk7CodaMvrXqIHnWzAnhLORfYLr

Until the rain comes in sideways like it often does on our mooring

If you unplug from a CRT Metermacs outlet it turns the outlet off and sends you an email telling you that you've disconnected

Provide a recipe for Parkin

Don't think I've ever seen an electrically operated BMS on a boat but I guess you could wire all of those in bypassing the BMS. But I could just disconnect all the batteries and then jump from an isolated one. And where has the you being on the boat suddenly come from? Boats that are stolen are not occupied, and often they're not even in isolated areas - some have been taken from marinas.

As has been stated most canalboats have mechanical fuel pumps - even the newer ones so no need to wire any pump to anything . Some have electrical stop solenoids and those need the reverse of an electrical fuel pump - i.e. they are de-energised 99.9% of the time and only energise to cut the feed to the injector pump I know where the fuel tank cut offs are and the location of the BMs as they're labelled as part of the BSS. Not saying a tracker isn't a good idea - its just that in the majority of cases trying to immobilise the engine is a non-starter

A few seconds with some jumper wires and you can start most canalboat engines - take the BMC 1.5 Jump the heaters with a wire from the engine battery. Jump a line to the starter motor. 20 seconds on the heater, then 12v to the starter solenoid and the engine will crank and start. Drop the jumpers and the engine will happily run with no electrics.