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I do the same for the shower pump and filter, saves taking the pump out.

If your engine coolant is protected with anti freeze (to the correct strength) Any wet heating system (boiler rads etc) are protected with anti freeze. Water pipes (hot and cold) are lagged and installed as far below the water line as possible, you'll probably be ok for most temperatures that the Winter can throw at us. If I'm leaving the boat, I turn off the water pump, open all of the taps and the shower mixer and pour boiling water followed by a few spoons of salt down the sinks and shower outlet. Never had any trouble with freezing. When you pop out for the day, shut the taps, put the water back on.

Today is our bin day. I heard a lot of banging and clattering outside and saw that our food recycling bin had trotted off down the lane and was now sitting in the middle of the main road through the village. So, fearing that a car might hit it I ambled off to collect it. I'd only got about 10 yards when there was a sickening thud behind me......as the front door blew shut! It wouldn't have been so bad were it not for the fact that 99 times out of 100 the Yale lock sticks in the "open" position.....this was not one of those 99 times. Still, spent a pleasant hour with the neighbours dissecting the state of the nation whilst my not-so-impressed partner ferried her keys home! Finally got back in to find the dog has helped herself to a new box of Kleenex and started constructing the Christmas snowscape all round the house. Oh joy!

Paints can be a bit of a minefield. Many have been the improvements in formulation over the years though some old favourites are sorely missed, likewise with varnish. Big combines such as ICI have taken over smaller companies who themselves produced quality paint, and the end result has not always been good. Couple of interesting links: http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/paints/williamson/ http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk/index.html Derek

75amps 105 mins simply means that at a discharge rate of 75A they will last 105 mins. The problem is that without seeing the manufacturer's data sheets we don't know what the Ah rating would be for other rates of discharge. We also don't know if this is down to 50% or somewhere lower. As they're true traction batteries it may be somewhat lower than 50%. Gibbo would probably recognise the batteries from this description and have a good idea how well they'd last at more conservative discharge rates but in his absence let's just work with what we have. 75A @ 105 mins = 75A @ 1.75 hrs = 131.25Ah. OP has 18, so 9 paralleled banks of 2 in series = 1181.25Ah at 12V. Nearasdammit 1200Ah as originally quoted. Tony Only with an MPPT controller. OP has already said he has a 'cheapy' controller which will drag the panels down to battery voltage. But they're not 75Ah, they're 131Ah. Tony

now dont jump all over me..i know very little about batteries or solar i weld steel together!! :cheers: ......18x6v traction cells @ 75amps 105 mins each ...i was told they are american batteries so the amp hrs are different from british??