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  5. And back in the days when we all typed text messages on the phone's number keypad, the predictive text would interpret "home" as "good", so when leaving work I would send a message to my wife intending to say "I am leaving for home"....
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  10. This topic may have been highlighted before but I thought I would add my 2p worth on the subject of the price of Vetus spares. My Bowthruster packed up last week and I nailed the fault down to the relay. Inspection showed that it had worn and the Positive in Pin was moving when the solenoids activated. A light tap to push the pin downwards made the thruster work but only until the opposite solenoid was used then the contacts moved back up out of place. With the solenoid pack listed by Vetus at £241.74 I thought it was worth an attempt at a repair. If not then I was considering replacing it with an Off Road Winch 12v Switching Relay unit rated at 500 Amps which would do exactly the same job and cost me nearer to £35 Anyway I successfully diagnosed the reason for the existing relay failure and repaired it. A basic design fault causes the central input pin to wear in its bakelite case mounting which eventally allows the positive contacts to float about a bit too much and it fails. A little bit of work cleaning contacts and resetting the pin in its casing with some Gorilla Epoxy and it was as good as new. Whilst I had the access open I thought it would be a good idea to check the motor brushes and found them to be about 40% worn, good for a few years maybe but it could be worth getting a spare set just in case. This is when I realised that the Vetus price of £291.61 for a set of 4 carbon brushes was just ridiculous. A quick search of the brush specifications and sizes revealed an almost exact match available on Amazon at a more realistic £12.22 for 4. - Ordered immediately. I have read elswhere that the cheaper brushes fit and work just as well, so how are Vetus able to justify a price that is 24x higher ???? Even if they do not last as long, I can change them 20x and still work out as a saving.
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  11. Just had a spam pm. Presume loads of people had these. I've clicked on the report button. Is there anything else I need to do? (I didn't click on the web link in the message as I've decided not to become a bitcoin millionaire today).
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  14. I feel deprived I didnt get any
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  16. Thanks Athy A thankless task - potentially playing "Whackamole" - any common factors (IP Address)?
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  17. Like many suppliers of stuff for minority interests,they trade on lack of knowledge on the part of the customer,and jack up the prices. Anything specified for marine use is an excuse to make more profit. It is worse with aircraft stuff,it is frequently cheaper to buy aviation bits from the USA.
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  20. The old Alde is excellent as a secondary heating system to accompany a solid fuel stove. It's definitely worth investigating the fault and, if a repair is viable, trying it out before writing it off.
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  23. If I understand the situation, then there is a brass sleeve through which the gas pipe passes. If so, then you might just as well let it pass through the cabin side. A loose pipe will chafe on brass as well as it will on steel. Whether the leak is there or not, it really should be rectified. The best way would be, if it is sound, to remove the brass sleeve and replace it with some close fitting rubber sleeve, clamped to the pipe so that it forms a grommet. However, given that you don't just have 5mm of steel to pass through, but insulation and internal panelling. As all joints should be visible for BSS, a bulkhead fitting may not comply. I got over a similar problem after deciding to 'upsize' my gas pipe from 10mm to 15mm, by using a long brass nipple, held by locknuts inside and out, with compression fittings at each end. The joints are visible both inside and outside. Looking back through the thread, I can't see that you have sought to confirm a leak with a manometer. This would prove/disprove your bubble tester without having to spend another £50 on another bubble tester.
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  30. They all have stops in th middle until you drill them through.
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  33. No accumulator so there is no way of making up for the loss of pressure as the water cools down and contracts. If it does it during the day then it might be a slight weep somewhere but "in the middle of the night" is typical of cooling water and no accumulator or a faulty/depressurised accumulator
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  34. I don't think this question can be answered properly without knowing about the OP's electrical use, cruising patter, and battery bank size and type. If the OP has what one might describe as a floating cottage with all mods con the answer will probably be a proper inbuilt generator. If it's essentially a holiday boat with modest electrical needs then sufficient solar would be ideal backed up with engine charging when required. Or anything in between.
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  35. I received one too. Thanks mods for sorting this SPAM.
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  38. 1) You have a leak. 2) You have a leak 3) You have hot water in your calorifier and as it cools down the volume reduces and it takes a 'BRRRRR' to top the pressure back it.
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  39. Problem is that many of us opened the pm before looking at the forum so I think your plea will be in vain.
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  40. Last year I finally got round to seeing why my Vetus Bowthruster was no longer working. The armature had rusted solid, due to excessive condensation in the bowthruster compartment. I couldn't free it off so took it to Cox Auto Electrics in Atherstone. They charged £10 for inspection and quote, refundable if the work went ahead. They quoted me £380 to refurbish the motor, including new solenoid, contactors and brushes and did an excellent job. The only penny pinching I could see, was that the motor was resprayed in battleship grey rather than the eyewateringly expensive yellow paint originally used by Vetus. They also refurbish alternator and starter motors.
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  43. I am sure Vetus work on the old razor blade maker's pricing strategy (and printer manufacturers). Give the equipment away, sell the equipment cheaper or give a huge discount to the boat builder and make up for it with overpriced spares. It does not help if a brand has a large presence in the lumpy water leisure market that seem to me to be far less price conscious than the inland/canal market.
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  46. I was never diagnosed Dyslexic although my daughter maintains that if I was at school today I would be. Computers, word processors and spell checks have made my life so much easier. You would never read my hand writing. The latter part of my working life, the last 6 or more years I was a shift supervisor at a gas plant, the most senior person out of office hours. The Installation Manager on Offshore Gas Platforms. Before we had PCs reports were faxed through every day. I struggled for hours writing those reports before Faxing them off.
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  47. It also has Capital letters in the correct places and the use of commas and full stops to make it readable.
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  48. However you have to know how to spell the words in the first place! It does slow reading down by about 11% and in the words of Cambridge Uni Website: " the 11% cost is smaller than would be observed for replacing letters, or for changing the order of external letters. So, the meme has some elements of truth in it, but is false in its entirety."
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  50. I got one from new member called Braks. I reported it before I found this post. I rarely post. The good thing is that it's reminded me that Canal World exists. Every now and then I do a bit of family history research so visit then. Every cloud....
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