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My local (chilly) waterway this morning.

The eu tried as you know to enforce my country ( The UK ) to use foreign measurements ( metric ) They were crushed and we retained the Pint .......end of ...........un arguable. Along with mph and miles distance etc etc etc. Take a look at you car speedo and road signs next time you drive, they are in miles not metric. You can waffle all you want but facts are the eu lost as they seem to keep doing over here lol.

Of interest to old peculiar if your still on here. Kubota d905 And a enfield leg ,and 4 ft longer now,

I'll see if I can do a few pics.

The batteries in the bow referred to in that post were the two batteries that used to be for the bow thruster. LadyG found those difficult to access, which is why she needed help to replace them. Having found those batteries in the bow, I don't think anyone would have expected to find two more tucked away in an even more inaccessible place.

I know this is an old thread but thought it was interesting to look back at the Solar thread of March 2020.

But do remember that stainless is non magnetic so they are really difficult to fish out when they get knocked in by an overhanging branch. ................Dave

and keep the chimney loose, lift it up and down every couple of months, more frequently in winter when you have a lot of fires, otherwise the rust and smoke gunge will glue it in place. Sometimes you need to take the chimney off really quick when you encounter a very low bridge. ..............Dave

credit narrowboatworld would be polite.

................... and a boathouse is ????? I think you missed the point there Alan, possibly because this new format hides most of the post being quoted. I've just now edited my earlier post so that the relevance is more obvious. I s'pose it would be like comparing a car-space and a space-car. Perhaps an estate agent just might understand the distinction even if he was not a sci-fi nerd.

I’ve heard he’s always hammering his nuts. ?

Ah but it was a Deltic. Deltics can do no wrong IMHO ?

I went to Astley Green Mining Museum last year on a beautiful September weekend, after a trip on the East Lancs railway, and a walk along the derelict Manchester, Bolton & Bury canal.

Is it not possible to keep the EU bickering confined to the EU bickering threads, maybe?

Sorry to hear that. Hope you make a good recovery. We're not far from Hockley Heath so anything we can help with let me know. Both Swallow and Lyons have seemed friendly and helpful when visiting shop. Can't comment what they're like to moor at though. PM Sent

I am happy to inform you that after the eu for years tried to impose their foreign measurements on my country that in 2008 they were crushed and eventualy caved in and ( allowed ) peelocks, Ireland and the UK to opt out of the metric system and retain our Pint of beer amongst other concesions allowing proper measurements to run alongside foreign ones. The British pint is here to stay and will never be challenged again by any other Johny come lately organisation.

Just a word of caution, when I was in the fire service chip pan fires we're quite regular often gutting the place, (we only just managed to save someone's life once) but they became rare after oven chips became popular.

Some are set up to energise to run and others energise to stop. Our Beta was energise to stop, so if the key got turned off the stop didn't work, you only need to lose a connection somewhere for that to fail

Wash? That's not a boater's approach ...

I wonder if they pressure tested the heat exchanger? They can work fine on the bench but if you have an internal leak that may cause all the problems you describe. Have you had to top up the header tank? What sort of corrosion inhibitor is in the system?

I do like that photo. Actually, it's an urban myth that the railway was built on top of the canal. On the whole, it isn't. It's a lovely walk down to Alton, by the way. https://scholargypsy.org.uk/2019/05/11/caldon-and-uttoxeter-canals/

Bargain isnt it.

half an hour to get at your batteries? where do you keep them? Land's End? ................... well, that is quite ridiculous - as is your alleged inabilty to use a multimeter. clearly those 43 years on the briny didn't teach you much about critical boat systems that may save your life one day ..................... yes, you are not alone as a salty sailor, but most of us don't feel the need to brag about it. Dear Honourable Ladyship - I know you have me on ignore but perhaps if you lifted some of those blocks you would realise what a pratt you appear to be.

Tx, mine seems to work OK, I just have it switched ON all the time and adjust the thermostat. I used Hydraboost at high concentration when my diesel was low volume, it seemed to make less screeching. With lots of clean fuel and additives at standard rate, it seems fine. It usually runs for 35 mins, then turns off, I use it in summer as well, every couple of days to heat water and keep everything circulating, rather than leaving it to decay.l / corrode. Engineer topped up the anti freeze and bled a radiator. Past experience tells me it's best to pay someone who knows what they are doing, though it's not easy to find that person!

I had the new Eber HS3 D4 fitted a few months back. Super quiet and no cycling! http://www.espar.co.uk/EsparPlymouthProducts_NarrowBoatHeating.htm

I serviced mine before Christmas, symptoms lots of white smoke and diesel smells. Decoked it and all was well. Took a couple of hours but saved a lot and was satisfying. Hardest bit was getting the olive off the fuel feed pipe where it goes into the burner assembly. There's another post somewhere from I guess around October last with details of a download with illustrated step by step instructions. Martin/ edit: here: https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/108552-webasto-service-repair/

I am a deisel boiler engineer and and the carbon issue is the most likely, i have cleaned my own webasto unit of carbon, not to difficult just fiddly. You can purchase online a USB adaptor that connects your webasto to a windows laptop and with the webasto software that you can find online you can check all the functions of the heater and adjust the CO2% to the correct level (to much co2 and it smokes), but you do need a flue gas analyser to check the co2 value. If this is outside of your comfort zone it will be reasonably expensive as the unit may have to be disconnected from the water system, electrics and deisel and removed to disassemble the combustion chamber for cleaning, plus necessary gaskets. With regards to replacement the newest versions from webasto are better able to vary the output to demand than the earlier ones thus operating at the lowest fuel consumption that will still keep you warm and reduces cycling