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2 minutes ago, MtB said:
Still seems to share a "Ground" terminal though!
Does that matter? I have the Orion 30A thing, and chose isolated over non isolated. The non isolated, ( common ground), was cheaper, so it would be handy to know the difference.
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5 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
I take it you have cleared with 'the management' the placing of your advertisment ?
What makes you say that? It’s not an advertisement, more an offer of advice.
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1 hour ago, Bugsworth Tippler said:
I used an Envirotxt device from this company (no longer produced) for many years to find out the temperature on my boat and recently purchased a Powertxt to control two 750watt electric heaters.
I am off grid, so wonder if there are 12v or 5v gizmos that do similar things?
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If you are passing through Manchester and need the hospital, the following may be helpful:
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
I don't think anyone has actually explained in the thread yet that most boats purchased with a loan are not attached in any way to the loan or to the lender. The boat buyer obtains a personal loan to buy the boat and once purchased, he or she is free to sell the boat if they wish and just carry on paying the loan off. If the loan payments stop the loan company have no rights over the boat, they pursue the borrower defaulting on the loan. So accidentally buying a boat previously bought on finance which has not been settled almost certainly will have no negative consequences for you.
This scenario does not apply with a marine mortgage however, as the boat is put up as security for the mortgage. But vanishingly few narrowboat purchases are funded with marine mortgages.
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It looks like any boat on which a mortgage has been secured, will have been required to be Part 1 registered by the lender. Thus, if the register is searched, and the boat is not found, it significantly lessens the risk of a loan being secured against it.
I have no idea how to search the register to find out if a boat has a loan secured against it, or not - any ideas?
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Buy a recognised 'boaty' brand like Waeco / Dometic and buy once.
When installing a 12v fridge there are two things to do 'right'
1) Ventilation all around, even put a fan thru the floor and use the bilge air for cooling.
2) Follow the manual for cable sizes, go even larger, do not underspec the wiring or you will have problems. If you think it looks OK, then it isnt.
When my 15 year old fridge failed in 2016, I bought a Waeco - ventilation and fan in the floor. When my Waeco failed in 2020, I bought a Waeco as I didnt want to risk an ebay cheapy.
So far so good but, if my current Waeco fails, I will be buying a "cheapy"...... probably Alpicool, but we'll see what's around when it happens..
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7 hours ago, truckcab79 said:
In the grand scheme of things £200 is fine. I’d rather have it installed and never need it to be honest. We’ll be pretty much stripping the interior so it makes sense to run everything before we re-clad the walls.
Even if you are off grid completely, you will need the shore power connection to connect your generator in winter. Money well spent.
I spend 3 or 5 nights a week on board a 45ft narrowboat. 400W of solar keeps me topped up for most of March to September- if the sun isn't good for a few days, I run the genny.... perhaps 3 or 4 times over the period.
I think I would have got 600w to possibly avoid running the genny in Spring/Summer.
October to March I run the genny to fill up about every 3 days on board. Solar is pretty much a token.
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10 hours ago, IanD said:
What kind of fan? (size, rpm, airflow, make/model...)
Some are much quieter than others while moving the same amount of air -- bigger diameter and slower will always be quieter for the same airflow. Noctua fans are good...
It's a Maplin fan, 85mm square. No idea of the other specs.
Tried the neoprene to no effect, so I'm going to buy a Noctua as you suggest.
4 hours ago, blackrose said:Out of interest for what purpose? General cooling in the boat or are you trying to create airflow for a specific purpose such as cooling the back of a fridge for example?
Nothing to do with the water pump I assume?
I can't imagine a single computer fan would make much difference to the overall temperature inside a boat?
Nothing to do with the water pump
I have a fan, (quiet, by chance), below the fridge in the middle of the boat which sucks air from the bilge to the back of the fridge. I thought it would help to have a fan at the front of the boat blowing the air into the bilge, thus forcing the cooler bilge air towards the fridge.
Maybe I dont need it?
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Thanks for all the quick responses.
I think I've got some neoprene straps on board, so I'll give that a go and,if it doesn't work, I'll try a Nokua fan.
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Hi,
I've drilled a hole in the floor, (near the water pump), to fit a computer fan to create an airflow. When I fit and run the fan, it seems to vibrate the wood it is screwed to and is very noisy.
Any suggestions to quieten it down?
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11 minutes ago, frangar said:
And you are now on my homophobic list.
Speaking of judgemental - How does what she said make her homophobic?
You are on my ignore list because your overall behaviour seems to be aggressive and threatening...... I suspect you are on Lady G's ignore list for a similar reason.
(Obviously we can't help having a quick peek at you every now and then
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As a matter of interest, can you help the OP with his query?
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23 hours ago, rusty69 said:
Dunno if it is cheaper for your boat but my GJW policy is £211 this year. Up £20 on last year.
I've just had my GJW renewal at £150, same as last year.
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57 minutes ago, MrshappyH said:
Noted. And very sad . We have a few options of where to put the generator , just deciding which one to get , thinking 3.5 kw petrol. Hoping to find a quiet one. It will be a portable, and quite far from boat . Thank you for the warning. (Shudder,).
I used to use a Honda EU20i which was 21kg, and almost too heavy to keep carting it from boat to shore and back again.
I now have a Honda EU10i which is 13kg and much easier to cart about. It just manages to pump 60A into the batteries, whereas the EU20i could manage 80A.
My guess is that a 3.5kW genny might be too heavy,, which could lead to cutting corners.
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On 23/08/2023 at 21:06, MrshappyH said:
get away with 2 X 100ah.
I don't live on board but spend a few days/nights a week on board. I wouldn't even consider 200Ah of Lithium. I've got a nominal 535Ah of which I try and keep between 20% and 90% state of charge, so have about 375Ah to play with. March to September 400W of solar keep me going, only needing to give them a generator charge occasionally. In winter, I generally find myself charging after a couple of days on board. At 60A my Honda EU10i takes about 5 hours to put 300Ah back in.
I don't have a washer or a dishwasher, but don't skimp on other home comforts.
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3 hours ago, MtB said:
Bear in mind we still about 8 or 9 base rate increases yet to take effect, given that each BR rise takes about a year for its effect to show up in the inflation figures.
That is my recollection from the last time interest rates were rising dramatically, (1990's). I think my mortgage reached 14% or so. I've had about 18 months to 2 years in my mind.
I have been somewhat surprised and disappointed that The Monetary Policy Committee seem to be in a rush to increase interest rates based upon todays rate of inflation, rather than appreciating that stopping at one of the previous increases would have had the desired effect, due to the obvious lag effect.
I actually wonder whether there is a hidden agenda between The Bank of England and Government, although I cant guess what it might be.
(BTW: I dont believe there is a cat in hells chance that The Bank of England and The MPC are truly independent of Government
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18 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
That is what the law says for sales in the course of business, so basically one has to resort to the law and hope the company pays up and does not liquidate itself.
Ah!..... the law, and "hope".
Alan reels off the law, making it sound easy and almost automatic, when it is nothing like that.
So you pay your £2000 court fee, (5% of claim, assuming boat was £40,000), find that the seller denies the claim, and you find that it is likely to take 9 months to a year for a hearing. Is the stress, anger, anxiety, worry, for all that time, worth it, as against getting it fixed, getting on with life and, where possible, doing what you can to help others to avoid such an experience at the sellers hands.
Having said that, we are still guessing as we don't know what are the faults, nor whether the boat was sold in the course of a business.
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22 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
- 0-30 days: You can claim a full refund for goods that are of unsatisfactory quality, unfit for purpose or not as described.
- 30 days-six months: You must give the retailer one opportunity to repair or replace it before you can claim a refund.
You make it sound so easy......
What do you do when the seller refuses, (in the nicest way), to give said refund?
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On 28/07/2023 at 09:16, Jen-in-Wellies said:
I read the title and my first thought was Leeds and Liverpool.
My first thought was clickbait
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I have just started a 24 month contract with Three with the same router. It's on the boat, plonked in a not particularly good position, and I'm getting 5G fine almost all the time, (globe light on top is blue). If it can't get 5G, it reverts to 4G, ( globe is green). No antenna so far.
What I'm trying to say is that you don't need a 4G router as you already have one.
I have a 4G Pynting antenna fitted for my previous Huawei router, but I think you need a different 5G antenna for 5G.
There is a video on YouTube where T9 pigtails are fitted and taped firmly to a router. The other ends are SMA.
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52 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
At least, and then 8 hours for 2 days at the weekend. These extra hours should help to get back to fully charged at least once per week.
Do you know how to determine when your batteries are fully (99.99%) charged ?
Some would suggest looking at the Smartguage
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Having had to replace a failed Dometic, (Waeco), after only a few years, (2 or 3), my next fridge will be an Alpicool compressor fridge from Jackson Leisure.
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3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Then there is something wrong with the way the batteries are wired.
There should be no link between the starter and domestics such that anything can drain both.
I think you are wrong to suggest that there should be NO LINK between starter and domestics, in the way that you do.
I think I know what you mean, but it is confusing for those with little knowledge.
For clarity, there is a link between the negatives of the starter and the domestics on mine. There is no link between the positives. My guess is that most will be wired similarly.
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2 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
I presume Mr Freeman is Jewish.
Why is that relevant?
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26 minutes ago, DShK said:
They told me it's just because of a different BMS "The LB range of batteries feature a different BMS and an overall more premium feel and display no status signs when at peak charge, but are also ~1.5x the price and as such most customers do not end up choosing them"
And when pushed on the "Daly Quirk" - "Regarding the cell quirks- general theory has been that they have had slightly different total capacities, leading to them reaching peak first."
They told me they have no interest in active balancing as it makes the batteries more costly (uncompetitive) and too much self discharge.
Sounds to me that they are admitting that the batteries they sell are not very good.
Perhaps anybody reading this thread will learn that buying from Sterling is a bit of a lottery. Over the years that has been my own experience.
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Mornings on the Bridgewater canal,
in New to Boating?
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The Bridgewater has a Platinum Licence which I think allows you to live on your boat. I’m sure the details are somewhere on the web site.