Richard10002

Not sure how good these ultrasound things are but, unless the gizmo they use for measuring the thickness of the steel can differentiate the plate and the original, it will be total thickness, including plating.

Will Prowse was quite impressed by Renogy a couple of years ago: They seem to be made from proper cells now, rather than pouches? 4th Picture shows the internals: https://uk.renogy.com/12v-200ah-lithium-iron-phosphate-battery-w-bluetooth/

I tend to agree. Given that the experts are telling us that the actions of various governments, as a consequence of various COPs and similar, are relatively insignificant, it would seem that the sh!tstorm is coming, like it or not. I recall a TED talk some years ago where a Dutch scientist suggested that new technology over the next century would take care of accommodating the downside of climate change over time, and that there were much more pressing things that our resources should be directed towards. My own take is that someone should organise the building of several huge solar farms around the tropics and arrange for the power to be distributed world wide. As far as I can tell, in relative terms, it wouldn't take much space, and the locations would be such that environmental "damage" would be pretty much nil. I am thinking about places like the Sahara Desert and similar. I think Elon Musk has something like this on his radar, but I'm not sure how far he has got with it... and I may be wrong. Having said that, whatever the rest of the world does, I think electrification, powered by renewables, (wind, solar, tide..... not wood), is no bad thing. Walking along a busy road, the fumes from vehicles are very noticeable. If they were all electric, things would be much more pleasant.

As a matter of interest, given that an estate agent does a similar job to a broker, except houses are the subject, rather than boats is an estate agent a distributor of houses? From what you have said above, they would have refused to help sell the boat if that statement were true.

Despite Alan's* lightning response to my previous post, (with a very "selective" quote), the silence in response to this one is deafening. * de Enfield

MMM? but lawinsider.com says ............... Not really relevant to second hand sales, whether by an owner directly, or with the help of a broker.

So... what you are now saying is that you dont really know for sure. Previously you were holding yourself out as knowing for certain, and you kept producing/repeating stuff in an attempt to show that What a good decision

Easy for you to say Having given a different "definition" of a distributor, only a post or two above, the above only serves to confuse the issue. Which is it? Or is it both? I wonder if there are any more definitions, (in the context, of course )? In reality, your definition/s of a distributor dont really help to answer the question as to whether a broker is a distributor...... Is a broker "placing a boat on the market" or "making a boat available to the market", or is it the actual owner who is "making a boat available to the market", and the broker is merely facilitating that? I wonder if there any case law which sets a precedent on this?

The question was "There is no requirement for , say, a 20 year old boat which is for sale to comply with regulations in force , say 20 years later in 2023 , if is a boat already legally in the uk and sold for continued UK use. Do You Agree?" Your reply was "No", (i.e. you dont agree) Thus, you seemed to be saying that: "There is a requirement for, a 20 year old boat which is for sale to comply with regulations in force , say 20 years later in 2023 , if is a boat already legally in the uk and sold for continued UK use". It's very clear and was, (more or less), what I already thought I knew.

I think you, (and Tony and Barney), are misunderstanding my misunderstanding. I dont propose to go through all of Alans posts, but this succinct reply of Alan's was possibly the one that confirmed for me what I was thinking: MartynG: "You explanation is unclear . There is no requirement for , say, a 20 year old boat which is for sale to comply with regulations in force , say 20 years later in 2023 , if is a boat already legally in the uk and sold for continued UK use. Do you agree?" Alan (de Enfield: "NO"

Everything that you have said so far has suggested that this is exactly what you were suggesting. I'm glad you have cleared this up because, in your usual doom mongering way, you had me worried that I would have to modify my boat substantially before being able to sell it legally.

I wonder what is the opposite of itinerant?

1) When we bought the boat it had a simple mixer and, no matter what I did with the taps, the temperature varied from too hot to too cold several times during a shower - really irritating. I had a thermostatic shower valve in the car, so fitted it and all was good for a decade 2) 15cm is correct 3) I'll take it apart and see if the problem is obvious.

Despite "draining" the system, there was some frozen water in some of the pipes yesterday afternoon and, once the water in the shower valve defrosted, the shower started running, and wouldn't shut off. Removed it, capped the pipes, and all is good. However, I've decided to replace the shower valve, and wonder if anyone can suggest a replacement which is a fair compromise between quality and price? Given the range of prices, I'm wondering what you get for £199.99+ that you don't get for £39.99. It's a bar type thermostatic valve, with inlets at 15mm centres, (I think/hope the inlets are a standard size, so I can use the existing wall mounting).

A centimetre thick on The Bridgewater at Stretford. Saw one boat pass earlier today. Fuel boat has called off deliveries until things warm up a bit. Liam would probably get through, but mooring alongside boats, and carrying bags of coal and bottles of gas, would be dangerous.