Richard10002
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When my EU20i either wouldnt start, or cut out shortly after starting, Pete Power advised me to fill the oil to just about overflowing. It worked a treat.... something to do with the sensor he said.
My EU20i eventually gave up due to the inverter failing. However, I do the same filling to overflowing with my EU10i.
Could be worth a try??
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2 minutes ago, Allan(nb Albert) said:
You can't but as I explained earlier you can create a simple model based on asking price, length and year from websites used by sellers.
Agreed!
I recall when buying our boat in 2011, it didn't take long, even as a layman, to establish which boats were worth what, and it was quite clear that the boat we bought for £18,000 was probably worth £25/£26k. The surveyor agreed
Admittedly, I was only looking at the market between £15,000 and £40,000, aiming to spend up to about £30,000.
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4 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Google says :
Market price
Market value is the price that a property would sell for on the open market, factoring in a realistic amount for expenses such as brokers’ fees.
Market price is the amount an individual is willing to pay for a property. It factors in other conditions, such as financing ability and trade-off allowances, but does not include real estate agent’s commissions and closing costs.
Neither accurate, nor helpful, I'm sure you would agree
As a matter of interest, which particular individual do you think they are talking about, and did they actually buy it?
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3 hours ago, bizzard said:
And flap discs for the angle grinder brilliant for cutting through paintwork to metal without scoreing it. I take it Richard bought the usual 4.1/2'' angle grinder and not a 4'' which are about.
It's a Black and Decker from B & Q, which came with 5 x 3.5mm discs, and I bought a couple of 1mm metal cutting discs as well. The discs are 115mm, which seems to be about 4.1/2" .
Seems quite chunky and solid.
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10 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
The 1st thing to consider is that when the boat is sold, all licences are cancelled and you must make the correct declaration, insure and and licence it in your name.
If you do not plan to have a mooring, are you fully aware of what making the "boat with no home mooring" (CC Licence) declaration entails ?
If you read the OP correctly, I dont think he is buying the boat...... merely "residing" on it
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Thanks for all the advice.
In the end I bought a proper sized hacksaw and a £35 angle grinder. Hacksaw worked a treat, and I now have a grinder for that job that I dont even know exists yet
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I recently bought and fitted a Lagun pivoting table mount which, amongst other things, can be raised and lowered.
It works great, but I want to be able to lower it by a further 2 inches, which requires cutting 2 inches off the bottom of the leg.
The leg is effectively a box section of quite thick aluminium which I was hoping could be cut with my Dremel. Given time, I could probably do it, but it wasnt going to look neat, and would take forever. I've also tried a small hacksaw, which would take longer than forever
I'm wondering what other ways people would use to do the job.
This is the leg that needs cutting:
https://shop.chastheboat.co.uk/products/spare-leg-for-lagun-frame-32109
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
I think Mr Noviceboata is saying one can easily live on a boat in London for a lot less than the £1200 a month it costs to rent an apartment. Especially if one is CCing.
But you knew that really and were just being awkward (again), probably...
Alan? Being awkward? You must be mistaken???
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5 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Yet again you are distorting the facts - I never said the owner would be prosecuted - I said it was a requirement that the builder marked the craft.
Everything you have said has intimated that it will be a problem for the owner if the craft isnt marked as it should be.
Yet the only problem you have been able to quote was for the builder, after a complaint by the owner.
You really seem to enjoy worrying and frightening people, dont you?
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13 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
See post No5
Given that posts aren't numbered, do you mean the fifth post in the thread?
It was posted by the OP on Sunday.....
If not, which one do you mean?
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I'm delighted with my Victron Phoenix 1600W, (2000VA), "Smart" inverter. Way better than the inverter bit of the Sterling inverter charger that it replaced.
https://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/victron-energy-phoenix-pure-sine-wave-inverter-12v-2000w-smart.html
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21 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
The heart is common, Gary Gorton boats all have them. The hole is handy for tying the rudder over when moored to stop it whanging about when boats pass ( too fast )
I've got a Garry Gorton boat. It has a heart in the rudder, and hearts at the bottom of the gas locker.
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
If you are competent to plumb in a bubble tester you are quite capable of connecting up a cooker / hob,
But he has already said that the problem with that is that he has no way of knowing if he's connected the cooker properly!
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
My 24v Pro Charge Ultra had that too, but infuriatingly it forgot or cancelled the custom settings when the genny ran out of petrol. Meaning every time I used it, I had to re-enter my custom settings.
Does yours do that too or was mine perhaps faulty?
Mine retains the custom setting until I do something to change it.
I wonder if it could be something to do with the default U.S. safety rules compliance. I cant really remember, but I had to change mine to not comply, in order for it to do what I wanted..
When it starts up it has PS in the left hand display, which I think indicates the fact that I have made the change.
Hopefully the above will make sense when you read the relevant bit of the manual
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On 05/10/2022 at 10:19, rusty69 said:
Sorry. Should have said it would mainly be used for charging Lithium battery.
The victron one suggests it has a lithium and user programmable settings
The Pro Charge Ultra has a custom setting, so you can set absorption and float at whatever you like.
With mine, on lithiums, using a genny, I set them both the same at 14.4V. I get 60A all the time, unless I'm charging to 100%, when it falls to 20A, (my choice), in the last hour or so.
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24 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
I have fitted a couple of these, they are still working AFAIK. Their quoted quiescent current is optimistic, I found that it was over one and a quarter amps.
I wonder if the quoted 0.6A is a type of standby current?
Having said that, I cant see mention of a standby facility.
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4 hours ago, jupiter1124 said:
The sheet bend looks just as easy to tie as a reef knot, so I may as well switch it out for that one if it's more secure, thanks. For a temporary fix, why not use a sheet bend rather than a splice?
What do you use it for? (bowline)
IIRC, a reef knot is for joining two pieces of rope of equal thickness, and a sheet bend two pieces of unequal thickness.
I have been sailing and canal boating for the best part of 50 years, and I probably only know 6 or 7 knots, and one of them always suits the situation.
I would add a sheet bend and a bowline to your armoury.
A bowline has more uses that I can imagine.... you will know when it suits.
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4 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
I do not have a "View New Content" button, I have (and use) "New Posts" (Right hand side below "search") and do not have the same huge list - it goes straight into the list of new posts since my last visit.
Looks to me like you're getting the same as everyone else, but you have slimmed down the number of forums that you get stuff from?
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2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Its designed to be in an enclosure, something I only learnt about a year ago, there were several posts on here about it.
Aha! so it's OK to be where it is, but it should be in a consumer unit type thing?
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6 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
A BSS failure. another contractor to add to your black list
What is wrong with it?
(Genuinely interested as I dont know)
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3 hours ago, BEngo said:
Any one had any experience with Kepworth stuff?
No experience, but I wonder why no more than 2 can be connected in series?
"Can be connected in series (up to 2)"
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32 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Its not as if you are doing it every day - it is only maybe 2 or 3 times per annum.
When you say "you", who on earth are you talking about?
I agree that it is unlikely to be an every day occurrence. I probably disconnect mine between 2 and 4 times a month, although I haven't kept an actual record.
There will be some who never disconnect, some who do it as little as you, and some who do it more than me.
We are talking about a piddling little switch.... the world is full of them and, mostly, they make life easier, rather than more complicated.
Like you say.... there are no rules..... although you seem to want to encourage people to do as you do
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I often turn off the panels when leaving the boat for a day or more, so as not to overcharge the batteries ..... particularly if it is going to be sunny.
It's not complicated - in my case, it's a 50A/50V breaker switch. 2 x 245W panels in parallel.
It would be a real pain in the neck to keep removing and refitting a wire to the MPPT, and probably not good for the wire either.
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On 18/09/2022 at 13:52, Sanddancer said:
Has anyone tried our heard about these turbines?
Not until now. It wont/can't do what it advertises so, even if you are committed to a turbine, ( despite the good advice given here), don't buy this one.
Get a Rutland which is a well known make, and where its capabilities are known.
Hard to understand your resistance to solar. Lots of boats have solar, and very few have turbines.... a fact that tells its own story?
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Good Knee Pads?
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After a lot of procrastination, I ordered these on Friday and they arrived today. A bit fiddly as I had to take my boots off to get them on, and they took some getting up to my knees over my jeans. However, they have been on for a few hours, a fair bit of walking around, and they have neither ridden up, nor down. So far so good!
Haven't tested the padding function yet, but I'll give it a go on the foredeck tomorrow.
Thanks Jen!!