[Mill lift bridge no 205 Oxford Canal]

I sent an e-mail to CART in April complaining about this aluminium lift bridge and pointed out that the reason it was twisting was that most of the rivets in the beams had sheared. Aweek later they replied that it had been fixed. Obviously not!!

[Heating over winter]

we have a 59 ft trad stern. Last winter we left an 800W oil filled radiator on with thermostat at the lowest setting in the rear cabin. Nothing froze and our elec bill did not seem very high. Cannot remember if you said these tubes were thermostatically controlled or not. If not,then they will be heating all the time and may cost an arm & leg to power.

 

Thanks. The heaters will be connected through plug-in frost stats in the 13 amp socket. It looks like two should do it.

[Heating over winter]

We are thinking of putting electric tubular greenhouse heaters powered from the landline and a frost stats on our 45Ft narrowboat during the winter months. We will be using the boat during the winter but would rather not drain down every time we leave it. The heaters are rated at 180, 230 or 360 watts. Does anyone install these heaters and if so how many do you use on a 45ft boat?