Edders
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This looks dangerous. Watch the lady on the bow at about 5 minutes in.
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Had a 5ft bath on one of our boats (admittedly 71'6"). Personally, I prefer and use the shower but my wife likes the bath. No problem with water as we had a relatively large water tank and a very big calorifier.
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One of my boats had a bath fitted so I had a 100 litre horizontal calorifier with 2 immersion heaters. Depending on the shore supply availability and what I was running at the time, I could use one or if in a hurry use both immersions and ensure I don't exceed the shore supply rating. Just added cold water to get the desired water temp in the bath. Is the 200 litre capacity of your bath allowing for displacement when you get in? Sorry, just realised you have no shore supply.
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On point 4, I think the flue would be too short.
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4 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
Just a quick question folks. What's your opinions especialy such as Tony B re the use of semi flipping synthetic oils? Ok it's not impossible to find proper good old mineral oil but is definitely becoming more often an order job as less and less shops and motor factors seem to stock it. My usual place in Banbury had non yesterday and yes got me some for today but it's getting to be a pain and it's now sometimes more expensive than modern stuff so......I have a modern Japanese smooooooooth lovely engine not some old knacker and do the panel,think it will be happy if I just start wanging semi or synthetic in it anyway??? Thanks folks in advance.
Tim,
If by chance you take winter moorings at Barton, try the Vintage Bearing Company in Burton. 01283 509562. Near the canal at Branston. Used to get all my oil from them. http://vintagebearings.co.uk/vintage-classic-oil/2528971
Very helpful people.
Tony
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6 minutes ago, Richard10002 said:
What more do you get with Freesat that you don't get with Freeview?
The ability to tune into your own "local" TV area and programmes when you are away from your home region. Plus there are some channels that are mutually exclusive.
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24 minutes ago, MoominPapa said:
We have a Miele at home, and the Bosch I recommended on the boat. The Bosch uses half the power the Miele does, and subjectively moves just as much air. The air comes out of the Bosch much cooler, unsurprisingly. The Miele is quite old, and pre-dates the new efficiency regulations; I have no doubt new Meiles are just as good as the Bosch, but it took the regulations to make Meile do it right. Even Miele.
MP.
I see Miele market one of their 1200w vacuums which replicates the performance of a 2000w by using a specifically designed floorhead.
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17 hours ago, MoominPapa said:
Without the regulations, the manufacturers just built machines with cheap and horribly inefficient motors and fans. It doesn't matter that the motor has undersized windings that turn half the energy to heat: the airflow stops it melting. Plus, they can advertise it as 2000W and people think that's good, rather than asking for airflow specs which is what matters. With the regulations, the manufacturers have to fit efficient motors and fans to get good airflow. Less power is used (very important on a boat) and the thing doesn't just kick out vast quantities of hot air.
In this case, "the man" is trying to help you.
MP.
Good point. Mind you, I have always considered Miele a quality brand.
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20 hours ago, Parahandy said:
I picked up a Miele for £125 off Gumtree some years back , I run it via the Travel Pack whilst the engine is running , absolutely no issues . Plenty on Ebay from around £65 upwards , along with Sebo probably the best machines you can buy
When we moved onto our boat in 2002, we took our Dyson DC04 with us but it proved to be far too big and bulky (although it performed well enough whilst we owned it). Sold it and bought a new Miele 2000w 230v vacuum. (pre EU power wattage regulations). Brilliant machine with fantastic suction. Still have it today. Great for getting the very long cat hairs out of the carpet. Should we ever need another 2000W model, they will hopefully be available when we are out of the EU?
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26 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:
If you have a modern engine fit a travel power. Isuzu and beta are an easy fit. Exellent recon full systems available or new. Many thousands less than a pucker gennie and will do all the heavy work whilst engine still charging domestic batteries. Will not add that many hours to your propulsion engine and even if it did you could buy a bran new propulsion engine with the money not spent on a genie. We would not buy a boat without a travel power now being on our second boat with one.
Definitely agree. Two of my boats had travelpower and performed flawlessly. I did have a Mastervolt Whisper 6kva 3000rpm on one of my boats (I had a vintage engine) but it was relatively noisy even though it was positioned in engine room well away from the main living area, but virtually inaudible from the outside. I was always concerned about the cooling water inlet getting blocked when moored with the inlet to bankside.
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In a previous life selling commercial vehicles, I was very much aware of exhaust emissions and it's dangers but it didn't stop me having a vintage engine in one of my boats. I fitted the longest exhaust stack possible to get under bridges and did not have a splitter. Strong headwinds were sometimes unpleasant though.
Investigated having a tilting exhaust pipe, but sold the boat before getting it sorted.
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2 hours ago, dccruiser said:
I lived with a JP2 years ago , yes it sounded great and drew a lot of attention, but as has been said shook the boat, gave you a headache after a long days cruising and if the wind was in the wrong direction filled your lungs with co2! ... thankfully it was only a holiday boat as i certainly couldnt have lived with it on a daily basis, but its like bogs, pram hoods, cruiser semi trad or trad sterns, each to their own.
Rick
It's not the CO2 I would be worried about.
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I was previously on 32GBpm for about £15pm (a rolling contract that I obtained through HotDeals UK) and contacted EE to see what the latest best deal was. Someone on this forum had previously posted they had managed to get 64GBpm for around I think £25pm.
The saleslady at EE said they couldn't offer this so I said fair enough, I will wait until another offer comes up. After a brief pause, the salesperson said hang on whilst I talk to my manager to see what I can do. She came back with an improved offer but nowhere near what I wanted. She then consulted her manager again and came back with what I have now, but on a 2 year contract only. I was OK with a contract as EE offer a good service and is the only 4g I can get where I live (no landline and no other mobile provider in the area).
Even though I have only been on this plan for about 6 months it appears I can upgrade again, should a better plan become available.
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2 hours ago, Dr Bob said:
Visiting this forum takes most of it with the odd footy match and rugby matches thrown in plus the odd bit of tv streamin' going on. I wish I could get BTSport and Sky go to download in SD. Sky on board now so it should reduce a bit.
We also have the EE 60GB/month mifi (for £20.20pm) and it did take a bit of negotiation to get. 60GB just about last the month ( have to keep an eye on binge watching on Netflix etc). Download everything in HD (TV further upscales most programmes very well) and find on average an hours worth of programme uses around 1GB. 4K downloads eats data.
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5 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:
Bet they would fit a Beta these days
Nooooooooo.............
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53 minutes ago, mrsmelly said:
Were they not shuved sideways in the back of the sixties buses?
Both Bristol and Seddon produced a Gardner powered, horizontal, underfloor, rear engined single decker bus/coach in the 60's to name but two. These engines were in an in-line configuration. (not transverse like most new double deckers of that era.) The Daimler Fleetline double decker had a transverse, rear mounted Gardner.
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3 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:
I think EE are the network. BT use the EE network.
Not 100% sure but I think EE was the result of a merger in 2010 between T Mobile and Orange. The resulting company was acquired by BT in 2016.
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2 hours ago, Dr Bob said:
Is that a good deal? .....as per the title of the thread...'Any good data deals'. I would be looking for 1gb for 0.50p. Maybe I am misreading your post. Our EE deal which is not very good is 60gb for £45/month but EE service is very good.
EE is the only network that covers where I live and having no landline, I am tied to them. Last June, I managed to get EE down to 60gb for £20/month. I just rang them to see if there was any offers available and after some haggling this was the best I could get. Tried again yesterday as I would like more data but currently no better deals on offer. It was in fact more expensive. I will try again in a month or so. Very good 4g service.
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10 minutes ago, Dave Payne said:
Another point on the Staffs and Worcs, cant remember the name of it now though, goes really thin with a few passing points.
I think that would be Pendeford Rockin' between Coven and Autherley Junction.
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Did Neil Armstrong take the pic?
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1 hour ago, nb Innisfree said:
Those figures may or may not be true but Tesla omit the payload specs, vital to operators, the extra weight of its battery pack eats into that payload.
Also that 0-60 time of 5.5 secs just applies to the tractor unit on its own.
To demonstrate the potential and how fast the Tesla truck is, an FIA regulation racing truck (tractor unit) with 1200bhp can accelerate from 0 to 100kph (o to 62mph) in 5 seconds but only averages 1 litre of diesel per km.
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6 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
Hundreds of thousands of people live in very rural areas such as Lincolnshire, Scotland etc etc etc. They at present MUST use a car as most of these places have ZERO public transport. My mothers village in Yorkshire gets One bus A DAY each way, the list is endless. Swopping cars and hiring an extra one on minimum wages?
We have a massively long way to go before leccy happens properly. 20 years as from last year............19 to go!!
This article from AutoExpress states that the UK added just one new public charging point for every 6 new plug-in cars sold in 2017.
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All my boats had a Mikuni fitted and there was always a valve in the outlet piping which allowed the water flow to be varied between the heating circuit and the calorifier circuit. If there is one, could it have been set to full flow to the heating circuit?
Oops, someone has already mentioned this. Sorry.
Tony
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3 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
The licence. I thought any muppet could use CB? they certainly can the pmr 446 jobbies. Bro in law doesn't have a vhf permit and is too tight to take one and will not be norty.
Tim,
If bro in law is so tight, just ask him to stay in line of site at all times and use semaphore or find a cheap Aldis lamp?
We have a massively long way to go before leccy happens properly. 20 years as from last year............19 to go!!
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Only at Fradley Junction. ?