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Sorry pic one, is the old fitting , which I have replaced with pic two, pic three shows the new shades, which replaces the shades in pic four.
on one side of the cabin I still have the old set up as shown in pic 1 and 4.
pic one the bulb has twin prongs that pull out of the fitting.
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I bought the bulbs that were advertised to go with the fitting
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Hi, I want to replace my cabin lights, but I am confused as I have no idea what I am doing. I tried replacing this light.pic 1
with this light..pic 2
however..pic 3 shows them fitted, but won’t work, am I getting 12v mixed up with 240v lights, even though in pic one it says there 230v.
sorry for probably being stupid, but I’m no good at electrics, or most other things technical.
thanks.
They are to replace these on other side of wall, still working..
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On 03/03/2025 at 13:29, Patrick Wills said:
My wife and I are planning to do the Leicester Ring this Year. We are starting on Easter Saturday at Barton Turns Marina and have 3 weeks to complete the trip. Does anyone have any views on the best way to tackle the Ring - i.e. clockwise (R Soar first) or anticlockwise (R Soar last)? Thank you.
Was that you passing Kilby bridge, the water levels have been down with helpful CRT staff restoring the levels, hope you have a pleasant journey, we’re following you but taking 6 months to do same trip.
You missed out on a meal at the navigation.. we went tonight, two pints, a large glass of Peno Grigio, two fish and chips, lemon meringue with ice cream, £46. Nice staff. I love boating .
Ps, the food was fantastic.
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On 25/01/2025 at 12:58, T_i_m said:
I got a background Whatsapp last night from my friends on their Nb saying their CO alarm was going off and that 'smoke' was coming out of the stove. ;-(
Assuming there wasn't a birds nest on the chimney (it was clear), I'm guessing that the likely cause was a combination of the current wind speed and direction and how it was reacting with the Nb and it's external vents?
eg, If the only open windows was on the lee side of the Nb, there could be a low pressure in the boat and therefore the updraught from the heat of the stove exhaust wasn't enough to 'beat' the low pressure in the boat? Am I close?
If this is 'a known thing', what is the typical solution please?
I got one of these last year as I was getting down draughty through the squirrel door in high winds. This fixed it and increases the draw. Solved the problem.
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Thank you black rose have done as you advised.
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The Castro oil is API GL_4 , which I ordered, are you saying I should discard and look for GL_5 ?
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So this stuff will be ok. ?
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Hi, I need to change my vetus bowthruster oil, which manual states should be EP90 , do I have to order Vetus oil or will any EP90 oil do?
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Have a look at latelink.com they show hire bases throughout the country, it will give you an idea of all the bases to choose from.
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Coat it with carnauba wax and rub it in, worked for me on wood.
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Thank you for replies, I know now where to look, or at least get someone else where to look. If it’s starter battery then fine, it’s an aqualine, nothing has been modified apart from getting solar panels in. As I said the domestics are fine and starter battery fired engine first thing this morning. I was out in the country , no roads anywhere near. So have got near civilisation now and will go into a marina tomorrow and get them to look at it. Thanks again to every one.
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Just checked, engine hasn’t run for five hours, not hooked up by the way
2 minutes ago, nicknorman said:Presumably the engine has 2 alternators (as well as the travelpower) with one alternator being for the starter battery and one for the domestics. That light is for the starter alternator and if the starter battery isn’t charging then you will still get quite a few starts before it goes flat. The BMV712 has an input for the starter battery so you can measure its voltage. Did you wire it up in which case what is the starter battery voltage?
Was the travelpower running at this time? One possibility is that the Travelpower is running the Combi charger which is pushing the starter battery voltage slightly above the starter alternator’s regulated voltage, and thus the field current has dropped to zero and thus the alternator warning light is on. Depends on whether it’s a 6 or 9 diode machine.
The bmv does not wire into the starter battery, but my internal monitor is showing it at 12.8, thanks for looking but your last paragraph goes over my head.
But what people are saying is that light being on relates to the starter battery[unless a wiring fault]?
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1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:
Is that on when the engine is running or prior to starting with the key switched on or with everything off
That’s when engine is running.
1 hour ago, Tony Brooks said:They/it are usually controlled from the alternator, but turned on by the ignition switch, so do you have a single or twin alternator engine? In the later case, the BVM would be looking at the domestic (larger) alternator, while the engine start alternator could have failed.
The normal operation is turn ignition on, light should illuminate, start engine and possible give it a rev and the light should go out ast he alternator starts to charge.
Things are not quite hat simple unless we know the alternator(s) make & model or photos to identify them.
It could also be a wiring fault but lets see what you actuall have.
two alternators, have never seen the light come on before.i think they are 120 amp domestic and 90 amp start alternators, but will check and photo tomorrow. The light stays on throughout a cruise.
1 hour ago, nicknorman said:Do you mean the small red light inside the Volta meter (it’s hard to see whether it’s on or not). If that one, it means the engine alternator is not charging, which is rather born out by the sub-14v showing on the meter.
Oil pressure looks very high for engine idling, does that gauge work?
Yes that light is on. The meter reading is always about there, also the oil pressure reading has been like that over ten years. I trust the victron battery meter which shows leisure’s are charged appropriately. Starter battery has worked fine last two days, only noticed light last night when running for charge.
Both showing 12.8v on internal engine battery monitor.
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Could anyone tell me what the red light coming on in the control panel means? It’s on the battery monitor control panel. My battery monitor Bmv tells me everything is charging fine, ie leisure batteries. Never noticed the red light come on before, what would it usually signify ?
Upside down for some reason, but you get the picture. Never lit up b4.
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Just a note, there is a grp travelling to Fradley junction, will be there or past there by now, has a load of crap on top, they are steering by looking out of the side cockpit. Two young men, leaving lock doors open, and a paddle up. Lost a load of water at Alrewas pound, which I have refilled after being grounded. Will probably cause more havoc as they continue, boat is listing to one side. Apparently they have an adjustible spanner to work the paddles. Be aware.
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Have seen lots of heavy vehicles travel down the towpath by there, I wonder if that is part of the causal problem.
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Could stop boats planning on going to Liverpool for some time.
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I’ve got three, given to me at some time, I use them as a trivet on top of my stove in the winter.
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Just a reminder to anyone coming this way at the weekend, it’s a festival of travel, so , on Sunday there is a trip up and down of all the boats. If wanting to moor you will not got very close to the centre.
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Getting busy at Lymm for there transport weekend. Sunday is official day.
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39 minutes ago, MJG said:
How often do you give your stove a good clean out?
If not often crud will build up and restrict flow.
Our baffle plate comes out once every couple of weeks for a good scrape off.
The cumulative effects of CO can be very dangerous. If you are getting head aches you need to sort it immediately.
Thanks, every couple of weeks, surprises me, never had a problem before in nine years, but thanks will look at it, MTB said much the same so will look at it., so what is a normal level on your boat, is it 0. Looking on net below 30 says ok , but obviously not if getting headaches.
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48 minutes ago, MtB said:
This is Bad News, shouldn't do that.
Take the flue baffle out and I predict you'll find a kg or so of soot and rust almost blocking the throat.
Thanks, but have done that, and swept chimney twice.
29 minutes ago, bizzard said:If the Morso stove has no back boiler tank but a half moon shaped throat plate instead, remove it, two nuts. These plates are only for use in houses with much taller flue's. Left in will leave loads of crud on top of it and in the flue pipe.
Thanks, that throat plate is already removed.
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Hi , I have two co 1 alarms on nb, this year, I had problems with Morso stove. Kept on getting smoke blowing back into boat.
tried a few different ways to stop it. Eventually found the problem , and sorted it with a cowl on top of chimney. All good.
however when trying to sort it unsuccessfully initially, my alarm went off during the night. Well one did the other didn’t but was showing a lower reading. Since then I have been keeping an eye on the more sensitive alarm. It reads between 18 and 27, the higher reading causes headaches and I have to open windows overnight, 18 is usually the morning reading.
is this normal .?
should it be 0 all the time ?
Had the stove 9 years, never noticed a problem before, but never monitored it before.
would be interested in others findings and views.
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Thank you for replies, yes with the old fitting saying 230v I assumed the lamps would work.
i will return them for 12v, thanks for all replies.