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Timx

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  1. Will this be good to stop my walls getting hot. Last year I just used tin foil , which worked but doesn’t look good.

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    It’s to go behind my multi fuel stove, it has fire board etc , but the wood above that gets very hot, so needs some shield.

  2. Hi , thanks for comments. 
    I have been having problems with the engine alarm. It stopped working last year, occasionally it alarms when starting up or shutting down, before I have turned the key off, but rarely.

    This year, in the hot days, the alarm started buzzing, rather than ringing as I was going along. Belt tight, coolant level fine, oil level ok. 
    as I was approaching a few weeks on rivers got someone to look at it, who decided it might be my solar panels causing this over energising, and to ignore or remove alarm.

    if it is not a sunny day and I am moving, it doesn’t start buzzing, but has come on twice since when I’m travelling in full sun.

    Today I started the engine, have been getting some sun on my 845 watt panels, 25 amps going in, ( I have 3x 230ah batteries.8 years old) the low noise ringing continued, I had been hoovering up, but the the buzzing started again. I turned the engine off, and the buzzing stopped, went to the normal engine alarm ringing, then as I turned the key to off, that low noise ringing continued, and is still on now.

    The temp gauge is faulty, it goes right over to hot , but if you tap on it, the arrow flicks over to the temp you would expect, so I’m thinking the sender won’t be at fault.

    The oil gauge must be faulty, it swings over to as far right as possible, although has always done this, and oil level is correct.

    This recent development of the almost silent alarm continuously ringing when the engine is turned off, is a new feature.

    Anyway thanks for replies, I will keep them in mind.

  3. 3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

     

    I don't understand why you would think that a noise from your throttle / gear selector would be from the bow thruster. 

     

    I have never seen a 'morse' control box with anything electrical in it, it is quite common for other makes (ie OMC) control boxes to have electrics and even the 'key-hole' incorporated into the control box. There would then be the normal 'ignition' alarms as found on a separate instrument panel.

     

    See the source image

     

    When these controls are used with outboard engines it can also have things like power trim & tilt, dead-man-switch etc incorporated into the 'box'.

     

     

    Maybe you could post some pictures of your control box.

    Just because it is the same sound level and pitch of the bow thruster noise when deployed, and comes from same place.

  4. 2 hours ago, blackrose said:

    It's probably an oil pressure or engine temperature alarm. 

    Hi, thanks, but the engine is turned off, and has been for a few days, the noise is like when the bow thruster is shutting down, very quiet , normally a few beeps, but it is the same noise level but continuous.

    2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

     

     

     

     

    Looking at Aqualine pictures they look to incorporate the throttle/gear control handle in the same plinth as the 'electrics'.

     

    Are you sure your 'noise' is not coming from the 'plinth' rather than the throttle/gear control handle ?

     

     

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    Hi thanks , yes it’s coming from that plinth, it’s not the engine alarm though.

  5. 3 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

    Is it in Morse code?

    Who has a bow thruster alarm? I have never heard of one.

    How long have you been hearing things? Do you have tinnitus?

    Why do people have to be rude on here? Please don’t reply to any of my further questions.

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  6. Hi, I am getting a continuous alarm from inside my morse controller on a aqua line boat, only started today, and I have been moored up for a week. What would that signify, and what is the fix? It is so hard to hear, so the bow thruster alarm is all I can think of. Still can hear it now if you listen carefully which is normal noise level when engaged or turning off.?

  7. Hi, on river Avon travelling towards Stratford, left my directors chair, at Craycombe turn moorings , two days ago under the tree.

    Anyone travelling down past that way, please pm me for twenty quid reward if going to Stratford.Cheers.

  8. So far,a great guy has checked everything, (great boat mechanic)and all looks ok. So last possible problem was actual alarm being faulty, so have ordered another one. But apparently it’s more likely to be with the hot weather and newish solar panels, as this can set the alarm off, with too much power going in, and I need to turn the solar panels off when travelling. All makes sense, hard to diagnose with so many possibilities, but I feel secure it’s not a boat engine problem , but a diagnostic problem.

  9. On 13/07/2022 at 23:13, Francis Herne said:

    I'm currently going down the same way for the first time.

     

    Agreed that the pound above Hyde lock is really beautiful.

     

    What's wrong with the Vine? I was outside it earlier, looked well kept, lots of happy gongoozlers on the terrace.

     

    Three separate people have told me not to stop overnight in Kidderminster, two of them having had windows broken there in the last few weeks. I'm going to take their advice...

    If you stop at the watermill pub just after tescos, you will be fine ,offside but by a road in front so a little noisy if sitting at front of boat. Nice and safe though, although food is a bit “ping”

  10. Thank you, I am going to get someone to look at it, I looked at oil level , belts and coolant today before taking off for a short cruise, all fine.

    my major concern is that I have been planning on going down the Severn and then up the Avon. Not sure wether  to give that up as too risky given circumstances.

    I am also confused by these alarms, the usual one on starting, would I presume, indicate broken belts, no charging, oil or temp, or is that wrong as I have never heard this buzzing alarm, what does that signify?

    The temp gauge is dodgy, but usually a couple of knocks on the screen knocks it back to what you would expect, which I did whilst this buzzer was sounding and it went back to just over starting point as usual. 
    But after engine cooled for ten minutes it did stay off for ten minutes whilst engine was running before buzzing again, so would that indicate a temperature sensor somewhere else.

    I did have the coolant completely changed a couple of years ago, and the level is consistent.

    if I get someone out to look at it, what could they tell if there is no problem at the time.?

    The usual alarm is inconsistent and I did get a mechanic to look at it, and just by checking the connections it worked straight away till next day.

    should I ask them to replace everything?

  11. Hi, I have had problems with my alarm sounding, as you start engine it rarely alarms. But I keep an eye on gauges, so not too bothered, although temp gauge, is temperamental and I need to tap it a few times to get a true reading. Anyway today after about a three hour journey, just before last lock of the day, a buzzing alarm type noise started from the control panel. I have never heard that in eight years of ownership. As I turned the engine off the normal alarm worked before I shut it down. I tried it on and off a few times, still same pattern with this loud buzzing alarm. So after 15 minutes I tried it again, and all was fine, then after five minutes it started again, so I moored up for the night. Any ideas what this is, I am approaching the Severn so don’t want to go on there without sorting it. The gauges were fine, the coolant has been changed a couple of years ago and is right level. The control panel top seemed hotter than surrounding area to touch. Any ideas what is wrong ?

  12. 11 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

    And there's me saying the cut's no worse than any other transport system. That's my route home stuffed and there's going to be a hell of a tailback of hireboats and a lot of angry customers. Two big marinas along there with people trying to get back - I suspect CRT might treat this as a bit of a priority. Shame they didn't bother when it was just one paddle.

    It took three of us to get Baddiley middle lock open today - you have to bounce it while it's still six inches from full as it never fills on the one working paddle. Going up, you bash it with the boat. That's going to be expensive in the end...

    It was like that last September, obviously not been sorted since then.

  13. I am moored with tyres for fenders,I will try tying the tiller to one side. The boat is draughted 30” stern and 18” bow. The rudder stock being loose in the bearings could be a possibility. I got a new bearing a couple of years ago, but there is some give in the tiller. Maybe have it looked at when it’s out for blacking. It’s too windy to turn boat around easily. Thanks for replies.

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