jonathanA

No it shouldn't unfortunately .......... Presume there is a warning buzzer too so if the bulb has blown you will get an audible warning at least. i check mine from time to time as Tony describes. Temperature gauge and sender can be had for a few quid on flea bay

Pay a boat yard to do it and save your holiday time for boating !

I don’t know too much about the alternator on your genny but I’ve fixed a number of smaller petrol ones and the usual culprits are brushes and voltage regulators. Both of which take minutes to change and cost a few quid from the internet auction site of your choice, although might take a while if coming from China I would start by Looking at the brushes some one will have put a video up on you tube showing how good luck

You want a single pole double throw switch with a momentary action on one side. Something like this: http://cpc.farnell.com/arcolectric/c3911baaaa/toggle-switch/dp/SW04206 you can get waterproof boots for some of these switches if it’s exposed to the elements

I’ve often the thought the obvious thing to do was to make an adapter for a 1/2 inch socket drive. You could then use rat sh*t of your choice, breaker bars, windy guns or whatever

You could try Amtrim in preston. Did our dinette very pleased with it.

We have these on the back doors of our semi trad and they work well. Never had a problem with the pointy bits sticking out. our tonneau cover has cutouts to clear the fittings

The boat listing suggests it might be Calcutt hull

This isn't where the usual 'vandals' cause problems in Wigan afaik. Might I suggest a 4 yr old vid doesn't really reflect the current state, interesting though it might be to some

Passed this boat in Burnley and recall seeing it in better days! You can see the paint work is still in quite good condition. Just wonder how it’s ended up in this state having seen it moored in a marina ( i think) not long ago

It’s not looking good is it... i think I’d try taking the starter off I’m assuming that’s relatively easy on a bmc but someone who knows will no doubt comment soon.. once off you can apply the jump leads and see if the motor spins or take it to an auto electrican for testing/rebuilding. A new one might be quite cheap away from ‘Marine’ suppliers

As biz says zinc phosphate primer or red oxide primer available from engineering suppliers in 5 litre or larger tins. Im a big fan of craft master paints not cheap but worth the extra in my opinion for what that’s worth !!

Perhaps at last silsden are trying to do something about their awful reputation on briefings “watch the dvd” being about the extent of it previously. Pennine cruisers meet their hirers at the first lock or did when we hired from them a good few years ago.

Sorry your argument doesn’t make any sense to me. Agree about exchange of contracts but I was referring to the broker still marketing the boat ( comparable to still taking viewings for house) after taking deposit. It’s usual to put down a deposit before exchange of contracts on house purchases too. The issue here is around the non refundable deposit being asked by a broker and if I was selling I would not want the broker to stop marketing my boat until after the buyer had done their survey.

Not quite the same but when selling houses I only agree to stop marketing it after the buyer has had the survey done. I know they are serious if they have forked out for a survey and im in a better position to negotiate should the survey throw something up

It’s a long time since I’ve been to Scunthorpe but I was at port talbot quite recently and apparently due to the drop in the value of the pound it’s making profitable steel again... Tata have sold off Scunthorpe and it’s now part of ‘British Steel’ apologies for going off topic !

Actually I think you’ll find that they produce coke on site and use the gases produced too. Port talbot doesn’t use welsh coal anymore of course. the raw coke/iron ore/ limestone goes through quite a lot of processing (sintering) before being chucked in the blast furnace

Yep done them on our own and sharing sharing is better ! Still not sure what the padlocker is doing for the rest of his/their shift ? What problem are Crt solving or is the thinking that it will better then just having the flight as a free for all ? CRT are to be commended for trying something at least.

Seems odd to me that they can resource all that locking up and unlocking activity but can’t have a keeper or two over seeing the flight which would solve a lot of issues. hopefuily the winter maintenance will have made a difference or will the ‘vandals’ still be draining the pounds every night...

Don’t see why not. I’ve used one of those for connecting a hose to a submersible pump with a 1.5 BSP outlet Originally used one of those to connect to some 1” delivery hose then upgraded to 1.5” hose and just cut it at the appropriate point. Got to be worth a go a six quid

Well you can’t try to use one that’s not there....

Err ideal I’d say you just use a standard 15mm to 1/2 inch bsp male fitting, although the ones I’ve seen before where either 15 mm compression or 1/2 “ bsp male to take a standard tap connector. I always like to fit a service valve so future changes or repairs are easy.

Exactly - a lot of the home automation devices need a good internet connection and usually need some server communication to get round the dynamic IP addressing of most broadband providers. I’m currently considering using one of my Wi fi controlled switches on the boat to switch a heater on. That should work with Alexa ( learn new skill EWeLink in my case.) From what I can gather google home is a bit less intuitive. I reckon it will work because we have a good Wi-fi signal in the marina but haven’t actually tried it yet. without t’internet the functionality is much reduced to say the least. Maybe different kit might be ok without t’internet

Hmm great until you have no internet connection.....

Yes Vodafone share masts with O2 for 4G with Vodafone providing the masts on the west side of the country and O2 on the east. Vodafone have more of the lower frequency bands which are supposed to be better in rural areas. I think simple economics will force the mobile operators to share masts for 5G as it did for 4G