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  2. Sound familiar?

    in General Boating

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    So, our plan to buy a narrowboat in a few years time seems to have gone awry...as of today we are the owners of a 70 foot nb by the name of Tesla. It's a rather nice 1992 Norton Canes, although a bit of a project internally. No doubt it will be, as I have seen described on here, a hole in the water to pour money down but I can't think of a better cause...

     

    You have all been very patient with my dumb questions over the last few months, this is advanced warning that there is going to be many many more :help:

     

    If you see us out and about please give a wave, we are on the South Oxford.

     

    Oh, and we are quite excited :cheers:

  7. Cheeky towpath folk!

    in Living Afloat

    Posted

    Situation can be reversed.

     

    My wife and I had to eat our Sunday lunch accomanied by the grunts and groans comming from a boat moored at the bottom of the pub beer garden. Actually we thought it very funny and gave them a round of applause upon climax!

     

    Hot nuts or a full three course affair?

  9. Powering my fridge

    in Boat Equipment

    Posted

    Hi

     

    Its a 600s a great bit of kit and a 3 year old could fit it in a matter of minutes. £130.20 inc vat and delivery last summer from tinternet, I have the company details if you want them. :cheers:

     

    Tim

     

    Yes please, now I just need to find a 3 year old....

  10. Powering my fridge

    in Boat Equipment

    Posted

     

    Yes its is. I personaly dont use a smartgauge as it doesnt give me enough information. I use a victron thingy which tells me how much any appliance is taking at any one time and also how much charge my alternator is wassing in. A smartgauge is usefull as a petrol gauge type thing but I find victron etc are of more use to me. The soc part is not accurate but neither is it necessary. I think you will find that Gibbo and his company have deduced this and believe they are adding amp counting/discharging to their new unit being developed at the moment. I am quite sure Gibbo will berate me if that is not the case :lol:

     

    Tim

     

    Thanks Tim, that would be a BMV-600s or 602s I guess, looks good and I assume wouldn't take a great deal to install (or get installed I expect).

  11. Powering my fridge

    in Boat Equipment

    Posted

    Hi

     

    My last boat was all mains, including fridge, telly etc. I had 3 x 110 amp hour batteries and my fridge was never switched off and my inverter was never switched off and I never had any power problems I simply cruised or charged for about 3/4 hours per day max. I will say though I had a mastervolt inverter whih are much superior inverter to the sterling which is fair enough as they are much more expensive. The sterling I have on this boat is no where near as efficient but your 1800 unit may well be ok. The usual problem is just how much does the unit actualy draw when running an appliance.

     

    Tim

     

    Is it best to have a smart gauge or similar to measure the draw and to ensure the batteries don't discharge over 50%? I am in the process of buying a boat with a similar set up but I am concerned that I will knacker the batteries. Once I get aboard I intend to do a power audit but I would like to have some ongoing evidence that we are not taking too much out of the batteries?

  16. Can anyone recommend an insurance company please?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    Have checked with GJW, Collidge and Partners,Navigators and General and for pleaure use policies these exclusions are normal. They suggest that these items are often covered by home contents policies. For fuller cover(but not usually cash, money cards etc.) most insurers do a "liveaboard policy" at an extra premium. The excesses on this cover are often high (typically £150).

     

    Thanks for the info. Time to check the home insurance I guess.

  17. Can anyone recommend an insurance company please?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Looking at te GJW policy if also seems light on personal property - "We do not cover fishing gear or equipment or sporting equipment, including water-skis etc, or diving gear nor do we cover money; traveller's cheques; credit cards; jewellery; spectacles and contact lenses; mobile telephones; laptops and other personal digital assistants"

     

    So if I nip down to tesco leaving my laptop on board and it is nicked, I cannot claim? I currently have home content insurance so I guess they would be covered on this, but come the day when we live aboard, what then?

  18. Can anyone recommend an insurance company please?

    in General Boating

    Posted · Edited by LazWoodbine

    Looking at the N&G policy (http://www.navandgen.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ACBDEE40-696A-4939-AF28-F1978B0E9EE6/0/RCBpolicy.pdf) there seems to be very little cover for personal possessions for Leisure users (no camera or phone cover for example) and inadequate cover for liveaboards (£750 max for portable computer equipment for example). Is this the norm? Or am I misreading it?

     

    Edited to add: this is the first policy I have looked at but I get the impression from this thread that a number of brokers use N&G?

  23. Calorifer

    in Living Afloat

    Posted

    I was thinking in maybe the next few days. You have obviously had air in there, hopefully you will have got it all out, but there may just be a bit lurking and waiting for you to come in all mucky and want a shower, it will think to its self, bingo, no hot water tonight. I think it's related to the gas cylinder that runs out when you are cooking dinner on a cold wet evening.

     

    Or the toilet cassette that is full when last nights curry is about to take full effect?

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