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Thats what I've done & I expect you've removed them the same way I do, namely cutting the old pipe as close to the flat faced surface of the rings as you can & then pushing them off the pipe as if the pipe was being inserted into it, except its the ring thats moving, not the pipe. That way there's no damage to the ring & its easy.

NO! The age of a cable will affect its general condition, if you don't know its age & it looks a bit old & tired, then change it. Obvious I'd have thought.

Adjusting or replacing the cable should solve it. If you don't know how old the cable is, I'd replace it anyway, you don't want it breaking on you.

Says it all. In fact that just about covers most things in life really.

Any freestanding cooker must be installed so that it cannot tilt in any direction & a chain is a recognised way of doing this to restrict forward movement & toppling. In my case I didn't want to faff about with a chain so I fixed a pair of rubber feet in the ends of the adjacent worktop which effectively locks the cooker in place

It's mostly common sense really, I don't think there are many regs if any, relating to location. Keeping a hob away from curtains & blinds is an obviously good idea, so basically look at it from a fire risk point of view & you'll probably be OK. Don't forget to place a restraint in the form of a chain or something to prevent a freestanding cooker from toppling. Best of.

I'd think very carefully about the costs especially as you want 4g mobile too. Line rental alone will be about £16 a month on top of your calls and broadband & you might find a comprehensive mobile contract more cost effective.

Good news.

Just delete the 'effers! I do & its not a biggie as it only happens a few times a month including my bill notification, now if they were phoning me.........

Thanks everyone, especially the phone number. I can only give him a call & see what he says & in the meantime, I'll check those links. Cheers.

Hiya, I've been trying to access the Onboard Solar website at www.onboardsolar.co.uk, but the pages are loading blank, does anyone know what has happend to the site? Has its domain been changed or has Tim packed up for some reason? I'd like to buy some of his tilting panel mounting brackets. Cheers.

Try to match the cranking amps.

Seconded, had a problem with my new genset 10 conking out due to low oil pressure with the manual giving a sticky oil pressure relief valve or faulty sender as the only problems that might exist in the TS list. Couldn't find a location reference to the valve in the nanual, but Adrian at Beta sent me a PDF stuffed with exploded drawings of every component of the base engine complete with part numbers & he told me where to look. To touch all the bases, he also sent me a complementary sender unit too! Top service. My only teeny weeny gripe is the inability to get hold of pattern replacement air filters for the genset & my 75, so until I do, I'm going to have to stump up the somewhat eye watering prices for Beta originals. Still, changing them only once a year or 250 hours isn't bad. Great company.

I've recently done the same with a Colecraft WB sailaway, but the guys who helped me aren't local to the KA. My advice is to find a quality carpenter & a marine electrician. Depending on what gear he's fitting, he might want to get a suitable engineer to install anything he isn't confident with, most things are easily installed by a competent DIY'er, even if its only up to the point of hooking into the electric/plumbing etc., so he might be able to save some dosh by getting the experts in to check & complete. Whatever, getting hands on with the right expertise to hand is great & he'll get a fantastic feeling of satisfacotion.

No, you'll need a lot more than that, a 2kva generator or landline. I only suggested the VAC because its quicker & easier than a hand pump or cobbling together a bilge pump.

If you have access to 240V, then a wet/dry vacuum will suck your bilges dry & take any muck with it too. Emptying might be an issue if the water is oily. I had a go with one on my engine tray & sucked up a lot more (5 gallons estimated) than I thought was in it! With the help of a little bit of Gunk, I did the rest of the bilges whilst I was at it, much easier & quicker than a hand pump, plus you can hire them quite easily if there isn't one immediately handy. Have fun! P.S. In case you're wondering about the humungeous amount of water in my engine tray, I did have a leak from the water pump at the time & it took that lng to get it sorted because I was having to run & top up the engine daily.

It's called "Alternator breakdown - a get you home fix". I'd have posted the link, but haven't worked out how to do it from a smartphone!

I had this last year & did exactly as Nick suggests, in fact I put up an article on it called something along the lines of "A get you home fix" I think. Can't stress enough the importance of disconnecting the battery banks from each other at the end of the cruising day.