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hi MrBeethoven I thought the water was turned off to the jetties so we never came up as we winterised our boat by completely emptying all the water Roger

Hi NMEA thankyou for the information Do I try and fit larger radiators? or any advice would be great Roger

Hello NMEA I have two double radiators approx 80x60cm plus a towel radiator

Hi NMEA theres a label with some info on the side in German i belief the Model is D5W SC Diesel 50W 12V 5,0kW max 2,5 bar

hello I too are having problems with my Eber we had it serviced at the beginning of the year and then we started with the problems first we had to have a new Motor as ours was cutting out we ave replaced all leisure and starter batteries fixed the diesel leek to the unit by replacing the coupling with a flexible one But we still get a loud popping noise towards the end of the 60 min cycle. the engineer has put his diagnostic on to the unit but has not found any faults. We did have the furthest Radiator turn off but have opened it up so all Radiators are fully opened and bleed. This did help in that the noise did not start until much later in the cycle. we have noticed that if we put the heating on early on a cold frosty morning it will complete a full cycle with no noise (popping) but if we put it back on within a couple of hours the noise (popping) occurs much earlier in the cycle I too am at a loss Roger

I use the BT when reverse berthing in our marina but no good last weekend as it could not break the ice trying to push the bow out to get it straight to reverse into my berth PS the only reason I was out in the ice was I needed a pump out and diesel for winter lay up otherwise it would of stayed put in its berth

Thanks James for the suggestion but it has just been serviced and then after a short time the heater would not start so a new motor was fitted and it was after this that we started to get the popping noise towards the end of the 60 min cycle

my Eberspacher is making a popping noise towards the end of its cycle it starts with just an intermittent pop but gets quicker and ends up sounding like a machine gun any ideas as to whats causing this thanks

hello all will be doing the Warwickshire ring starting tomorrow 11th July from Ventnor Marina Napton and after my daughter had problems around Birmingham last year and I was wondering if there is any advice on which way to passage around Birmingham I know it s a bit late but this has been a last dicission as we have now both finishe with work many thanks

Diamond Resorts is a holiday club where you have points to use against your chosen holiday You are made to think that you are above all others and your experience with them is a privilege that others are not entitled too Therefore you can do what you like. Many times I have come across Diamond Resorts boats that have no respect for other canal users mooring out side Pubs blocking entrances to Locks making navigation difficult.

thats helpfull Matty

Hello Smileypete would this clamp meter be suitable Ebay Item 360947853495 my worry is that the range is not suitable Roger

Hi All Just a further piece of information when we left the boat this time we Isolated the batteries and turned everything off and made a note of the voltage so when we return in two weeks we will see if the batteries have dropped with no load thanks for your comments Roger

Hello All Back from the weekend on Capriola when I was able to check the batteries The Boat has been connected to the land line for two weeks and all seamed fine on Friday night and connected the TV aerial up and settled in for the night Saturday was the day to check the batteries so with the land line connected the invertor was reading 13.5V. Multimeter reading across 1 to 6 Batteries was 13.75V Multimeter reading across Starter Battery was 13.63 I then disconnected each battery in turn and recorded the Voltage as follows Battery 1 13.62V Battery 2 13.63V Battery 3 13.63V Battery 4 13.63V Battery 5 13.62V Battery 6 13.62V I reconnected the batteries and waited 2 hours and took another reading Batteries 1-6 reading was 12.84V with the batteries connected up and no land line hooked up we continued to carry out our daily life the 12v Radio was used for about 5 hours 12V fridge, 240V digital clock 240V MiFi and 240V phone charger I cleaned and tested the bilge pump three times in a bucket Used the macerator pump three times used the water pump for the kettle and washing and cooking watched 240V TV for 4 hours had 6 LED lights on for about 5 hours and the battery reading was 12.7 when we went to bed At 4 in the morning we were woken with the beeping of the invertor showing a fault Have the batteries had it or am I expecting too much from the batteries Any advice gratefully received Roger

Thanks guys for your advice and help it will have to wait until I go back to the boat in a couple of weeks to check all the advice given and hopefully I will be able to report back some positive findings for any one else in similar quandary Roger