magnetman

These are the only people who have ever beaten me at Tiddlywinks. I had their picture framed for the memories of a great day.

I have a lot of tiddlywinks experience. Mine.are real ivory tiddlywinks handed down from my mother's mother's mother's mother's father. A family hairloom. I won't bore you with the details of my conquests in far off lands but let's just say I have played tiddlywinks in a greater number of diverse geographical locations on land and water than anyone else here. Fore shore. .

Had a look at JG speedfit do not make what I suggested maybe because they tend to snap off.

Can you not get a pushfit adapter part which has a 12mm tube on one side and a 15mm insert connection on the other end.

Cor that's an interesting improvement on discipline. presumably it is a metal band applies with a proper banding machine. Not long before people behaving badly get branded. Red hot irons and all that.

There is a glaring error here !

I did 2 engines and a Rayburn stove using the old railway bridge below Lot Mead lock at Rickmansworth back in the late 00s. Ebury way it's just a footpath so no worries about road or rail authority complaining.

Fouled prop is an interesting possibility. i don't know much about these things but do the pressure relief valves lose effectiveness over time? Maybe the spring loses its strength. There might be an adjustment for it. Someone who knows more can give advice. I also wonder if a weak PRV could potentially open when passing over shallow parts of the canal due to increased propeller loading.

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Moor the Boat in the car park?

I think there are several. I saw one on the towpath near Bradford on Avon in 2001.

The OP might have tourettes. I encountered an old geyser a few years ago who was swearing continuously with not all that much variation from words with the letter u in them. He was a bit of a crazy and occasionally people would call the police about him. Sitting there on the towpath shouting sometimes for an hour. He may not have been fully aware of it. I imagine if someone was going along on a Boat swearing loudly all the time others could become mildly upset and attempt to sort it out by joining in. 'Oh there is a queue at the next lock it is quite far'

Smile and wave then quietly curse the blighters knowing they can't hear you over the engine noise. "shouted at in my face," This bit is odd. Presumably unless it was another language or someone who had been using stupefiants or had imbibed to excess one would generally get the gist of what they were complaining about. Or maybe it was monosyllabic linguistically effective word choice.

'I am on the right side already'

The thing about going down the wrong side of the canal is interesting. It could happen and people would be agitated. Someone might holler 'Go on the right side!' but the car driver mentality could say to itself 'The left side is the right side to be on'

People could get annoyed by this and start shouting. Maybe 'you alright geyser' or 'good afternoon buddy/pal/chap'. A general mix of phrases would be less aggressive than saying Hello to everyone. For a start some may object to the principle of the first verbal interaction starting with the word 'Hell'..

It could be a facebook thing. If someone was erroneously or correctly identified as being a low person then others may object to them being there. Canals are not very big.

Black Prince hire have this on their website Canal etiquette at a glance Max speed is 4mph Slow down to almost a tick over when cruising past moored boats Move to the RIGHT-HAND SIDE (opposite to driving) of the canal if another boat is coming towards you. Move off the service point when you’ve finished using it (e.g. water point) Follow good lock etiquette. Don’t cruise after 8pm or before 8am in the morning. Do not run engines or generators between 8pm to 8am whilst moored. Keep the towpath next to the boat free of litter and obstructions. Clean up after your dogs. Offer assistance to any boater when it seems appropriate and is safe to do so. Say hello!

What is it about 7ft from base to top of cabin?

Yes I saw that. To be fair widebeams are brilliant for demonising and general scapegoating. I'm sure a few people would have words if they saw a widebeam coming down Napton flight on its side.

Perhaps the OP has a really terrible Boat which is blatantly dangerous, not displaying a licence and has fake rivets with a rude name going to fast. With a rope dangling in the water and plastic fenders leaving the paddles and gates open. And a vulgar parrot. A lot of people get upset by vulgar parrots.

Properly designed hardware can avoid the use of fans in a lot of cases. Specially cases with well designed heat sinks. But as I understand it this is mainly a circuit design story. Cheap junk = cooling fans. The cooling fan will be what fails first. It will get blocked up with dust and the bearings are bad quality then the fan stops working and the overheat cutout stops the controller from operating. Much better to get a controller which is not relying on a cooling fan.

None of my Victron MPPT controllers have fans.