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magnetman

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  1. 7 hours ago, rusty69 said:

    I guess boats will be moving to Blakeney then, which last I looked is a free harbour.

    We used to go crabbing at Blakeney with aunt Ann holidays of 1977-1986. 

     

    It was Good. 

     

     

    Cley, Holkham, Cromer for the flea market and the other one I always forget the name of.

     

    Norfolk enchants. 

     

    Sheringham! 

     

    Baconsthorpe castle! 

     

    Holt. 

     

    The Marl Pit. I loved the marl pit a hole in the ground used for fly tipping. Always some interesting old mowers in there.

  2. 15 hours ago, rusty69 said:

    the enthusiasm that only youth seems to provide, that we came to own a rather neglected 70ft narrowboat and jumped into the muddy ditch feet first, with eyes wide shut.

     

     

    Hence the slightly inaccurate forum user name. 

     

     

    We used to moor at Boobun quite a lot back in the day. Marsworth flight is one of my favourites last time I did it was in 2010 several days before offspring #1 was born. 

    Prior to that must have done the flight both ways about a dozen times. 

     

    Happy days. 

     

    We did 50 locks the day I last went through Maffers. Cassio Bridge lock to Grove lock. Long day that was 2 of us on the Boat. 

     

     

    Enjoyed that. 

  3. 19 minutes ago, blackrose said:

     

    Yes he could do that if they are separate bilges. But then the boat effectively only has one pump taking water overboard. Anyway it's a better solution than T-ing hoses together.

    They must be separate bilges or the two pump question would not have arisen. 

    It seems to me the amount of water being handled must be very small and also it seems to be likely to be clean water. 

     

     

    The little Whale supersub pumps have removable joker valves / non return valves in the outlet. 

     

    I think two of those would probably work via one hose. 

  4. It would be much better to just put another fitting in to match but always worth being a little reluctant. 

     

    Someone mentioned the obvious answer earlier which was simply to route the second pump to the same bilge as the first pump. 

     

    It doesn't seem like a lot of water should be getting in there anyway. It it is coming from above perhaps a cover of some sort over the deck or even over the engine might be considered. If a lot of rain gets in it will also probably get into the engine tray. 

  5. It would seem logical to have a skin fitting on each side in the same location.

     

    Must say I do like the raised hopper solution put forward by @Peugeot 106

    For the bucket and 3rd pump setup the idea would be to have a second separate float switch higher up than the pump wired to the pump manual control wires via a relay. So if the float on the pump itself failed then the second float would sort it out. Wire a third float switch to a flashing warning LED somewhere indoors to give notice if the bilge pump float fails. 

     

     

     

    OR sort it out so that water does not enter the bilges. 

     

    Maybe tricky if it was a wooden Boat. 

     

    A bit odd that the bilge areas to the sides do not communicate with the bilge area beneath the stern gland. 

     

    Obviously this is a rain ingress story. 

     

     

     

     

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  6. Dynastarts could make a comeback.

     

    If one could have a belt driven starter/generator designed for lithium batteries it could work. 

     

    Quite hard to start a Diesel engine with a belt without decompressors but could be feasible with a toothed belt and a good ratio. 

     

     

     

    I'm sure I heard a Volvo XC90 Diesel starting silently recently. 

  7. A number of yars ago I had a gentleman at a place called 'Docklands tires and exhausts' who did my MoT tests. One day he had a Porsche up on the car lift thing and the owner was present. I commented on how the underside was interesting and he said 'yeah, its basically a Volkswagen'. The Porsche driver bloke looked a little miffed. 

     

    It was quite amusing. 

     

    I had a Saab 9000 Aero at the time. Best car ever. 

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    The main problem is alternators. In reality that is the only issue facing anyone. If you don't use an altenator to charge then drop in replacement means just that and the solar or mains chargers can be installed to suit the batteries. 

     

    Add an alternator, which is what a lot of people have as their primary charging device and all hell breaks loose. 

     

     

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  9. 2 hours ago, blackrose said:

    I once had a shower on a deserted French canal towpath while travelling on a friend's sailing boat, using a pump up garden sprayer filled with hot water. It worked quite well.

     

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    Yes. Hozelock hanging basket watering device can work as can a fire extinguisher full of water pumped up with a tyre compressor or bike pump. 

     

    The ideal thing in a way is a stainless fire extinguisher. Hang it over a fire to warm it up. 

     

     

  10. It could have been 2011. I have 5 yar lapses in concentration and as he (@gibbo) spent more time messing around with lead acid batteries than most people do thinking it is unlikely he knows anything about lithium. 

     

    Well anyway. Referring to batteries. No Clopixol. 

     

    LTO batteries are quite interesting. 

     

     

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