Naughty Cal
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On this day 2018
Amsterdam
On this day 2017
Torksey Lock
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37 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Now that could make me drink fizzy beer
It was 9€ for 500ml back in 2018. We didn't have another in that bar!
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Irvine
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On this day 2018
Amsterdam
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£15 seems like excellent value to stay on a well located city centre mooring.
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How's the new boat coming along?
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1 hour ago, robtheplod said:
The same kit we bought last month elsewhere online is cheaper than their sales prices
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3 hours ago, PeterScott said:
Not quite the same angle of the locks from 2017
And below the sea lock where we stopped for breakfast.
1 hour ago, PeterScott said:We ended up spending a lot longer than expected at the foot of Neptunes Staircase in 2017. The weather turned for the worse and we spent three days on the pontoon mooring at the foot of the stairs.
Scottish Canals were very good about it. Our 7 day visitors licence (that we should have paid for but they gave us for free when we entered the canal at Inverness) ran out and they let us have another few days free of charge due to being weather bound.
We visited again in 2021 with the van this time. Not much had changed since we had visited by boat.
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On this day 2021
Kiveton to Turner Wood, Chesterfield Canal
On this day 2016
Largs
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3 minutes ago, LadyG said:
Invoices are typed
Not always.
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Your reputation of falling out with tradesmen has never been in doubt
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1 hour ago, PeterScott said:
On this day in 1980
Ballachulish Bridge Scottish highlands which crosses Patrick's Narrows between Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe
On this day in 1975, we used the Ballachulish ferry which the bridge, then almost complete, was to replace. From memory, the ferry had space for two or three cars, and the operator allowed our van to keep its engine running, because our starter motor was faulty; sadly didn't get out the camera on that occasion ...
We went over that bridge in 2021.
No surprise it was raining as it usually does when we visit
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On this day 2021
Manton to Ranby, Chesterfield Canal
On this day 2016
River Clyde, Glasgow
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1 minute ago, peterboat said:
Fantastic arnt they? We visited before the kelpies were officially opened
They are beautiful, even on a wet day.
We stayed there in the van a few years ago to see them lit up at night.
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On this day 2016
A wet grey day at the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies
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2 hours ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:
And they’ve all been posted on here before. A bit repetitive and highlights my opinion that it has just become a old Holiday snap Thread from previous years and nothing really to do with “What’s nice Today”
If you have nothing to add, no "holiday snaps" of your own, why bother continuing to A look at the topic and B continue to derail from the subject?
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11 hours ago, MtB said:
Use a tape measure?
It looks to me like about 1200mm x 600mm, which would be about 120W.
Pretty sure my 100W panels are about 1000mmx 600mm (without measuring them!)
Fairly certain it is longer than 1200mm. There isn't half a metre clearance either side to the edge of the roof.
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On this day 2017
Got a bit hot at Burton Waters
On this day 2018
A bit slower on the return run to Torksey!
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6 hours ago, IanD said:
My panels (2kWp) have been averaging 4.4kWh/day (2.2x rating) over the last 3 days, peak power was 1430W (0.7x rating).
Assuming same amount of sun (very likely wrong!) a 150W panel would have averaged 330Wh/day and peaked at 105W.
It was only out in the bright sun for a couple of hours before it was put back in the shade.
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1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:
I very much doubt that - the panel voltage would not be the same as the battery or it would never charge, Generally the panel voltage would be a minimum of ~20v, many are much higher (as stated mine is 120v panel).
No that was 21.78 not 12.78!
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3 hours ago, alan_fincher said:
Good call!
You can see small loops both at the top and at the bottom of each upright, so looks very much like it is to hang three pennants from.
Just one thing though - Why on earth would you?
The flags would be flying the wrong way though. The loops are on the front not the back 🙄
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52 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
And what voltage is the panel and what output voltage was it showing ?
What voltage was the battery at ?
To be honest I wasn't taking much notice but will assume panel voltage was at or similar to the maximum recorded today on the solar controller.
So around 12.78v.
No idea what the battery voltage was other than over 13.26v (Sterling Amps lithium) unfortunately didn't take any notice of that!
Will take more notice next weekend when we are out. No point in the week as its parked on the north side of the house all week in the shade 🙄
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Yes current into the battery.
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We were led to believe (by the salesman and manufacturers blurb) that the solar panel installed on the van was a 150w panel.
However today while it's been out having its spring clean, parked in full March sun it has been outputting a pretty much constant 7 amps as measured by the Victron solar controller and the Sterling Amps battery which seems to be too much for a 150w panel in March sun.
There are no markings or makers marks we can see on the panel (although we assume it is CBE as everything else is/was) so they must be on the underside which we can't get at without unbonding it from the roof.
Any other ways we can guesstimate it's size?
It's a fairly big panel, the van is 2.3m wide (mirrors folded) and it spans most of the roof.
Don't really fancy pulling it off the roof to find out!
Tonic required. Send in your photos of what is nice on the waterways now.
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We will be in the Netherlands again later this year with the van. Only a fleeting visit this year though. Must find more time to do it justice.