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1 hour ago, Tony1 said:
Cheers Nick, yes I do recall puzzling over why they would want you to start putting revs on any engine as you start it up.
I've always had a sort of instinctive (but incorrect) feeling that it was best to let a boat engine spend ten minutes warming up at tickover revs before going any higher.
Thanks for the advice.
Plus, on first start up it's likely your alternator(s) will be presenting quite a load as the depleted batteries draw their heaviest current of the charging cycle. Mine typically starts first thing with a draw of around 100 amps. Whilst this drops away fairly quickly with lead acids, a few revs is needed to cope comfortably with that initial heavy load.
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33 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Its taken 5 years to do the bottom near side paddle on Minworth top lock. The paddle goes up and down fine, but no water passes through. I report it once a year.
Maybe try reporting it twice next year?
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Turners of Wheaton Aston at the southern end of the Shroppie is one of the Mecca's for keenly priced red diesel. They're right by the road bridge, serving canalside from the garage shown when you zoom in.
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4 hours ago, blackrose said:
Mine is 35w per channel so reasonably loud with the right speakers but only draws 1A on 12v.
Well, sound power and actual electrical power appear to have a very strange relationship, but a straightforward 2 X 35w is 70w, which would be almost 6 amps - if there was no other consumption. I think 5 to 10 amps is a more typical range, but, even if it's only an amp as you suggest, I would still stick with my more versatile Bluetooth speaker. Just my own opinion - others are allowed.
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It may not suit your purpose, but I and many others use a rechargeable Bluetooth speaker and stream radio or music from a mobile phone. More versatile, no additional wiring, no drain on your batteries when moored up, recharge as you cruise. A 12v car stereo can draw quite a heavy current.
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On 24/09/2023 at 17:27, PeterScott said:
This one is fun, because it is clearly a fake ... Wrong font, it's in Wales and only in English, and the trademark top-left-corner circular bit is missing. I suppose you know you are an Important Signwriter if others fake your signs ...
Passed that one a couple of weeks ago and thought it was a fake, even hurtling by on tick over, towing a water skier.
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As others have said, fire rope and Envirograf, which will withstand up to 1200c. However, do make sure your fire rope seals all possibility of flame contact first before sealing the remaining gap with Envirograf. The instructions specifically mention that, if exposed to flame, Envirograf will burn with a barely noticeable flame.
Incidentally, Envirograf smooths very nicely to give an excellent finish to the top of the collar. I used clear, which blends perfectly with my flue once dressed with Stovax stove blacking.
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On 24/09/2023 at 11:20, Tonka said:
did Bobby Moore score. He was a midfield player
That's true, but "midfield player" doesn't rhyme with "score", whereas "Moore" does (if you're a Cockney doing rhyming slang).
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17 hours ago, cuthound said:
Ye, I forgot to add that mongrels (including labradoodles, cockeroos etc) last longer than pedigree dogs.
Hmm, I'm not so sure about that re the fashionable crosses. Someone was telling me the other day that these are now typed into F1, F2, etc, hybrids, which seems to me to be just as selectively bred as a pedigree. I'm sure someone here knows more about this subject.
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10 hours ago, Goliath said:
I find it best to have the shop cut the board in to small manageable pieces,
then glue them all back into one large sheet back at home.
With a picture on one side? I think you'll find that's a jigsaw and you'll need to find a toy shop, not a DIY shed!
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6 hours ago, Frankgh said:
Thanks for the tip Jen!
A heads up from the Colonies, shipping is twice the cost of the book but it only came to two sawbucks.
For non GenX and those not in America, a sawbuck is an x shaped frame used to hold wood for sawing. The X shape forms the roman numeral for 10. Sawbuck was old timey slang for a 10 dollar bill. I spend some time here looking up words, acronyms and slang that I am unfamiliar with. I right enjoyed adding some colonial slang but I feel as a guest here so I deciphered it for everyone!
Cheers!!
So your telling us that 2 sawbucks is a Bobby?
(Bobby Moore - score)
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12 minutes ago, alias said:
My previous dog came up on a microchip search database as a small horse. There was a charge to change this...
I wouldn't pay to change my dog into a small horse whatever her chip said. Too much work and cost involved in keeping a horse.
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2 hours ago, blackrose said:
This is an example of the seal on one of the 3 leaky windows. It's representative of the seal all the way around the window. I can't see how the external seal could be leaking.
Gotta say they look good, but then there didn't look to be anything amiss with my bus window that was leaking. Capillary action doesn't take much of a gap - but if that is your problem Captain Tolly's will work for you, albeit somewhat temporarily. At least you'll know either way then, eh.
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Same frames as I have - Caldwell's I believe. My boats previous owner had also added silicone in the corners, but water drains out from there, not in. I took the manky looking silicone out and my portholes don't leak.
Where I have had small leaks on a frame, Captain Tolly's and a strip of electrical insulation tape does the job til the weather is ok. I then took the frame out and replaced the old boatbuilder's gobber with closed cell foam strip as often recommend and additionally used a mastic bead to seal any gap left between the frame and the paintwork. A few years later, when that leaked again, I used automotive butyl rubber strip. Job done.
(If you use butyl, don't think it needs to be warm to stretch, compress or stick, cos it goes claggy and gets more difficult to do a decent job - if anything it's better to apply a bit cold.)
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Why don't you just move onto the water and let this friend make his own life-changing decisions? The best way you can assist him in making such a big decision without twisting his arm is to let him see first hand how you get on.
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27 minutes ago, Goliath said:
anything Le Creuset is a good investment
I'll give you first refusal when it's time to hang up our windlasses...
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26 minutes ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:
I think a lot of people are out of touch as to what a decent mooring costs, yes you can EOG in a farmers field, but few and far between and not secure. With the rise in the non-home mooring licence, this might mean Marina’s may up their prices? As @Arthur Marshall said previously a lot of CCers don't know how expensive a Mooring can be.
I'd suggest that, for the average boat in the average marina, £3k per annum won't be too far wide of the mark as a round figure for a working estimate.
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3 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
We haven't gone off topic. The equipment to brew up on board is essential.
In that case, we have a rather posh LeCreuset stove top whistling kettle. 1.1 litres, all hob types (including induction for those with wide beams
). Cost (iirc) about 14 quid from TKMaxx - 10 years later it's still good as new.
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Are you sure it's not damp? Check the cable and base connection before you replace the expensive aerial - water ingress plays havoc with aerial runs.
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If whoever put those cable entries on made as poor a job of the sealing as he made of making the cable runs look tidy and snag proof, your problem is likely to be there!
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2 hours ago, tree monkey said:
Loads of stuff that needs tapeing up
I've also used it to act as a temp repair to a split radiator hose (on a mini though), it got me home and to the spares shop and back again and even then wasn't leaking
I carry self amalgamating tape for that (and other jobs).
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21 hours ago, magnetman said:
Thats a bit rude to people who routinely slow down past moored boats.
A retort could be "I'm afraid this is as good as it gets. If you don't like it buy a caravan and it won't happen".
More rude to those who routinely slow down (me, for example) was the guy with not one, but 3 "tick over" signs on the side of his boat passing my on line mooring probably at the highest speed I've witnessed. There's a lot of competition for the fastest boat to pass our mooring (fortunately I know how to set spring lines), but this hypocrite took the biscuit!
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Can't think "John who drives the boat" would have put up with whatever todge up is going on in the gas locker!
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1 hour ago, LadyG said:
Trying to keep it simple.
Depends what part of the country you come from: hogs or tegs might be sent to market, but not most gimmers which have a date with the tup in October.
Once the ewes get broken mouthed they may be mutton, but not fit for Sunday roast.
Fairy snuff.
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zinc priming. Is it needed?
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Well, you also need a fair bit of canalside land, considerable groundworks and CRT permission (and fees) to make it accessible from the canal. Once you've got that in place, see how you get on getting "scrap railway stuff" and "an old winch" over the H&S hurdle and the regular load testing. These things ain't as cheap or easy as those with a few miles on the clock remember from the good old days.