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Hi, I don't think there is any yard in London that would allow you to do your own works. I was enquirying only a few months ago. You need to buy the blacking service as a whole. By what I have seen here, London tends to be more expensive and there isn't immediate availability normally. However, if you take into account time and diesel, it may still be worth for you looking at your local yards even if you are in London. Good luck.
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Hi, Crafts normally have got something called CIN (craft identification number). And that number gives a clue of who the builder was as it normally contains their initial. I don't know how old the use of CINs is but at least for the past 10 years is compulsory in the build of crafts. This number is normally located in two places, one of them tend to be under the engine. I hope this helps.
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I have three Kipor 2.6s. The 4yr old has needed a bit of maintenance but runs fine. One 3yr old is a mystery non-starter and the other 3yr old has run faultlessly. I don't use them that often on the boat but when i do i try to make sure they are not next to other inhabited boats or public areas because they are louder than having the engine on by far.
I mostly use them at events and every time i see someone with a Honda i get a jealous look of envy on my face. Looking at some of the official numbers, a Kipor 2.6 is supposed to throw out 58-65 decibels and a Honda 3000 49-58. Although the numbers look similar in real life they don't sound similar! I just read decibels are in a logarithmic scale, so that extra 10 decibels is aparently 10x the noise?!? Confused now, not sure they are quite that much louder...
I think if i was buying one for regular use on the boat i would get a Honda as i think they are significantly quieter and i would be happy running one out of the back of the boat with other people nearby. I wouldn't do this with my Kipor unless i did some work on sound control. I'm not sure if you could get a silencer box to put the gennie in which doesn't let it overheat? That could be a solution.
Thank you Iain, it was your initial post about Kipors that made me want to investigate a little bit more. Thx
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Where did you read that the stadiums were built just for the games? I must have missed that.
Where did you hear that the mooring rings where put just for the games?
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What's your usage scenario. Holiday boat cruising every day, Live aboard moored in a marina with mains power or continuous cruiser generating your own power. Each of these will affect how much power you've got to play with, how big you need the battery bank to be and how efficient you need the fridge to be. This will affect cost etc. If you're replacing an existing one then look for the one with the lowest kW/hr rating - this may not necessarily be A rated! We have an A rated indesit ((£100 from B&Q a few years ago), an 800W sterling inverter and 320 Ah of batteries. This works for us as a holiday boat that's always on the move. If you're not moving then engine hours to charge the battery becomes more significant and a better fridge may be necessary.
Cruising, living full time. With good battery bank and solar panel feed but obviously want to keep something very efficient. Can run only during summer. Looking for an integrated under larder. Thanks
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Report button in the bottom right hand corner, then ask the Mods to move it.
Done, thank u
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Hi,I remember this question from a prev thread and foundhttp://www.sust-it.net/energy-saving.php?id=106Ray
Very useful, many thanks
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Even worse, some of them copulate there as well!
Ouch!
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Well I suppose it is - a lack of rings may stop you tying up
Lol, I definitely put the post in the wrong forum! :-S
Does anybody know how can it be directed to a more relevant forum? Thank you
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I sort of know what Mayalld is suggesting,& I agree, it's very difficult to get definitive answers or proof if some of the so say 'Eco' products that are available on the market are in fact any better than lets say the top selling home variety.As always,it's about the advertising,& personal preference I suppose,, & yes,for the record, I did in the past 'mostly try' to use eco stuff,,but have to be honest, some of that type of product just don't work, you use twice as much, & cost a fortune.but being a bloke,I wad probably using them wrong.
Hehe :-)
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I'm not sure if the stuff they make is really better for the environment but I use everything Ecover too, just in case it is.
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I suppose that if the rings were a temporary measure then they should be removed at sometime.If the number of rings was increased to accommodate boaters during a certain period we should be glad of that.It's not really right to complain when the "certain period" has passed.
That's why they demolished the stadiums after the Olympics finished right?
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Yes, my cunning plan to skirt a ban was to create a new profile with the same name and avatar...
LOL
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Hi all,
I would most appreciate any recommendations of efficient fridges to fit on board and run out of an inverter (optimally with freezer compartment although not a requirement).
Thanks
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That will be in the specifications but make sure you compare the consumption (and noise levels) for the same output.
For example, a 1000 watt (1Kw) load on a 1000 watt generator it will be going at full 'chat' whereas a 2000 watt one will only be at half load, so may be more economical.
and as in your other thread the noise levels will be different.
ps, this is a big generalisation but hopefully you get the drift.
Understood, thx
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Whats the consensus on chucking tea bags in the cut?
I found the tea in the teabags (not the actual bag) really good for my plants. :-)
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Area between York road and the Islington Tunnel at Kings cross, Regents Canal.
British Waterways stuffed the area with mooring rings as part of the improvement plant for the Olympics a couple of years ago (and partly to justify the Olympics tax that whoever wanted to be in the London waterways during the period had to pay). I haven't been in the area for over a year and only a couple of days ago when I have been back I noticed they are all gone.
What happened?
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If both operators give you the same deal I would possibly go for Orange. Do they still do Orange Wednesdays? Two 241 cinema tickets!
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It's a bit difficult to compare like with like in terms of noise output because there are so many variants. A Honda is likely to be a bit quieter than it Kipor equivalent but in the general scheme of things there won't be a whole lot of difference. If somebody is minded to complain about the noise from a genny it won't matter which one it is as they'll still want it turned off. All generators are truly silent when off (and at no other time!).
As regards performance, there will be little to choose in terms of efficiency for a given class of machine -- they all use the same fuel, with the same energy content, and convert it to electricity using the same laws of physics -- but an 8%-10% difference in running costs (unlikely to be more) might matter to you, I don't know!
ie what Bottle said.
Sorry, being which one more economical? Thx
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Yes its a pleasure to watch them 'lurching' about and trying to flop onto the pontoons - problem is we have some huge Pike around us and you can be watchng the Ducklings when all of a sudden there is a disturbance and down one of them goes never to re-surface.
Oh Dear...!
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I'd consider Wiels disease (carried in Rat urine and then into the canal) to be a 'tad' worse than washing up water.
What is it?Weil’s disease is a secondary phase of a form of a bacterial infection also known as Leptospirosis. Leptospirosis can infect almost any animal where it is harboured in the kidneys, but most commonly it is found in rats and cattle, and is spread by their urine. It is not known to cause any noticeable illness in rats, so populations are unaffected by high levels of infection. It is one of the most widespread zoonosis (disease spread from animals to humans) in the world, where it is most common in tropical and subtropical environments. Those who participate in water sports, come into contact with untreated water, and work in or near water are at a higher risk than others as it is most commonly passed to humans through water contaminated by rat urine.
StatisticsAccording to the Health Protection Agency there are usually less than 40 cases of leptospirosis throughout England and Wales per year reported in humans. In 2006 there were 44 laboratory confirmed cases of leptospirosis in England and Wales.
Ok on the rats but have you seen the lovely ducklings?!
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She got exactly the response she was looking for, and is probably very pleased.
You mean confirmation that many people in the boating community are nasty?
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But the birds,fish, rats etc all pee and worse in the canal so surely a bit of washing up water isn't that bad
I want to believe you are kidding!!
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In which case, one is slightly quieter than the other but there isn't a lot in it.
Many thanks for that. A few of you seem to agree on that. I will need to look at totally different options then. Thx
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I thought it may be something like that, thanks