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ChrisPy

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  2. Hammerite is not easy to use in large areas, better suited for painting fittings and fiddly places.
  3. those are seriously challenging anchors. oo-er !
  4. just a gentle reminder that this is Canal World Forum, which to 98% of members is concerned with those inland canals that are predominantly used for leisure purposes. how is unfamiliarity with other types of waterway relevant to this thread? ............. and I will not draw attention to your own record in this area of expertise(?) ........... OOPS, I just did
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  6. polyester resin isn't suitable for anything apart from GRP mouldings. epoxy is miles better for repairs, sheathing, stitch & glue, etc.
  7. .......... he must just be having a complicated day
  8. BSS Guide 6.1.2R allows the kite mark as the evidence of compliance for quality. The kite mark will/must carry the licence number of the manufacturer. Of course the ratings and combined ratings need to meet the requirements for quantity. .... it is not complicated. I bought mine from fire-extinguishers-direct, very good value and full compliance.
  9. my Yanmar manual tells me to expect the engine oil to be black, that is quite normal.
  10. sorry. can't find the ISO/BS that refers
  11. ISO-10239 allows HARD soldered pipe connections
  12. I wasn't jesting. I respond in similar vein to anything or anyone that suggests that there is a bearded man in the sky who should protect us. (thank you, Tim)
  13. my experience of clicking without activation - low voltage due to poor battery arrangements, and burnt contactor points (call Albright International for help). PS: apparently the burnt points were the result of low voltage causing them to chatter.
  14. carbon monoxide is the product of incomplete combustion of coal or wood (or hydrocarbon gases or liquids), which typically happens when there is a shortage of oxygen (e.g. smouldering barbecue or ashpan embers). ....... be warned. complete combustion results in carbon dioxide which is non-toxic; it will not build up to dangerous proportions in a normally ventilated space. use of a carbon dioxide extinguisher in an enclosed space can be dangerous if you do not immediately vacate the space, and then ventilate it well before re-entry.
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  16. for the hot water accumulator or expansion vessel to work you need to fit a non-return valve after the tee where the cold water supply is directed to the calorifier. Then the expanding hot water will not be forced back into the cold feed pipe.
  17. if you have sufficient finances, buy the boat and the mooring, sell the boat on and buy a new sailaway ??
  18. if you use 5/16" or 3/8" tubing bought from a chandlery you'll be OK. appliances, regulators, bubble testers, etc. generally have imperial threads so the fittings that are used with imperial tube will also match the appliances. you are unlikely to find tube of adequate wall thickness in metric sizes. regardless of whether it is legal, it is simply the most difficult route to choose. you would save a bob or two on the tube and suffer heartache and extra costs trying to get it to fit at the ends. no more confusion.
  19. these requirements derive from the ISO/BSS standards that are prescribed for the RCD and represent good practice even if there is no requirement to produce an RCD DOC for the boat. However all new boats sold on within 5 years (i.e. all commercially produced boats and most DIY fit-outs) must be issued with an RCD DOC.
  20. why do some people adopt the American spelling for metres, when they (the Americans) barely even recognise the existence of such units? It just perpetuates the ignorance and illiteracy of our transatlantic cousins.
  21. is Scotland still in the UK?
  22. when I did my RCD stability and downflooding calculations for the RCD on a widebeam, I recall that the openings have to be 250mm above the waterline when the hull is heeled over by the persons on board, etc.; in my case 400mm was safe. the biggest issue was the engine room vents that are louvres on each side above the rubbing strake on a Liverpool hull. needs to be recalculated for a narrowboat. critical factor for stability is the number of persons on the builder's plate.
  23. you'll notice a huge improvement with just 25mm, and that should allow normal battens, etc. to be used. there was a recent thread where the relative benefits of thicker insulation were discussed. Try a search of the forum.
  24. or I could refer you to numerous threads where I have done just that. The characteristic of all such threads is the contribution of a group of purists who seem to object to us making this choice and believe that we are all wimps, poor helmsmen and not "real men". if you follow the development of this thread you may notice that it was about how to fit a bow thruster, and I was critical of the way in which it began to deteriorate into a discussion about the NEED for a BT (as usual), introduced by the BT sceptic brigade. Maybe we should give them a title - BT Salvation Army?
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