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Appliance warehouse at bunny notts have loads of appliances with lpg conversion jets
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Mrs M , this will be sometime later this year as the fit out progresses . at this stage I just need to work out cabling
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21 minutes ago, dmr said:
So whats the history? why are there two historic boats both called Tipton? Are the names original. The Tipton I referred too was less than full length, its not the two ends of the same original boat is it ? ?
...............Dave
Tipton #1 is a Yarwoods built Guccco Motor
Tipton #2
we have number 2 ... Madcat's is #1---- all cleared up .....mmmmm beer
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45 minutes ago, dmr said:
Thats good news, Madcat has not posted here for ages so I worried that things might not be ok.
Damn confusing having two Tiptons but could be worse, could be a Kingfisher.
..................Dave
Yes an easy mistake to make .. I just say ours "is the other one " lol
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42 minutes ago, dmr said:
How long have you had Tipton and what are your plans? I remember her as a quite pretty unconverted boat, are you doing an undercloth thing or putting on a full cabin? I believe she was previously purchased by a member of this forum who spent ages trying to get her. Before that she was a coal boat on the K&A, I assume this is the same boat?
..................Dave
You are thinking of the "other" Tipton Dave
This one has been in the owners care for 30 years
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3 hours ago, BEngo said:
Modern fridge casings are the same for both 12v and 240v. They are the same size as older ones. The insides are not! That is the price of efficiency. Condensers are usually on the sides now, so the effective width of the fridge has gone up by 100 mm to allow enough vent space either side. Plan your kitchen accordingly. Include a bilge fan for a 12v fridge, to improve efficiency.
All fridges eat power, so a solar panel to collect enough for the chosen fridge is a good idea that allows you to stop in one place for a couple of days without starting up an engine.
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Going down the mains route now for sure , NO solar panel as a) I dont like clutter on my cabin top and b) I really do not need one
Decent alternator / battery setup and all will be good for what we need
However I will put a 12v computer fan in to aid with air flow .. top idea thank you
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2 minutes ago, LadyG said:
You have to buy an inverter
Got one already
11 minutes ago, nicknorman said:It makes a lot of sense to go for a mains fridge - cheaper, more efficient. The overall power consumption will probably be pretty similar after taking into account inverter losses. The only counter-argument is that the reliability of refrigeration on board will become the product of the fridge reliability x inverter reliability, ie lower. So it depends on how much of a disaster losing the fridge due to loss of mains power would be.
Victron imo is reliable enough , however I do have a spare sterling inverter that I can bung in a box onboard just in case .. your comments Nick echo what I feel
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Planning the fit on Tipton and got to thinking of fridges ...
I have always previously gone down the shoreline 12 v route and been happy ..but technology and kit changes along with our needs
Tip will be built for boating and is not intended to be a long term Liveaboard so I was thinking that a off the shelf household fridge running off the victron inverter whilst not as power frugal as a shoreline is a dammed sight cheaper
please convince me why or why not to go down this road ...I am open to all suggestions
thanks
C
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Looking good as always Mark
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Having not been that way for a number of years where is the best and nearest overnight mooring for the northern end
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Give paul redshaw a shout at Braunston
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Slightly off topic but slightly relevant ...
would a travel power kicking out 3kv be as efficient to feed a victron combi to support the 240 and charge the batts when boating than having a separate 12v alt for battery charging ???
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Marine Engine Services (midlands) 01926 356200
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On 28/06/2020 at 10:00, mrsmelly said:
Can of worms here. My preference having owned and lived aboard each type for many years is the cruiser is better hands down, no contest.
And I have lived on and boated on all sorts of sterns for 40 years in all weathers and prefer the trad every time
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seriously get the arse end that works for you n your doggo
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Hope all goes well
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Fix Or Repair Daily .......sounds about right to me
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Thanks 10% was my nominal losses calc plus another 3% for cable losses
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1 minute ago, Loddon said:
Will it help or confuse you more ?
Thanks j
1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said:People say if you work it out as 10 volts DC it allows for the inefficiencies so 1000 Watts is 100 Amps
Thank you I couldn’t remember the average ....
back to calcs
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Brain has filed and cannot retrieve information
what the formula steps to convert AC wattage to DC amperage .. I know I have to build a loss factor in for inverter etc.
I can do the i = v/r etc but how to transpose 230v ac to 12 v dc
brain dead fool
I need wine
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For information
I spoke to the chap again yesterday and he agrees that the best thing to do would be relocate the water heater to the new kitchen area
I have assisted him with information only and given advice when I felt was necessary and Wish him good luck with the refit
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7 hours ago, WotEver said:
Not irrelevant to the OP though. He asked if it would have BSS implications. No it wouldn't. If it's a liveaboard then it won't comply with GSIUR regs, but that's a different question.
Thank you to all who posted .
a different answer to what I thought, so if he is not a “Liveaboard” and declares himself as such then theoretically he can
Like most said however it’s not a good idea on that I agree 100% , I for one wouldn’t want to
I will chat to him about this and hopefully change his mind about relocating the water heater as part of the refit
Chris
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we have number 2 ... Madcat's is #1---- all cleared up .....mmmmm beer
Spare engine keys
in New to Boating?
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look on the shank of the key just inside the sleeve there will be a set of numbers , Genereic key can be ordered on the web