Black Country Lee
-
Posts
210 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Blogs
Store
Posts posted by Black Country Lee
-
-
Back flushing will be fine, best to do it 3 or 4 times in opposing directions to completely clear any 'crud' out.
Lee.
-
Willing crew here if anyone is short handed
-
Yes water pump is driven by the primary gearbox shaft. After much annoyance I've sort of joey rigged it as Tony Brooks has it but I need to pick up a bit more hosing lol
-
Looks good, label end to skin tank return, opposite end return back to engine, 'dog leg' to calorifer return, calorifer feed is teed into skin tank flow between engine and skin tank.
I also edited my post above and added a bit about using a TMV to prevent engine overcooling.
Maybe draw and post a revised layout piccy if in any doubt.
cheers, Pete.
~smpt~
Opposite pipe to label to hot or cold side of the engine ?
Lee.
-
Anyone up near the Waterfront is welcome to pop along to shake their heads and tut loudly as I'm doing this, there'll be no charge
Lee.
Ah OK.
Might be worth having a look at a 'bypass thermostat' available from kit car suppliers and for some production cars eg certain Rovers IIRC.
http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/by-pass-thermostat-80-deg
In your case the flow would come from the skin tank return pipe, and the bypass would be teed into the skin tank feed pipe. The calorifer could then utilise some of the bypass flow, so it's heated before the thermostat opens.
For a small engine it could well be worth using a solar rated thermostatic valve (TMV) to bypass the calorifer until the engine reaches 65°C, to stop the engine being overcooled.
cheers, Pete.
~smpt~
I've picked up an 72 deg/C thermostat for a LR TD5...
Single pipe to skin tank, bypass to Caloifier inlet, 3rd pipe to the hot side of the engine if my brain is working lol
-
Sorry about the angle lol
Lee.
-
Normally the calorifier is installed to a heater take-off on the engine block/head, any reason why this can't be done?
cheers, Pete.
~smpt~
It's a single cylinder Kingfisher engine, it has one inlet and one outlet, no heater take-off unfortunately.
Remind me - which engine do you have?
Richard
As above Richard. There are pipes everywhere that is how I ended up confusing myself lol. Let me add some description to a photo and I'll add it to clarify my confusion.
Lee.
-
I'm overhauling the cooling system on Tara as it takes hours to get any hot water through the calorifier...
The blue lines are the existing system which has an open bridge connection prior to the engine (bit daft IMO) so I'm thinking of an isolating valve here (or simply removing it entirely). It also has no thermostat fitted so takes an age to get warm enough to heat the HWS to a satisfactory temperature, does any think the thermostat (X) is in the correct place? I thought here as it would negate the need to have a bypass fitted (or run the calorifier off said bypass) to feed the HWS first before the return to the skin tank??
Lee.
ETA:- Perhaps the bridge should stay with a closure but going to the skin tank side of the thermostat just in case the calorifier ever gets drained down?
-
As this is in Banters/Socials is this an invite for us lot to come round and do the digging for you?
Lee.
-
This is a trip of 74 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 35 locks from Hinckley Wharf Arm Junction to Nottingham Castle Marina.
From Hinckley Wharf Arm Junction travel southwest on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) for 7 miles, 4½ furlongs to Marston Junction, then travel northwest on the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley) for 22 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 13 locks to Fazeley Junction, then travel northwest on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - along route of Coventry Canal) for 1 mile, 4 furlongs to Whittington Brook, then travel northwest on the Coventry Canal (Detached Portion) for 5 miles, ½ furlongs and 5 locks to Fradley Junction, then travel northeast on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Burton to Fradley) for 10 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 6 locks to Horninglow Basin, then travel east on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Derwent Mouth to Burton) for 16 miles and 7 locks to Derwent Mouth, then travel northeast on the River Trent (Western End) for 10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 4 locks to Beeston Lock No 4, then travel northeast on the River Trent (Beeston Canal) for 2¼ furlongs to Lenton Chain, then travel northeast on the River Trent (Nottingham Canal) for a few yards to Nottingham Castle Marina.
TotalsTotal distance is 74 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 35 locks. There are at least 2 moveable bridges of which 1 is usually left open and 14 small aqueducts or underbridges.
This is made up of 45 miles, 5¾ furlongs of narrow canals; 21 miles, 3¼ furlongs of broad canals; 7 miles, ¼ furlongs of small rivers; 24 narrow locks; 11 broad locks.
This will take 34 hours, 15 minutes which is 4 days, 6 hours and 15 minutes at 7 hours per day. For calculation purposes this is taken as 5 days.
Now that's a christening by fire for a first trip! I'll check for stoppages if you know the date you are collecting on.
Lee.
-
I'm sure it works in Australia, but over here it makes more sense to put the lightest, most easily lit elements at the bottom, being as how the flames go upwards, like.
According to David Schweizer, the heat is evenly radiated up and down, and the upside down method results in a less smoky fire.
I agree with DS and FTS, after the paper burns away and the kindling gets soft after burning a short while the weight of the thicker/heavier wood or coal above collapses onto the kindling extinguishing the fire and making lots of smoke. Upside down every time for me
Lee.
-
I doe think it's Brierley Hill. Theer aye that much strait cut ere!
I thought that but could it possibly be looking along from the Delph back towards Blowers Green? Where the embankment is now just before The Waterfront? Round Oak had it's own colliery IIRC?
I've been racking my brains for Brickworks to the north side of Brummagum and can only think of Baggeridge and the one out towards Kingswinford where the Pensnett Trading Estate is now that the name of escapes me.
Lee.
-
No point me having a wine rack, it never survives long enough out of the shopping bag to get stored
Lee.
-
Could it be Baggeridge Brickworks near Penn?
Lee.
-
1
-
-
If my memory serves me correctly a little under 5mm in imperial is the 3/16"BSF. Not sure on the metric measurement for the 3/16" as I don't have my Zeus book here but working it out approx 4.76mm. It looks a bit course for a 2BA but I'm happy to be proven wrong lol.
Lee.
ETA:- Spelling mistooks!
-
8 to 12 is the neutral equivalent to 2 to 6 on the live side. Basically 1 through 6 are lives (+) and 7 through 12 are neutrals (-).
Simplest terms, just using the live side (+) you have inputs on 1, 3 and 5, outputs on 2, 4 and 6. If a current travels through 1 it is switched to either 2 (on) or 4 (off), 3 is either 2&4 or 4&6 dependent on the switch setup and 5 goes through 4 (off) or 6 (on). This is why pole 4 has no link as all 3 would be switched with a live returning to the other two otherwise. The same applies on the neutral (-) side.
I hope that's a bit clearer.
Lee.
-
Taking 6 & 2 (and 4 also if connected) as the example...
If Genny (1) is selected then it hits the RCDs through terminal 2, if you switch to Shore1 (5 not 6) it needs to get the power to the RCDs via terminal 2 hence the link. If Shore1 was connected to 6 then having the Genny or Shore2 live would create a live pin on the Shore1 socket.
I hope that made sense?
Lee.
-
Only one word for you: "Self Tappers" (oops that was two).
............Dave
Try Tech-screws, much sturdier.
Lee.
-
Needed on the tidals, not from Teddington though AFAIK
-
You'd be OK on the Erie Canal though
-
Were pikey engines common in narrowboats? I suppose there will be plenty of spares available
. If I buy it do I keep quiet about the engine to avoid shame or use it as a talking point for the purists?You won't need to keep quiet, everyone will hear you coming
Lee.
-
Very slightly
but... what's with bow lights being super bright and pointing right at my eyes in tunnels?? I've always used lower wattage bulbs so as not to blind in the pitchness of tunnels and aimed upward to light the arch, that way I can judge my position in the tunnel. Nothing worse than being halfway through a long tunnel and someone coming straight at you with a b*!?$rd blinder right in your eyes!Sorry, mini-rant over lol.
Lee.
-
You want a proper engine...
(Sorry for the image size, borrowed from a fave website of mine lol)
Lee.
E.T.A. - You don't want the gearbox though, semi-auto Voith, utter utter pants!
-
Is the original cable still in situe?
Lee.
. If I buy it do I keep quiet about the engine to avoid shame 
or use it as a talking point for the purists?
but... what's with bow lights being super bright and pointing right at my eyes in tunnels?? I've always used lower wattage bulbs so as not to blind in the pitchness of tunnels and aimed upward to light the arch, that way I can judge my position in the tunnel. Nothing worse than being halfway through a long tunnel and someone coming straight at you with a b*!?$rd blinder right in your eyes!
Remote Control Narrowboat.
in Boat Equipment
Posted
There is a tug moored in Hawne Basin on the Dudley No.2 that has full R/C, they show it off at the local boat shows. Quite a clever idea for single handers' until the insurance get involved.
Lee.