PeterF

Multimeter with clamp to measure current flow would do in the short term. Many cheap ones on ebay, may not be accurate but one helped my diagnose my 80A alternator was only delivering 45A into discharged batteries. Example clamp meter

Someone with COVID 19 found swimming in Minshull lock perhaps. ??

I have always had an odd thought. If you have a boat with a GI or an IT and you moor in a marina and the two boats either side of you do not have GIs or ITs and they have poor blacking and stray currents are flowing between them, can your hull end up forming part of the circuit, therefore suffering galvanic corrosion even though your earth is isolated from the hull. This would also apply if you were not connected to shore power but both your neighbours were without isolation. If this thought is true, then it means you need to keep your blacking in good condition.

We had a Balmar regulator and the new lead carbon batteries which have better acceptance than standard lead acid and the charging time was much more rapid. You could see a sharp delineation between bulk and absorption, bulk was truly constant current right up to the point 14.2V was reached, giving faster charging. The absorption phase was not some protracted period where the alternator was being backed off as the voltage slowly crept up, soft regulation really does extend the absorption phase.

Granary wharf used to charge you £5 for mooring and you got electricity. This has stopped, you no longer pay to moor there and the quid pro quo is that the electricity bollards no longer work.

Yes, the additional 3 days within 28 days is useful. It says CRT craft will now need to book online to visit the Bridgewater, but no link to a booking page, hopefully it will turn up for September.

But do you love it.

Saw someone blown onto the reeds at the far end of Aqueducr Marina in a strong westerly, came in to moor up and turned the boat to pull onto their jetty but the wind just took it sideways.

It might not be applicable in your case, but my thetford cassette loo had an optional restrictor on the water inlet that reduced the flushing flow, removed it and things improved.

I put one in mine as I also have a towel radiator after the calorifier and that caused back flow. I used an unsprung flap valve as Tony recommends and it works fine. Just get the orientation right, if it is horizontal pipe the hinge is at the top so it closes by gravity. If it is in vertical pipe it will only work if the flap opens upwards, reverse thermosyphon will not generate enough flow to close a valve that opens downwards. I never had any issues with water circulation from the engine through the calorifier and towel radiator.

Never had this problem in 14 years with my Barrus Shire 40 of 2002 vintage. Is the fuse getting any corrosion from damp in a cruiser stern, I had this problem with my Eberspacher fuses.

I thought that walking on them was limited to soft soled shoes, most of use use more robust footwear when boating and if you had grit on your shoes or a stone trapped in the tread then walking on them would not be good. My boat came with them and I do not walk on them, luckily they are on the centre line with a gap to the handrails.

The tilted cells would shade each other.

On our previous narrowboat, a cruiser stern, if you looked at the skin tank in the engine compartment you would say that it was undersized. However, it actually extended forward into the cabin about 3ft and it was mostly sheeted over so hidden from view, and provided some heat into the wet locker. I am not saying yours is like this, I have no idea how common this is or if it was looked for.

The other issue with a square stern if you use the nothern canals such as Calder and Hebble or Huddersfield with a 57ft boat is that you will not be able to tuck behind a gate when going uphill so sharing locks will not be as easy. I have seen such boats have lots of extra hassle on the shorter locks.

Midland Chandlers sell combined fan and light units, probably fit under mushrooms. https://www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/products/extractor-fan-and-light-12v-white-chrome-8-12098

Yes, you can easily turn in the basin between the two locks, or if you go above the second lock then you can do a 3 point turn into the basin next to the services block. If You are only going as far as Brighouse then see if you can moor in th basin between the two locks as turning will be easier in that basin than going above the second lock.

I have been with craftinsure for more than 10 years and whilst it has crept up over the years, it has never taken any large jumps like you mention.

When we moored there in 2006 -2009 it was BWB services and the gate out to the yard was locked with a key from the boat yard so people pulling up there could not access the yard, but those of us mooring there could get in by land. That was when Brian ran the yard before CVM took over.

I was born in Wolverhampton in 62 and when I was young my grandad would take me down to the canal and I have some very early memories of seeing working boats, too young to know how old / when and seeing this has bought back those memories. Later on I worked at a company near the top of Ryders Green locks and the junction just above them in the late 80s and the buildings in this video were still there then. Thanks.

Should have also mentioned last few times in Huddersfield mooring between the lift bridge and the basin has been in short supply, last year we moored to some wooden staging before the lift bridge, this was not ideal as it is quite hugh up, but it sufficed for one night.

We were based in that area for a number of years and found that you could moor OK on the canal sections 1. between Shepley Bridge and Ledgard, access to an Aldi and Co-op at Ledgard end, fewer facilities at Shepley Bridge end. 2. Between Cooper Bridge lock and the flood gates, next to the flood gates. 3. Just above Kirklees top lock, this is the most rural mooring, no pubs closeby as far as I know. 4. In Brighouse per NB Caelmiri's post. On the way to Huddersfield we often moored up about 1/3 mile above lock 2, there is some wooden wharf like edging with a few bollards and room for one narrow boat. This is also more rural, no pubs close by that I know of Given that you could do Dewsbury to Brighouse, Brighouse to Huddersfield and Huddersfield to Dewsbury in 1 day each, there are plenty of stopping places to make it a slower journey. I am afraid I can not help regarding pubs as our preference was for quieter rural mooring.

It is north west of London.

Bearings in the motor may be wearing resulting in more friction or blades rubbing on the duct, both causing higher amp draw, or as Tony says, a build up of gunk which would increase the load.

The number 31 relates to the battery group which means that any battery in group 31 will be of a similar size, varying by a few mm in dimension. The other letters are specific to manufacturer type. If you go on Tayna Batteries you should be able to get a list of all their group 31 batteries or just Google group 31 batteries.