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You are all correct my house and all previous ones, upstairs was "tank fed" and only kitchen cold was mains. My daughter has recently moved into a "modern" house and all of her cold taps are mains fed.
To fit a shower in this situation completely seperate supplys are taken from cold tank and hot tank to supply shower only. This stops the problem of another tap being turned on and changing the temperature of said shower, it also stops screams in the bathroom.
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Peiople have mentioned here using these little 150 - 300 watt inverters from Maplins and the like for running TVs etc. They usually plug into a lighter socket.
Does anyone bother about linking the earth to the hull? I believe that is the normal practice for larger inverters. I suspect that the earth & neutral are linked anyway to the negative DC input, but what is the recommended way of using these?
If these use a "lighter socket"(12 volt) there will not be any provision for earth, also televisions/radios and similar do not require an earth. If you open the plug, if not sealed, you will not find an earth wire. the reason for this is, the chasis of this type of equipment is used as the return.
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When we first met my wife and I (pretenious or what) we started camping in tents because like most people we were short of money, we progressed to bigger and better tents but got tired of always putting it up or down in the rain. We decided to move onto caravans, new member of family arrived, Again these got bigger with time, the caravans. As all new members always grow they decide not to go with parents so we went back to tents. Not as young as we thought and the ground was harder and it rained even more also the cost of sites was riduculus. Then did B&B touring in our MGB Roadster.
I cannot remember why we hired our first narrow boat but we did. we have hired for along time now, as time went on the boats got bigger, have I written that before.
After that first trip I knew that was where I wanted to be, on the cut, as time went on we decide that I would retire at 60 and we would buy a boat.
I am now 55 and due to cicumstances beyond my control (BBC speak) I am retiring early and about to spruce up the house and put it on the market order the boat and move in with the daughter whilst the boat is built.
To become a liveaboard/continuous cruiser.
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And i think they should be a bit wobbley,
I think we should go to the bar with this
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Bit like the old broom story: "A great broom this, I've had it for twenty years and I've only gone through two handles and three heads".
You've been watching "fools and horses" again aka "trigger"
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I'll bet your sides are just fine and dandy
Don't forget the bow and stern they have to be in proportion
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If all else fails (tonge in cheeck)
Haul it out, cut the bottom off, get rid of the concrete and weld the bottom back on.
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Is that definate or will a bidding war break out.
My bid is two crates of beer
I know
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Hallellula?
I've seen the light and its blue
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seriously, to avoid a lot of unnecessary work, why not leave the offending portholes in place, paint the inside of the glass black, and then complete the lining and insulation on the inside. Cover the patch with a mirror or some other feature.
any welding work will leave you with distorted side panels.
Chris is right this is a serious matter and I agree with his idea. This would protect a ladies modesty.
Wynd lass are the boats either side for hire
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Previous enquires by myself about similar glass lights have resulted in the comment, yes they are fine until the sun really does shine through. If they dont fade the wall/carpet/chair they could cause a serious scorch mark. Bearing in mind I am really looking forward to global warming, because I like the sun and the warmth. I decided not to go with button/mushroom glass.
Cheers
Fyneladye
Are you thinking of bullseyes I believe that these have caused fires
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Going to be difficult to live in with all that criss cross metal inside
Seriously though I am jealous, good luck with the rest of it.
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Just another example things being unfair. Local TV (ITV/BBC West) have in the last two weeks covered stories where Gypsys have moved onto greenfield sites bulldozed the ground flat covered it in chippings and set up camp completely ignoring planning laws. they have now applied for retrospective planning and got it.
What would happen if someone found a field next to a canal dug out a marina and connected it to the system?
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If not a true Emmergency The first call could be to N H S Direct on
0845 46 47 they wil advise on your course of action.
Most Doctors now only have an Emergency number after hours where you usually talk to a doctor direct. To get this number you would need to know the surgerys number and recieve a recorded message giving the emergency number to call.
This is to cut down doctors working hours (government involvement)
If this all fails call 999 or 112 and ask for the ambulance service, answer their questions first and then explain the situaion they will either send an Ambulance,
First responder paramedic or again advise you what to do
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I believe, depending on where you read, that it is possible to get a 60ft boat through the Leeds and Liverpool if you place it diagonally across the lock. Only one at a time though could be construed as a waste of water.
Has any one done it or know someone who has. (not a friend of a friend)
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Yes I suppose considering the availability and costs of clean water, this is probably better filed under "seemed like a good idea at the time!"
Gary
Gary
Don't be so down hearted I just popped off to Google put in "water filtration" u.k. search only and it found 28,800 pages. a very quick perusal showed that most were for filtering tap water but there were systems for "dirty" water. I suspect there is a unit out there but at what cost?
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Do not worry, if you add up all the reported incidents and compare them to the number of boats on the system it would be a small minority that have been "Attacked". I know it can be unnerving at the time but most incidents are minor. Verbal abuse, I put down to their ignorance and foul language to me is only words and they will not hurt, for them it may be their "normal languge" just listen to some youngsters in the local High streeet.
Most of all just enjoy life on the cut you will meet more good than bad.
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I agree about the valve position being open in the picture.
I have always believed a valve of this design to be "open" when the lever is in line
with the pipe/hose etc.
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Thanks Amicus
I think I understand, There is a small amount of movement allowed by the design of the bearing (Not solid i.e. brass) and the gland is also flexible (rubber tube).
Thanks again
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I see the lubrcation system but no flexible coupling is this still needed, or as mentioned before, the engine is solidly mounted so no flexibility is required.
Sorry to be a pain but am trying to learn.
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Hi Paganwitch
May I ask how much the running cost of the card is.
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Well done indeed
Never have so few learnt so much in such a short time.
(With ref to Sir Winston Churchill)
Inverter earth
in Boat Equipment
Posted · Edited by bottle
Any earth is only supplied for safety reasons.
There is not one piece of electrical equipment that requires an earth.
It is used where the outer casing is made of conductive material i.e. metal.
The earth supplies the least resistence for electrical flow for when a fault in the insulation breaks down. this could be any fault but usually is a live supply connecting to the metal casing. If the earth was not available the casing would be live, then if you touch it you complete the cicuit (and your eyes lightup
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Electricity (230volt mains) is generated by generaters that supply 3 phases. To try and explain this: there are three coils surrounding a rotating magnet which induces the coils with the voltage. Each coil has two ends (obvious) one end of each coil is connected to a common point therefore making the neutral / earth.
An inverter is a transformer and there is not any physical connection from input to the output. THIS STATEMENT IS WRONG PLEASE SEE FOLLOWING POSTS