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Last piece of advice please, I'm moving onto a CRT mooring and they've stated that; "The electricity provided at this site is 16 amps. Please ensure that you obtain a 32amp plug and boat cable for the electricity supply to hook up to." Is this because a 16amp cable would overheat? I will ask my electrician this too, but if I have to order a 32a cable ahead of time its good to know. I already own a 16a rated cable. The circuit breaker is 30a. Thanks!

Hi thanks for your replies everyone. I spent and afternoon rooting around following cables, couldn't find any grounding on the 240v so I've decided to get an electrician in. Definitely better to be safe than sorry! Its not something I feel comfortable with messing around on my own. Thanks for point it all out and getting me to check it ?

Thanks all for your feedback and questions. I asked an electrician to test whether it was grounded a few years ago, I had some vibrations from by Macbook, thought it was the inverter but turns out just dodgy apple products.. But he confirmed it was but I don't remember him showing me where it was. It was professionally fitted out originally so it must have been well grounded - thats not enough for my piece of mind though! I'd like to see/inspect it but I have yet to find where it is grounded... hopefully its not behind panelling as the plugs go all the way down the boat. What are the usual places a boat is grounded? It was build by Stoke on Trent boat builders/Longport Wharf 30 years ago There must be a way I can check it is grounded with a multimeter too.. BEngo - yes it is setup to run the immersion heater off whatever is plugged in, strange I know, but I've always just used the Eberspacher not the immersion for that reason so not to kill the batteries

Hi rgriffiths, did you find the part number out for this temperature sensor? also where did you get it from? I am after the same part and tried diperk (with my engine serial number) but they have sent the wrong sensor They sent this one which is different when I wanted the one you posted Thanks!

Good afternoon, I am soon to be connecting to shoreline for the first time after being a CC for 6 years. I wanted to run a few things past anyway who have previously done it, before purchasing. I have a shoreline connection and an inverter, internally switched with two 3-pin shoreline plugs going into an RCD (see photos). Then going off to the plugs or an immersion heater (which I havent used being a CC'er). I have 1 starter battery and 4 x leisure batteries Numax CXV31MF 110ah (another starter on a bow thruster too). My 12v and 240v system are separate, I have a good inverter so I'm looking to charge the 12v/batteries from the shoreline for my 12v needs (fridge, lights, water pump, eberspacher etc) This is what I'm thinking of getting; A Victron IP22 Blue Smart Charger 30a going straight onto the leisure batteries below via plug in the engine room https://www.victronenergy.com/chargers/blue-smart-ip22-charger A plug in galvanic Isolator can go outside or probably room for it inside too https://galvanic-isolator.co.uk/product/galvanic-isolator-500a-surge-with-extra-protection-status-alert-and-ac-bypass-capacitor/ Does it sound about right? Ive heard some good things about the IP22 from these forums Many thanks! p.s. the charger is not in the basic wiring diagram

Thank you - I had a look on ASAP but couldn't find one that matched - I will use Diperk with the engine serial number to make sure I get the correct sensor.

Keeping Up - correct they were switched, the top wire was the alarm (needs recrimping) and the bottom wire turned the temperature dial to full (thanks Tracy D'arth). But it did not stay readying full hot when the wire was disconnected, as Tracy D'arth suggested above, or was that a typo?... So I'm assuming fault must be with the sensor - thank you all for your insights

Hi ditchcrawler - yes it have two wires to the sensor. both green - you can see the photo a few post up above the alternator. Keeping up - thanks, they may well have been swapped, I have tried just switching them over before but no joy I'll try holding the other one against the engine and seeing if I get a hot reading tomorrow

Hi Tracy D'arth, Thanks for clarifying, I did as you suggest - the dial didn't move but the alarm behind the panel went off. So it must be sensing that it went straight to hot - guess that means the dial has a problem?

Thank you for the reply Tracy D'arth, Can you please be more detailed? Do you meant take top connection from the sensor and connect it directly onto the engine? If you could spell it out in layman's terms it would be much appreciated ... Thank you! (I will re-crimp that wire with a new connecter when I've got down to the problem, thanks)

Hi All - A big thank you everyone for your help! esp Keeping Up - fuel filter changed and rocker cover gasket changed sucessfully. Hopefully this thread will be helpful for other in the future. As I have a few knowledgable Perkins people here... I'm getting no reading on the engine temperature gauge up top. Using the voltmeter I'm getting readings of 12.7v and 7.2v up top at the a gauge and the wires down by the sensor are around 5.3v. Does the sensor require 6v to work? (I'm guessing it doesn't need 12v..) It looks pretty old, quite rusty, if its the likely culprit I will replace it, or should I look at any other areas first? See attached photo - again, very grateful or any help or ideas!

Thanks Keeping Up & Tony, I have bought parts from diperk using my engine serial number, very helpful I recommend them. Thanks for your advice I will check what you have suggested. I'm still looking for anyone who know what this is coming off the diesel feed, if not I will investigate when I get my parts Assuming its a separator (the right black pipe has nothing to do with it) Thanks!

Hi Keeping Up - thank you for all that, info the detail is very helpful! I feel a lot more confident about doing it now, it confirmed a lot of things. I will have to investigate the "separator".. The oil had gone down the side of the engine at a few points from the rocker cover, only a small leak but noticeable especially on new paint. I guess I don't know if it is the gasket 100% but its definitely coming from that join all around. Ex Brummie - yes I think you are right, I has got worse since I tightened it so I should try loosen it off. Although I did tighten it to get rid of the leak in the first place. Interesting I had assumed it was under pressure. It was leaking and I havent touched it in years so there is something not right there, my only thought is it could be the gasket.

Apologies for the double post, I've been doing some investigating and if anyone in the know can answer these questions that would be helpful In this photo the fuel goes into something directly from the fuel tank, I'm guessing its a separator? if so do I take that apart? on the right above the blue And then from the silver cylinder (separator?) into this image below with the red arrow. Is that the pump for clearing air out of the fuel? is it finger operated? (also missed a bit of the painting underneath...) So my thinking is, after you have changed the fuel filter you can pump the fuel in till there are no spurts of air and its just fuel. Again, many thanks to whomever can sit down and answer some of my fairly basic questions...

Good afternoon, 1. Can anyone please talk me through changing a fuel filter on my Perkins MC42, I've never done it before and its long overdue. I'm scared of getting air in it, but I'm told its fairly easy if you follow the correct procedure. The current fuel filter is an Motaquip VFF285 which I'm finding hard to cross reference, I bought a Perkins filter from parts4engines ( https://www.parts4engines.com/perkins-perama-mc42-fuel-filter/ ) hoping this is correct replacement 2. I have an oil leak from my Rocker Cover, I have tried tightening it but its not helped, possible made it worse.... Does anyone have a parts number for the Rocker Cover Gasket or know where I could buy one? having no luck locating one online I'm trying to give my engine a good service and paint (which is how I discover the oil leak) so any help you can give me would be much appreciated. Many thanks! See below for my fuel system/filter setup