KirstieH

I must say the black jack has worked really well in fairness. it must have been a combo of soft diesel worn blacking and a power wash which knocked it back. Ah well I will cry in two tears when £300 of Rytex washes off than £90 of black jack lol

I am a teacher i like to follow instruction lol? can you recommend a diesel unfriendly one....I was advised that rytex was better than most. Many thanks

Yes Diesel a problem in marina v busy scraped off old spend a week on it and power jet wash. yes it was rock hard as it was boiling. 72 hours between each coat and immersion June. yard. water brackish. i think we did the best we could do. more tools now :)

Thanks all. Yes I am a girl but I must admit I do imagine most posters to be male too!! terrible I know. As ever, very generous with your advice and replies. We are going to de rust with a grinder fertan and then rytex 2 coats with 3 on waterline...drag her out in two years and have a proper hull inspection (base more pitted than the sides eep!). if she is sound then two pack. I have checked...and I am ? Correct ☺

Hello After 2 years of happy narrowboating having worked really hard on prepping and blacking our boat, we pulled her out of the water and jet washed her and low an behold....the blacking just pretty much washed off! The hull looks great just a little rust round the waterline and stern where the blacking didn’t go high enough (Duh). We used Black Jack (On advice from an old hand narrowboater - we were young and naive - turns out he doesn’t use it grrr) and are wondering if it just wasn’t high grade enough? We are using Rytex this time (Ouch) so hoping it won’t disintegrate. We do have a transformer and the anodes are 60% gone. Does this sound about the right kind of wear in that time? I wondered if we have put the wrong stuff over the top. It does have some coloured paint in patches underneath where the blacking should be so maybe it is the wrong stuff... Any advice welcomed

Yes it does sound a bit like that. Strange it has only just started after a few years though..... thanks for your reply

Oh good point. As it is new i hadnt noticed it getting hot yet. I have worked out that it increases in noise not when i use items on my boat but when everyone else on the pontoon does! I will try the rubber feet idea not my feet obvs! Yes i understand that but the case isn't vibrating. Tried the pillow idea (dampner) and still the same. Coming from inside.....

Hello I have just noticed a new noise from my boat calorifier...when i turn on the tap hot or cold a kind of crackling sound comes from the tank. Not knocking banging or hissing. No leaks pressure from taps ok but cracking / crackling for 2 secs when tap turns on...is it gonna blow

Thanks everyone. I don't think it is the vibrating of the case it is the coils inside. so i think I might just sound insulate the cupboard and put up with it. At least my boat is a bit protected so it might be worth it....

It has learned to hum, what if it learns to whistle

Hi Yes I did expect it to hum but naively thought if most stuff was off at night it would quieten down. My recorded noise (Attached) is with everything off. No it is not vibration it is in a very secure panel - thick oak cupboard no steel no wobbles no rattles. Bit gutted really as I just don't think I can sleep through it I want my old isolator back...sniff.....

here is the annoying noise for your diagnosis....58secs in for max annoyance:) victron.wav

Hello Does anyone have a Victron Transformer 3600 transformer fitted and if so, is it noisy? Mine had to be fitted in a cupboard in my stern cabin and it is making the most annoying sound /s. It is kind of like having a fridge in the room, albeit in a cupboard. I expected it to make some humming when under load, but at night I only have a radio plugged in and maybe the TV on standby. It is kind of a low level humming changing volume / pitch regardless of load. Is it normal? Thank you

It is an isolation transformer. Not an Inverter or battery charger (clue in the title) just a plain old Victron 3600w transformer not combi - to deal with the earth current currently working its way through my hull I will pay someone for the other 70%...it is what they went to school for lol