Kendorr

On Thursday morning around 6-00 am, I'll be leaving Keadby and heading for Cromwell. This journey usually takes me around 8 hr 30 minutes, so I'm hoping to be through Cromwell by about 3-00. I'll have a friend aboard and he'll be getting the train home from Newark, so we'll carry on through Nether Lock and moor up in the town. It would be useful if I could go through Town Lock and moor on the right hand side where there appears to be plenty of space. Can anybody advise me if this area is okay to moor and, if anyone is near, is it particularly busy at the moment? Thanks in advance Kevin

It's an excellent stop for boaters. I never used the showers, but I've also never heard anyone complain about them. Does get busy, but there's plenty of mooring space, you just may have to walk a little bit. Also a very safe place to moor - left my boat there last year for 12 days whilst waiting for Ferrybridge flood lock to open.

Hope she didn't catch them in your back garden!! Excellent painting, she's very talented.

I put on 2 coats of Danish oil, then sprayed with matt black spray paint, they've lasted 4 years so far.

It's an interesting trip, I helped move a boat from Goole to Beverley a few years back, it's good to see the City from an different angle.

I suppose where I live was a big clue 🙂

Just found on a FB site, lovely pic, but where is it?

Too right he is

I have the EcoFlow River, all info here https://uk.ecoflow.com/products/river-portable-power-station?variant=40595204735168 My opinion, it is far better than the Jackery, it charges much quicker and doesn't require an extra 'power brick' for charging, simply plugs in to a 13 amp socket. I also have a 100W suitcase panel made by Renogy, this can be used to charge the EcoFlow or can be added to my 160W roof panel to give more boost to the batteries.

I was politely told 'no way' when I asked a boater on the Thames if I could moor alongside, next boat said 'no, we have a dog'!! Next boat had a sign in the window which said something like 'you are welcome to moor alongside us', so it was third time lucky for me. The following morning at the first lock, a boater asked if I had asked to moor alongside him the evening before, when I answered 'yes' he was very apologetic and said he regretted saying no as soon as I pulled away.

Look on the top bar of the page, left side. You'll see your username, +Create, a globe then two speech bubbles. Press on those to see messages sent to you. Interested in this because it's a trip I'm planning to do next year. Kevin

Thanks PD.

You mentioned Sheffield, maybe worth getting on their list https://www.watersidemooring.com/356-tinsley-marina-residential-l1 https://cvmarine.co.uk/victoria-quays/ and several others along the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation.

The top gates were removed on Wednesday, this was taken on Thursday morning.

The usual answer for all things London is to contact the London Boaters FB group.

Sorry to confuse Tony. SG and batteries are 3 years old, panel and MPPT are 6 months old. SG now shows error code E03 which indicates batteries are being over charged. Instruction booklet on MPPT has various error codes, E02 here indicates over charging BUT the MPPT never shows this. This answers what I have been doing 🙂 and is now sounding like I should just continue doing the same. Thanks, Kevin

It's a Renogy Rover Elite 20A That's a good idea, unfortunately I'm just back home, but will give it a try when next I go, thank you. Yes, I mixed up there, the SG is giving E03, but the MPPT never gives an error message - if it did, then E02 is for over charging. Again, I'll look to see if they can be altered when I go back next week. Thanks again folks, Kevin

Nope, only if you have set the battery type to Lithium.

Thanks everyone. I don't think I'm fully satisfied with what was happening, but I'm fairly confident things are okay. Batteries have now settled at 13.00 volt, the only draw on them is 2 led lights and SG shows them at 100%. The MPPT only has 4 battery settings, SLD, GEL, FLD and LI and I have it set to SLD. The MPPT also has an error code for over charging, but this has never shown up, so maybe SG is reading differently to MPPT? I do only charge the leisure bank, I'll look into your suggestion, thanks. Reading the instructions, it looks like a few of you were right about this. I think next time I come to boat, I'll have a day using the battery power, then check how the solar and SG react to the charging period. Advice much appreciated, thank you.

Thanks again, I'll be reading the controller carefully again later. Kevin

Yes, every 28 days Could be, I'll be keeping an eye. One thing I have just noticed, the SG has a 'hybrid' setting and it's for sealed maintenance free with a magic eye to give battery condition. These sound like mine, so I've changed the SG setting and will see how it reacts when the SG settles down Thanks, Kevin

I have 4@ ABS LXD 110 dual purpose batteries as my leisure bank and the same battery as my starter. I have these connected to a Merlin Smart Gauge. I have this set at type 6 - Maintenance free Calcium/Calcium I also have a 160X panel connecting through a Renogy Rover elite 20 amp MPPT controller, the battery type SLD I do not live aboard, but come to the boat every 2 weeks or so. Recently we've had more sun and the smart gauge often flashes the EO2 error code, this means the batteries are over charging. The smart gauge is currently showing 100% charged, with the leisure bank at 15V and the starter at 12.95V. I've just measured the batteries with a volt meter and all 4 leisure battery's show 15.15V with the starter battery at 13.04 volt. I'm unsure if I have set the battery types correct for this type of battery? Anybody able to give me some advice please? Thanks, Kevin

Thank you, I'll be giving that a good read 🙂

Yes, I have to admit, I read the crossing the Wash bit, and not the Lowestoft bit!! My intention is Boston to Kings Lynn.