Gareth E
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19 minutes ago, LadyG said:
I assume the fish think its all cruel.
I can see the point of catching a wild brown trout for the pot, watching the waters of the Test or the Tweed etcetera, but going to a fishing lake to catch some poor coarse fish for the fifteen time .................
If the point is to test your skill against a fish, well its all a bit sad.
.................. and, if these fishermen are throwing organic matter in the water, I call it pollution.
I don't think fish reason in that way. Like most animals they rely on highly tuned instincts to survive, nothing else.
It's not so much skill, more about developing a window into their world. It's a form of hunting, an instinct as natural to many men, as having babies is to many women.
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8 hours ago, dor said:
I've just bought one of these to fit as a panel isolator between the panel and controller:
The voltage may go higher, but there still appears to be plenty of insulation and the high current rating should mean it should be beefy enough to handle 30 or 40 volts.
I've wondered about that, the connection between high amp rating and high volts. The inline isolators I've been looking at, which would be the easiest and neatest solution for me are available in different specifications, up to 150 amps. A pretty massive load. Having said that there's only mention that they are 12 or 24 volts. Does high current rating automatically correspond to high volt rating?
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8 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
True enough. Last time I went fishing was in the sea off the South coast as a teenager. I can accept fly fishing is complex, but not that sitting in a predetermined spot dangling bait attached to a short bit of string on the end of a long pole into water is. You don't even have to learn to cast. But I'm willing to be educated.
I carry out most of the disciplines within fishing, including fly fishing. Fly fishing isn't particularly complicated, compared to other disciplines. The river version (particularly small intimate rivers) is possibly where the most skill is needed. Wily fish, ready to scatter at the slightest disturbance. High banks strewn with vegetation, overhanging branches making casts to fish without spooking them a highly skilled practice. The choice of fly possibly doesn't have the importance some of the purists put on it, but it's a factor.
You could dangle a bait in the water and hope a fish comes along but you'd soon get bored of that. So many things effect the location and feeding behaviour of fish, and each species is different. Time of the year, water temperature, water clarity, atmospheric pressure and whether it's rising or falling, predator activity, and others. It's not a science but over time you can learn much of this through experience but however often you fished, a lifetime even, you'd never know it all. This is the fascination of fishing.
9 hours ago, LadyG said:Well, I think its rather cruel, outdated as a "sport". It's not a sport.
We could call it a hobby or a pastime, if that makes things easier.
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27 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
If that is £30 per litre its a rip-off, if its £30 for a 25 litre drum - grab it quickly.
It doesn't 'go-off' so for our Volvo's which take 3.5 litres each, I buy a 25 litre can, at 200 hours oil changes it is soon used.
On the other boat each engine takes 27 litres so I buy a 45 gallon (210 litres) drum, and keep 2x 25 litre & 2x 5 litre cans on board
Price (delivered) on ebay works out at about £40-£45 for a 20/25 litre drum
Example :
I should have said, it's for 5 litres!
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41 minutes ago, WotEver said:
Good point. A fuse/holder combination voltage rating shouldn’t really be exceeded.
I guess that rules out those cheap midi fuse holders then? And pretty well everything else, it seems!
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My Vetus engine uses either 10w30 cd or 10w40 cd. Does anyone know of any supplies for less than the 30 quid or so that I've found? Seems a tad expensive.
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22 minutes ago, cuthound said:
I have observed this over a number of years, hence my jokes about anglers taking misery pills.
I'd suggest they're absorbed with their hobby. Have a look at a snooker player playing a shot, or a tennis player maybe, they don't have a continual smile on their face.
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1 hour ago, Richard10002 said:
On the one I have, it’s mounted just like you want, and the wires enter from the sides. However, you need to “faff” with ring terminals, but you would have a much better connection than a screw terminal.
You could buy one of these:
but I was advised against it on the basis that a ring is better than a screw squashing wires.
I looked at those, they would be a very neat solution. Perfect actually. They don't seem to have a rating for higher volts though? My panels are in series.
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Another vote for Nigel Carton.
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This is about the neatest solution I can find. A few things aren't clear though: Would the connections inside it accept 5mm wire? Also are they likely to be a simple screw fitting? can't be doing with faffing fitting ring terminals etc. Also, do the wires have to enter the breaker through the rear of the unit? this would be a no no as it would be mounted on a timber bulkhead, I'd need one wire to enter the unit from each side.
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Another thought: would there be any problems if I installed a standard 'house' switch with a box? This could look quite neat. I know they are designed for 240v but with 375w of solar on a 12v system, would they be safe? Also my cables are 5mm would a standard switch take this?
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5 minutes ago, Richard10002 said:
Only if its not rated for 30 amps..... The ones I've got say they are rated up to 30 amps.
OK thanks I'll add that to the list of possibilities. The problem I have is that my controller is in the bedroom at the back of the boat. I'm trying to get a solution that's not only practical, but looks neat as well.
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8 hours ago, WotEver said:
A short piece of thinner cable isn’t going to have any appreciable affect on voltage drop.
OK but if there is, say, 30 amps going through it, is it not at risk of melting or something?
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I'm a keen angler as well as a live aboard boater. In 5 years I've never had any altercations with anglers.
Perhaps if you start with a negative attitude towards a group of people, that attitude will be returned to you, once you've displayed it.
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1 hour ago, reg said:
Not a bad idea I use a inline blade fuse between panel and controller, simply remove the fuse when needed.
If I am doing anything with battery then the order is
1 remove blade fuse panel-controller
2 remove fuse battery-controller
And reverse the order when reconnecting.
Those inline blade fuses tend to have quite thin wire, certainly thinner than the normal solar cable. Did you find a fuse holder with thicker wires, or does the thin wire not bother you?
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Yes that's fine.
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
But then you'd be putting 2T petoil into a 4 stoke Genny engine - bit smokey !!!!
(unless you have one of those crappy 2T generators)
Autolube system via a separate tank for the 2 stroke oil, regulated by a 2 way throttle cable, one end to the carb, the other to a pump for the oil.
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10 hours ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:
The high pitch of a genny is precisley what I don't like, much as I don't like the high pitch of the fizzy motorcycles that kids of a certain age ride around upon. I also dislike 'music' which is simply bass having spent many a bored night 'monitoring' raves (unchar,unchar,unchar,unchar,unchar,ad nauseum).
If I wanted to store petrol on the boat (I don't) it would have to be in a smaller container than a motorbike, I haven't got anywhere to put one of them
(trad stern).
You'll be talking about a 2 stroke bike then, which is what I ride
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My single12v Trojan has performed splendidly for nearly 2 years. Unfortunately though, I neglected to check the electrolyte level for longer than I should. Result: the level was below the top of 4 of the 6 plates. Not much, 5mm at the most, but still... Will I have damaged it?
Also, how much above the plates should they be topped up to, does it do any harm to top the up to nearly the top of the battery case?
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2 hours ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:
You are having a laugh aren't you? One of the most irritating noises going, a buzzy little generator whining up and down depending upon demand. Complying completely with the BSS requirements, where do you keep the petrol? Personally I wouldn't have petrol on the boat.
By the same token I suppose that it could equally be argued that it is quite possible (in fact it used to be the practice) to propel a boat with just one horse power, so why have I got a 35h.p. engine?
The inconsiderate part of your example,in my view, is for someone to moor right alongside you when you are moored in a quiet, remote location (unless it is a visitor mooring). If I'm moored in an isolated location I expect anyone mooring in the vicinity to be no closer that 3 or 4 boat lengths (and that is the barest minimum that I would moor near somebody else under the same circumstances). Whether they choose to run their engine when that far away from me would be immaterial (unless outside of permitted hours).
I much prefer the relatively high pitch of the petrol genny to the lower tone of a diesel engine. I suppose that fits in with my dislike of music when you can only hear the bass. As for storing petrol, it's easy, I store it in the petrol tank of my motorbike then siphon some into the genny as required. Simples.
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Noise: I'm not keen on the constant low pitched drone of a diesel engine, petrol gennie is favourable. Trains are fine, road noise is OK for a while but only a day or two. The very worst noise of all as far as I'm concerned is the bass element of modern music. It's the way it goes on for maybe 10 or 20 seconds then stops for a while, then starts again, and so it goes on. The distance it travels is quite amazing. I was moored at Billinge in Cheshire yesterday, kayaked 2/3 of the way towards Middlewich, 3 miles, it was still as loud there as it was at Billinge.
If anything is to be banned it should be the playing of loud music because it doesn't just impose on people in the close area, it affects those for miles around.
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18 hours ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:
So to take the 'technical' approach, if you wish, how do you want to define overpopulation? If we all consumed resources at the same rate as third world countries, there would be no overpopulation since resources are adequate for that low level of consumption. You probably consume more non-renewable resources driving to work than a third world resident consumes in a month. Any suggestion that First World residents should reduce their consumption is denigrated as an attack on the West lifestyle and since most Western economies rely on ever increasing consumption, it would crash their economies as well. This isn't politicisation, it is reality.
You've summed it all up quite nicely there, possibly without realising it. Western economies do indeed need to 'crash' in order for the world to continue to be a suitable place to live. No current politicians have the will to crash their respective economies, favouring their own career over the future of the human race.
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13 minutes ago, Robbo said:
But who will payed for your education? Who will pay for you health care when/if your no longer to take care of yourself? You had no children that would now be working and generating wealth for the system and what you put in the system would be very quickly gone if you needed social care?
This is the nub of the problem. The 'system' relies on perpetual growth as the contributions of a flatlining population are insufficient to pay for the needs of the elderly. It's a kind of ponzi scheme but the eventual inevitable breakdown won't just be a few hapless people losing their savings.
(trad stern).
Fishing rules opposite moored boats
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I fish a lot on the canals, but only when the conditions suit. On the Macc, in the winter that means a south or south westerly wind, the stronger the better. A gale is just perfect, if a bit uncomfortable. The big perch will then come out to play, on natural baits. In calmer conditions, or bright sunshine catching them on baits is less likely but roving with artificial lures often turns a couple up. The above is a generalisation, you can never guarantee anything. That's one of the interesting aspects of fishing, nothing is ever guaranteed or totally predictable. If it was, it would become dull.