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  1. Diesel Stove Keeps Going Out

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    2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

    But is it a down ward flow all the way, no anti vibration loops 

    Perhaps not, I couldn't be sure, and I do not no what an anti vibration loop is.

    1 hour ago, Ex Brummie said:

    If you do not have any leaks outside of the stove, the pot will only fill up to the level in the float valve. Excess can be mopped up with a sponge.

    Where/what is the float valve?

    1 hour ago, Ex Brummie said:

    If you do not have any leaks outside of the stove, the pot will only fill up to the level in the float valve. Excess can be mopped up with a sponge.

    Where/what is the float valve?

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    Just going to upload some pictures of my system now I'm back for reference

  2. Diesel Stove Keeps Going Out

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    2 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

     

    I too think this seems the most likely problem. But this will only be the problem if the OP's Squirrel is fed directly from the (low level) boat tank rather than a dedicated day tank mounted near the stove and two or three feet higher, I'd suggest.

    Perhaps the OP could clarify the details of the fuel supply. Is there a day tank? Where is it and how high is it?

    Whatever the answer though, the fix is to disconnect the fuel pipe from the control box and drain out a litre or so of diesel from it into a container. Id some bubbles/air come out with the fuel then a fix has probably bee achieved. Bung it all back together and test it out!

    The stove is fed from the main diesel tank. It's completely gravity fed with no pumps in line with a steady decent from the tank to the regulator of about 2ft. Will investigate suggestions when j get home in a few hours. 

     

    Thanks all for the help so far. I may need guidance disassembling everything, will be sure to post back on my findings, quandaries, or what's to do in case of flooding cabin with diesel.  

  4. Diesel Stove Keeps Going Out

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    22 minutes ago, Ex Brummie said:

    If it is the pot burner I'm thinking it is, you won't have a thermocouple. When Lighting, do you have to hold a button in for a short period of time? If it rums for 20mins, then fuel supply has to be the problem. A thermocouple fault like on Kabolas, would not let you light it to start with and run for 20 mins.

    In sure I don't have this thermocouple. Not inside the burner pot anyway. There is just a hole in the bottom of the pot where the fuel comes it. The same hole that the fuel line clearing rod pushes through. 

     

    Stove lighting method is diesel isolator on, turn on regulator but leVe set to off on the heat regulator (the dial that turns through off/1-6) couple of caps of meths in the pot light with a match close door. Let it warm the flue for around 30 seconds then switch regulator to 1. Normal practice would then be wait for around 15-20 minutes before adjusting the heat setting of the regulator.

     

  5. Diesel Stove Keeps Going Out

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    3 hours ago, LEO said:

    Check the thermo coupling point in the burner pot very carefully, you may have damaged it whilst cleaning the stove.

    What is the thermo coupling? What am I checking for, How may it be broken?

    6 minutes ago, The Bagdad Boatman (waits) said:

    these stoves don't like dirty fuel if you do not fit a filter in the supply then any muck will clog the stove supply classic behaviour of a blocked fuel pipe try blowing back from the stove to the tank. This is a common problem if you run out of fuel. 

    There is a fuel filter in line at the tank end of the supply. What exactly do you mean by blowing back from the stove to the tank?

  6. Diesel Stove Keeps Going Out

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    Hi all,

    So like the numpty newbie that I am smashed on the 24/7 heating to get through this cold snap and almost completely ran out of diesel. Resulting in the flame going out and the stove (a Morso squirrel conversion) sooting up quite heavily.. something thats never happened before. Any way I awaited a diesel delivery gave the stove a good clean out and froze to death for a couple of nights. 

    I was hoping that a full tank of diesel would be all that was required to get some heat back in our lives. Not the case. The stove can be lit and burns a healthy blue flame but after about 20 minutes (can also hear a rather loud and fast dripping sound) the flame gradually lowers itself down the burner pot until its just a yellow flame burning away the remaining diesel in the hole where the fuel drips through until it burns out.

    Anyone have any ideas whats going on or what I can do to remedy this. I have used the cleaning rod, I have cleaned out the stove, paying attention to remove the coke from all of the little air holes in the burner pot. If I turn the regulator on I can physically watch the diesel entering the burner pot. The stove has been rock solid until running out of fuel, really need to get this sorted as its unbearably cold right now!

     

    Thanks in advance

     

  7. Improving onboard Mobile communications

    in Boat Equipment

    Posted

    On 21 May 2017 at 13:41, rusty69 said:

    Yeah, me to , although I have trouble using 32GB /month, so if it were rolled over I suppose I would have even more trouble.

    I fly through my data unfortunately. I guess I never realised quite so much as have always had unlimited. I did 60GB last month and was still out before my renewal. 

  8. Improving onboard Mobile communications

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    Posted

    Anyone tried using a 3 all you can eat data sim in a 4G router? I feel like it's probably locked out by an IMEI number to stop it working as it's really designed as phone tariff and would therefore make the obscene cost of mobile broadband tariffs pointless.... Very unlikely but I'm curious to know!

  9. Teddington to Brentford

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    Got to Teddington around 7:30am, was is in the lock 15mins later and I'm now at Brentford Basin, the whole thing was totally painless and the weather and the last bit on the Thames was beautiful. The canal feels very narrow again! 

    Cheers for the help folks. X

  10. Teddington to Brentford

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    I called the Lockie earlier to ask advice on best time to get there ya da ya da. He seemed friendly enough on the phone. Unfortunately won't be at Teddington for the night as I'm working late tonight, so will be schlepping down from Hampton Court Palace, not to far though.

  19. Keeping it 12v

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    Posted

    Hi all,

    I have a 12v 2A DC appliance, it's standard power cable has a AC/DC 3 pin adapter plug. I don't want to run the 12v appliance from the inverter and would rather wire it into a 12v circuit. Am I right in thinking that I can just chop the plug top of and wire it in as if it was a car stereo?

  23. Maiden Voyage; Braford to Brentford

    in New to Boating?

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    Hi all,

    We will soon to be embarking on our first journey on our new boat. We're both new to boat ownership but do have limited experience between ourselves. This will certainly be the biggest trip we've done and we can't bleedin wait to get out there and explore.

    Before we do though, I thought I'd come seek advice here. The trip will begin at Bradford on Avon and end at Brentford, before moving on to the GU. 

    Any tips and pointer for the challenges along the way, getting the boat ready, equipment needed, where to and not to moor, things that always take longer than they should and of course good pubs. We've got ourselves a Nicholsons guys but any other insider tips will be greatly appreciated. Main concerns are the sections on rivers as we haven't had any previous river cruising experience.

    Thanks!

     

     

  25. What 4G routers are people loving?

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    3 hours ago, dmr said:

    My testing suggests that the antenna does not boost the signal but actually  reduces it a tiny bit as the signal strength can be improved slightly by putting the dongle outside (but not raised). I believe the cable loss more than offsets any antennae gain.

     

    Antennae can be tricky at times, they can be very particular to their hardware any discrepancies can cause upset. 

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