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Cheers for the help. I could run it off the generator I suppose but the manual ones look like a pretty good idea. I thought of petrol too but they all looked a bit big for storage. I also noticed a couple that were rated at 1500w but as chris pointed out this would drain a little too much power. Anyways thanks again for the advice.

Just wondering if anyone has this setup or can confirm if this combination will work? Looking at purchasing a 4 ton electric Logmaster that's rated at 1960W. Will the 1600W Victron inverter be able to cope? I read in the Victron specs the peak output is 3000W. Thanks for any help.

Anyone know how to fix this and common reasons why this might happen. Had water in it, been drained, oil changed but won't go into neutral or reverse. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks again Chris. Got the manuals and the PDF's through a different link on their site and will have a good read.

Thanks rjasmith, that is exactly what I have and you're right, I don't have the handbook, will download it. So with this setup is it ok to plug the generator into the shoreline without doing what chris w said about wiring the earth and neutral together etc or do I still need to do this. Months ago I had the engine running as well as the generator so we could run the washing machine and everything worked fine but now this no longer works. As I said before I suspect the shoreline itself is the problem so will have to check it and report back If I get it working. Thanks for the help again people, much appreciated. [edit] Unfortunately all the manuals seems to be offline at the moment, get a 404 not found. Guess I'll have to check back there another time.

Saw this trailer boat recently in Harefield marina. It's supposed to be pulled behind a WW2 Russian tank I think and has it's own retractable landing gear! Heard it's supposed to have twin V6's or something.

Could be, have had air in there several times before when bleeding, don't think it's related to the other problem though, thanks for the info.

Didn't know that either chris, thanks for the advice.

The boat already has a shoreline socket in the engine bay at the front if that is what you mean, and as far as I can tell already has a switch. The boat has a Victron inverter with a remote panel in the bedroom which has a switch for inverter on, off and charger only (quite common I assume) as well as a control knob labeled shoreline limiter (whats this for exactly?). I have successfully run the generator through the shoreline socket and the remote panel LED's for float and power on light up as I assume they are supposed to. Recently I had problems running the engine to charge the batteries (turns out the diesel filter was blocked) so once again ran the generator through the shoreline but this time nothing happened, no lights on the remote panel etc. At the moment I'm assuming there's a problem with the shoreline, maybe a fuse or the in-line meter but could be wrong. By the way I'm running a cheap 3.8 Kva Biggs & Stratton B&Q jobby at the moment. Thanks for any help on this, still a novice when it comes to things like this and it's very handy to have advice like this so I don't do anything to stupid.

Thanks guys, looks like I won't bother trying this, just wondered if it was sensible but seems not. I think you are right dor, it doesn't plug into the inverter, will have to have a closer look. I have only used the generator with the shore line once and it worked fine but since it hasn't worked. The problem is the shoreline isn't long enough to reach where the generator is without moving the generator on the roof which isn't practical. The shoreline socket is at the front of the boat where the engine is and it seems a bit silly have it trailing the length of the boat (60 feet) if I got an extension. Anyway, first things first, getting the generator working the 230 in the first place! Thanks again people. [edit] Also I have an extension cable anyway, will run this from the generator if needed for now, a lot safer me thinks.

I have a 3.8Kva generator and was wondering if it is possible to use it with a lead with 2 13A plugs on either end and then just feed it straight into a 230 socket on the mains ring of the boat. I have a Victron inverter, would this do any damage to it? I have a shoreline that plugs into the inverter at the front of the boat in the engine bay but this doesn't seem to work anymore and means running the shoreline the whole length of the boat to get to the generator which is a bit big to lug around. Thanks for any help.

Thanks Gary, will do. If it comes to it the money will have to be spent. I think when it is running properly it should prove a good system.

It's Diesel the same as the smaller one of THESE. It fires up ok but gives up after 10 or so minutes then I shut it down and it will do the same if I try later. The thing seems to be getting diesel no problem, I have bled it to make sure. And yes the batteries are fully charged. I'm wondering if this might be some sort of failsafe, the thing was making popping sounds when it was running before, maybe it has something to do with that. Oh and Yoda, the kabola came with the boat and has been sat unused for many years. Whats an E5 by the way, I guess it's a gas boiler in which case I'm not interested. I'll ring Kabola today and see what they say, need to get it working until the Squirrel goes in in January, can't beat solid fuel.

The Kabola starts up and all LED's are lit as they should be, but after 10 minutes or so it stops and the green power LED starts flashing. Recently it has been making popping sounds. Any Ideas of what might be the problem and a possible solution would be much appreciated as it's supposed to be -6 tonight and a little heat would be nice

Got a reply from Boaters Phone Company, doesn't look like they want to give any advice without making a buck. They said Think I'll work it out for myself thanks.