doratheexplorer

Yes, that's Bosworth Lady. Part of the away group fleet until about 3 years ago and now run by a Polish couple as a stand alone business.

A lot of it comes down to practicality and the layout of your boat. I have a suitable place to store my generator, and another suitable place to store my jerry can. For safety reasons I run my genny as far from my boat as I reasonably can. If I were to use lpg I'd have to run a long flexible hose all the way from my genny to the gas bottle, which are fixed in place. I'm unhappy about the safety of that. I was also concerned about the effect of using LPG on the genny's engine. There's a good reason why you lose you manufacturer's warranty if you use LPG. The wear on the engine is higher. In my opinion, the cost savings are irrelevant (I calculated it would take me about 15 years to break even on the cost of the LPG kit) and the safety arguments can be had both ways too. Fpr me the advantages of LPG are that it can be stored for far longer (which is good if you only use your genny rarely), that you can store more of it (nothing to stop you having 19kg or larger cylinders on your boat, and that you can buy it at boatyards (no need to walk or drive to petrol stations). I was genuinely considering the LPG option but in the end decided that the simplicity and flexibility of using the genny in the way the manufacturer intended was the way to go for me.

Your other other option is to get a portable petrol generator. Mine is 2.3kw continuous and 2.6kw peak which is plenty for running a washing machine. I paid about £500 for mine from Midland Chandlers. You have the exact same set-up as me except I decided against the LPG kit and run mine just on petrol. There are pros and cons to either option.

What sort of detergent are you using and how on earth can you do a proper rinse with 4 litres of water? The whole problem with the camping type twin tubs is that you can't rinse properly with them so you can only reasonably use non-detergent solutions such as 'eco-balls' or very gentle handwash liquid so you don't get nasty residues. Don't expect to get really dirty clothes anything like clean. They are also a hell of a faff. the spinner will probably cope with one pair of wet trousers at a time and even then, if it's not positioned carefully, the machine will start shaking itself to death. In all honesty I'd rather hand wash and use a mangle. I assume your 'not my department' comment indicates you've never actually used yours personally? On a wider point, unless you have a very good charging regime and a big pure sine inverter, don't bother trying to run a proper washing machine off batteries. Messing around with heath robinson hot fill mixing systems isn't necessary. Just buy a generator which is powerful enough for your machine and take the batteries out of the equation. Then you'll only need a small inverter (or none at all) so your overall cost is no higher. In the long run you'll probably save money since your batteries will last loads longer and your engine will save on wear and tear.

Ring Tuesday morning. They'll almost certainly let you through.

Flat hoses are a PITA. You have to completely unroll them even if you're right next to the tap and then they get all tangled everywhere. What you want is an expanding hose, something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/XHose-Official-Expanding-Garden-adaptor/dp/B00XN00U2M/ref=asc_df_B00XN00U2M/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=231845867220&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2821326352792213299&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006524&hvtargid=aud-545671390501:pla-451236892524&psc=1 Just don't buy a cheap one, theyy won't last.

Good point. I found this out the hard way! I now have a lovely pure sine inverter.

If you really only need a phone, radio and lamp there is no need at all for an inverter. Are you sure you don't have any other appliances. My tv is 240v so I use the inverter for that. I've looked at 12v tvs and the quality is always terrible so haven't changed over. I have an electric toothbrush and a rechargeable speaker which need 240v so I turn the inverter on for those now and then. I also have a generator for 'big' appliances - iron, hoover, washing machine so I don't strain the batteries when i use them - I never run anything powerful off the inverter.

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No issues with digression here but that comment had an obvious snarky edge. The implication = I think you're not a proper boater so I'm gonna judge you accordingly.

With due respect, that has absolutely nothing to do with the question.

Standedge Tunnel is like a jagged cave inside. Nothing like other tunnels. Many narrowboats come out with torn cratch covers, scraped paint and broken windows. A GRP boat would stand a reasonable chance of being sunk.

Where did you get that picture of my narrowboat?

I do when I'm on a busy visitor mooring and I get left with a pointless small gap between my boat and the next. Now where did i put down my halo?

I kept 2 chooks before I moved aboard. I looked into bringing them with me by creating a coop and run on the roof. It does not work at all. The chooks and structures will damage the roof. You will have issues getting under low bridges. You won't see where you're going. Even if you plan to never move, the big issue is that it cannot be good for the welfare of the chickens. Chickens like to peck and scratch around on the ground. If you really want them, get a mooring with a garden next to it.

This might be the best comment I've ever seen on this forum!

I'm sure you're right but I do see a lot of rusty detritus. Saying that, at least if it's on the towpath it's away from my prop.

They don't take the junk home. Towpaths around Birmingham are now littered with piles of rusty metal because of this craze.

Nooooo, that would be like abandoning a baby! They are not disposable items, they're part of the family. Also, selling them can be long winded and traumatic, and when I found out I had to move, I had about 3 weeks until the job started.

When I bought my boat, I didn't even think about where it could go. So imagine how relieved I was when I needed it to come up north with me for a job and I was able to get there! A go anywhere boat is a kind of future proofing.

As said above, this scenario falls outside of the EPA. It's worth trying the council but they are under no obligation to act.

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Isn't that just website branding?

The mooring operator is quite possibly CRT.

Interesting point but in my experience it doesn't work that way. What I can say for definite is that council's cannot prosecute cars for noise nuisance (except perhaps when someone is habitually revving their engine on their own driveway). They can and do prosecute for dogs barking from a domestic property. My opinion is that they would treat boats similarly to cars. I'm unaware of any noise nuisance cases against boat which have suceeded. Maybe others know different. The OP's best bet in this case would be to try all avenues: 1. CRT. 2. The mooring operator. 3. The police. 4. The Council. 5. The boat occupier (if they dare)