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On 03/09/2019 at 02:45, billS said:
That boat has also an overhanging deck plate, which is high enough and wide enough to scratch a narrowboat cabin sides if one does come into contact with it.
Why is it only people with narrow boats complaining about difficulty passing widebeams? Do widebeams never pass each other? If so how do they manage it without having to post on forums? Asking for a friend ?
I agree some people are very inconsiderate when mooring but that is a separate subject. Perhaps some canal banks need to have narrow beam only mooring or only widebeam mooring sections? (widebeam sections only to not use up that space with narrow beams when there are other suitable sections close by) I'll get the popcorn ready.
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Is that a feeler gauge? Asking for a friend ??
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6 hours ago, Murflynn said:
it should also be remembered that homo sapiens evolved and then colonised most of the planet during, and to a large extent as a result of, the environmental conditions that existed at that time.
Most branches of the family tree died at though. I also read that at one time they believe that homo sapiens or a close ancestor got down to just a few thousand in numbers.
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3 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
I'm sure that yellow wire could be carefully sliced open and tapped into....
Or four young male vandals might decide to see how hard they can pull the cable at 1.00am before it comes out!
I would pay to watch that splicing. ? Some of those chargers are at 400-800 volts.
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5 hours ago, Flyboy said:
So you are saying that all the claims put out by the makers of EV's should be dismissed as bunkum as they have a vested interest in promoting their product ?
I am saying think about what you are reading.
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30 minutes ago, Flyboy said:
This makes interesting reading. https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/lithium-batteries-dirty-secret-manufacturing-them-leaves-massive-carbon
It is an article quoting a study paid for by an automobile group and not published in any scientific paper. There are already articles debunking the study, go figure.
The first thing I do when reading any article is look for a bias or lack of checking on the part of the author. Most just want clicks and accuracy is not a big part of journalism these days sadly.
https://electrek.co/2019/04/22/study-electric-cars-dirtier-diesel-debunked/
When more batteries are recycled the CO2 will be further reduced.
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4 hours ago, Murflynn said:
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On a slightly different topic, how will the masses who park their car in the street in the nearest available space, which is sometimes a few doors down from where they live, manage to charge their vehicles, and even if parked in allocated slots outside their own house how will the charging leads be protected where they cross the pavement? Will we see overhead gantries poking out from terraced houses over the pavement, dropping the lead down to the car?
Some vehicles may never be able to charge in the street and will have to use charge points. But charging time will improve. Perhaps some will charge via wireless underground charge points. It will take time to find the best systems.
6 hours ago, Flyboy said:Your £2500 set of batteries will only last a tiny fraction of the lifespan of your diesel engine. The carbon footprint of producing all these batteries will probably exceed that of your diesel engine with your cruising pattern.
Batteries can be recycled. Also some car manufactures are planning to put used car batteries into grid storage so get more life out of them before recycling.
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1 minute ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
Agreed. Unless we stop pissing about with EVs and solve the shipping, aviation and steel manufacturing CO2 output FIRST, our kids are fcuked.
You had better get cracking on a solution then because according to you a start if it doesn't solve the problem instantly is not worth anything. Just for your info not all electric power for EV's comes from burning fossil fuel and every day it is less and less.
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11 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
Yes I do wonder if EVs are a blind alley. Technology has a habit of throwing up solutions to a problem that come from a totally different direction.
Barking up the wrong tree. It is looking like gasoline and diesel power was a blind alley! So you are almost right. ?
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10 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
Blimey you you really can't just look at the map and plan a long journey based on charger locations? You have to make sure the chargers are compatible with your car?
What an amazing fkkup.
Enter the end point of your journey and Tesla will point you when and where to charge. No thinking needed. And in Europe you can get an adapter for a Tesla to use I believe any charge point.
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11 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
So can any car use these? Or not?
Well they could if the other manufacturers were not so bloody small minded. Tesla from the start offered to let others use them but they would have to help with the costs proportional to use. Also other cars would have to except a high charge rate and not sit there for hours while charging, plus they would need an adapter.
Tesla was the first to offer and build out a network of charging stations when no standard existed but no one wanted to go along with that plan although the offer is still open.
As to the signage nothing wrong with publicity and every garage has a sign up.
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"The engineer who came out kept pouring water in but it kept disappearing. Long story short, he thought there might be a leak from the skin tank and it also needed a new oil switch. We managed to limp to his boat yard where it stayed till he came back from his hols."
Sorry to hear but I think my highlights could be the problem unless he really was the closest boatyard. Like others have stated, an engineer should have some clue where water is disappearing too. Unless the added water was draining overboard he was filling up the boat.
Sounds like he might be taking advantage of you and got you to pay for his holiday. You definitely need a second opinion.
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11 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:
Just use the picture. Measure the cabin window for scale, and work it out from there.
I was going to suggest to measure the railings for scale but TheBiscuits method will be scaling from closer to the center line so should be more accurate. The ladder is at a slight angle so not the best but close.
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1 hour ago, peterboat said:
As others have said do you fill your car up with fuel every night? I don't
Exactly. Some people will always need to charge BEV's at charge stations, and some won't. There are not 38.4 million petrol stations.
7 hours ago, Boater Sam said:Will we ever have 38.4 million charging points that are all used every night to charge vehicles in the UK alone and will there be enough cabling and power?
Some people will always need to charge BEV's at charge stations, and some won't. There are not 38.4 million petrol stations.
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19 minutes ago, Flyboy said:
Why are we not seeing a fleet of Eddie Stobart trucks, ambulances, fire engines & police cars all running on batteries ? Is it because it doesn't work?
Here is an ambulance for you. Don't spill your coffee, haha
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25 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
My car will do 400+ miles on a tank of Diesel, the majority of 'affordable' cars (forget Tesla) have a range of 150 miles (less in the dark, wet or cold weather) so I would need to 'fill up' the leccy about 3 times to be equivalent.
As I have stated before, My boat is 330 miles away from home so It would take me 2 charges in the car to get there and (probably) a night in a hotel.
My Cruisier has a fuel range of 2000+ miles how many batteries would I need (and how could I recharge them) to have anywhere near the same range.
There are no 're-charge' points between Hull and Norway / Holland / Denmark etc.
Buy a Tesla ?
I was just explaining that there is an option if the battery is low. Batteries and charge points are improving but for some not there yet. It is very easy to find a negative reason in any argument and fixate on that.
As for your cruiser. Probably not a good candidate for electric unless you can build a flux-capacitor ?
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7 hours ago, frangar said:
You mean the jcb (very) mini digger that works for 2 hours being used intensively then needs 8 hours plugged into a diesel genny via a 110v site transformer as high voltage isn’t allowed on site & often grid power isn’t available....
If you charge it by a diesel genny then yeah, obviously not very green. May I suggest charging via a gerbil powered flywheel. And if grid power is not available probably not a good choice which I never claimed it was.
I am not trying to say the battery power density is there yet for all machines but it's coming. Here is a link to a big toy
https://www.electrive.com/2018/04/23/empas-edumper-is-the-worlds-largest-electric-truck/
7 hours ago, StephenA said:Which is fine unless you are in the situation that you might have to leave your house at any time during the night and drive a couple of hundred miles - which is a situation I was in moderately recently.
Then perhaps stop at a charger on the way, just as you would with a gas/petrol powered car. I am going out on a limb thinking you don't have this situation every week and going further out on a limb guessing you don't normally fill your car's petrol tank at home every night.
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On 25/07/2019 at 12:42, StephenA said:
Thanks for posting that - so that suggests more a move to 100% biofuels as one of the various options.
The smell of used chip fryer oil when a canal boat passes will drive people crazy or to the riverside chippies ?
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On 24/07/2019 at 15:47, frangar said:
So you have no answers...
If you think NOX will be reduced dramatically by stopping boating you are more delusional than I thought. There are many many more Diesel engines in everything from diggers to back
up generators...and they aren’t going to disappear either. What’s your magic cure for those applications?
Perhaps you do not realize that Caterpillar has electric bulldozers, JCB is going electric too. Some of the largest mine earth movers are electric, robotic too.
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On 25/07/2019 at 04:52, Flyboy said:
You must be joking. 3kw is about 4HP, factor in inefficiencies of the motor and it will be considerably less. I'd like to see your boat perform with a 4HP outboard on the back.
Electric motors are much more efficient than diesel. And you can not convert 3Kw motors so easily to HP when it comes to power at the propeller.
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On 24/07/2019 at 23:55, StephenA said:
I did a calculation based on the Government's plan to get rid of gas powered CH. In our street at peak load time in the early evening in winter when everyone has the CH on and the cars plugged in on rapid charge we would need 240MW.
When it comes to canal charging you'd really need rapid charge (well 3-4 hour charging). Look at Gnosall - all those visitor moorings. Imagine each and every boat on those moorings charging overnight. How much power would that be?
I just can't ever see the canal system getting the infrastructure to allow all the moving boats to charge up each and every night.
Cars in most cases will not need to charge at peak times. They will charge in the early mornings using cheaper tariff rates when people are tucked up in bed.
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On 04/07/2019 at 09:32, Athy said:
Blimey. Rule one if anyone falls in must be "Put it in neutral!"
That is so old school. Rule number one before touching the controls is to whip the camera phone out.
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On 04/07/2019 at 06:40, Chris Williams said:
Yes, I forgot that one. Especially on the Thames, saw kids playing, no adults and no lifejackets.
Ah yes. Reminds me of the good old days when you didn't need them.
March of the Widebeams
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With that crazy logic thinking a 600% increase in the number you guessed at, then 600% above of the real number would also be in 'The Ballpark' say around 42% of boats on the canal are widebeam.
Even when presented with facts some people try and twist them because they can not admit they were wrong, just like Trump.