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No. But it might be an illness to have extreme interpretations like you have. I can't talk for @MtB but he was obviously suggesting a photo would help to sell the item....nothing more.

I think maybe we should tread carefully here. The OP doesn't have much history on the forum and we just don't know him......for all we know he may have an illness that is affecting his emotions and causing him to react the way he is.

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Which is admirable.....but you need to consider how much fossil fuel is burned to kiln dry your logs. Ecoal is 40% renewable materials.

Is your stove multifuel? If so, smokeless coal will work out much cheaper.

Yes, and £16.25 for a 25kg bag of anthracite (Esse). That's a very good price and it looks like you can order a half pallet of mixed load coal.

As already pointed out earlier in the thread: Extract from canal bylaws 1965: 39. No person shall commit any nuisance in or on any canal.

Ah yes I've experienced that before with smokeless products. The only way to know for sure is to look up the MSF number (This has to be displayed by law) on the bag rather than go by the name. I've seen some fuels with three different formulations under one name....I suppose it depends on what ingredients the yard has lying around when they are making it!

That's not what the specs for Supertherm say.

Yes true. I wouldn't recommend a particular type of coal as everyone has a different stove setup, so what works great for me might not be so good in another stove. I generally find homefire ovals to be really good but a bit pricy, and brazier, while cheap is quite poor in my stove.....but still much better than Supertherm! Oxbow products seem to be pretty good at a reasonable price. But often you're limited by what you can easily source locally unless you fancy ordering it by the tonne or half tonne pallet.

That's poor.....a CO alarm is a requirement of the BSS.

Last winter I tried 11 different types of coal to see if there was a really good one. All were acceptable except one......Supertherm. The notes I wrote on it last year went like this: "Supertherm - Awful. Low heat, Low Anthracite content, high smoke and filth. High sulphur. Needs regular restoking to maintain heat" Having said that, it does sound like your stove needs a good clean out as even Supertherm should put you out of the room with heat on a narrowboat. But I'd get some different coal when you do get it cleaned........any other smokeless coal would be better.

Last winter I experimented with 11 different kinds of coals. I found Oxbow glow to be the best balance between cost and performance while Ecoal or homefire ovals were probably best but quite a bit more expensive. Only a couple of types were awful. Of course everyone's stove setup is slightly different so what works well for me may not work well for you.

They did......

That's good. Indicates the alternators are working......as well as the voltmeter on the panel indicating 17 volts. On the face of it that's very high, but you'd need to confirm the voltage at the batteries with a multimeter as that panel voltmeter can't be trusted.

On a beta panel, the green light is just an ignition on light. It's on all the time the key is in the on position. The lights I've circled below are the charge lights....they should be red. Check they come on when the ignition is turned on and go out when the engine is running.

At this time of year generator or stationary engine running is very common due to no meaningful output from solar panels, combined with little cruising. It's how people do it that causes problems. A neighbour running the boat's engine or a quiet suitcase style generator for an hour or two is not going to be as intrusive as running a cheap frame generator for 10 hours a day. On my home mooring there is a boat about 40 yards away with a Honda eu10 (the gold standard in quiet generators) and they run it a few hours a day in winter.....I still find that surprisingly intrusive.

Sounds like you're on the river Kennet? It's nasty on Red boards.

They tend not to be. According to the specs they can tolerate 10 degrees of list before they cut out.

You could tell them the noise is driving you nuts, they might moderate their use. Or they might just tell you their batteries are knackered/or they need to run it due to ill health etc. Agreed. I never moor near other boats if I can for exactly these sorts of reasons. It's looking like the weather for the next 10 days is colder and potentially dryer so maybe you'll be off red boards soon and can just move.

Ah ok, batteries in bad shape are standard on newly acquired used narrowboats! If you do go down the generator route, don't be tempted with a god awful cheap frame generator....else you'll be public enemy number 1 with your neighbours. Also take care with carbon monoxide and storage of petrol issues with a generator. You're welcome 👍

The Webasto does need a bit of electrical power to run, but the heat comes from the unit burning diesel. The solar won't keep up with it however if your boat has a reasonable battery bank then it shouldn't be beyond reason to be able to run the webasto and replace the electrical power it uses from the batteries by running the engine for a few hours a day*. You could also consider a suitcase style quiet generator to charge your batteries assuming your boat has a built in charger. * you'll need to run the engine for many hours every week or two to properly recharge the batteries, which is why many use a small generator to do this.

Is your boat insulated? I seem to remember from your previous posts it's a grp cruiser. Without a stove, Safe options on a boat are limited to diesel central heating/air heating or connecting to a shore line and running an electric heater....preferably a panel heater as other types could be dicey if they fall over.

So he just needs 90 pairs of socks and pants and a very dirty large laundry bin!