Jim Wortelhock

Probably thought he could hide in the undergrowth. He should have headed for the Coventry canal. Nobody would have found him there

It appeared in my account about 6 hours after my post thank God

Yesterday I was happy to receive the email with my energy voucher. Deciding to pay it into my bank account it opened my banking app, I logged in and then there was a redirection page which eventually timed out due to slow internet. When trying again it says that my voucher is no longer valid. Nothing appears on my banking app almost 24 hours later and the email link is no longer valid. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how do I remedy it?

You're over the worst. We've just arrived at the top of the Wigan flight having come from Leeds. The worst part for weeds was just above Gargrave along the "CURLY WIRLEYS" . In the weed hatch constantly but it was only over a couple of miles. Burnley had a lot of plastic but no complaints otherwise

2 questions. 1. Who ever reads MSN? 2. How do they spell drought wrong?

We bought a second hand Zanussi and recently tried it out on the boat . It runs fine until it doesn't. All the lights go out and won't work unless I turn on the toaster! Incompatible with the 3kw Victron clearly. Works fine on mains.

Sellweb can fix it. 475 pounds. Not cheap by any means but I'm going ahead

I have dropped it off at Sellweb today. See what they make of it. Nice people. They have a fair few Victrons there for repair.

Having always been poor I had never bought new. Eventually I bought a new washing machine when we moved into a flat. Installed it, having thrown the manual in the bin first, turned it on and marveled at its quietness. You can guess what happened during the spin cycle. Furious, I phoned the shop to complain only to be asked whether I'd removed the transport bars. That's when I went through the bin to retrieve the manual.

Good point. We can fit a bigger unit up to 900h 600w and almost 600 deep. I suppose that the older style with clockwork like controls are less sensitive to boat electrics. I have come across a Candy 4kg which must be the upgraded model.

Midland Chandlers told me that they supplied Candy washing machines up until last year but no longer. I have looked online but the smallest Candy I can find is a 7kg. Do they still make the 3.5kg? And if not, what might my alternatives be with a new Victron 3000 multi. My current Candy is 15 years old, still going but parts are hard to come by and it won't last forever.

I got a respected specialist to hook up his laptop. He reckons the unit is unlikely to be repaired but not unfeasible. Given the value and sheer bulk of these things I figured it might be worth fixing for resale. It must weigh a good 12-15 kilos and would be a terrible waste to throw it away

My 3kw inverter/charger failed recently and was advised that it was terminal. Nothing blew up, just stopped working. I have a new, near identical Victron fitted. I was then wondering whether to try and get the old one fixed for resale. It's a 14 year old Phoenix model and it seemsa shame to throwit away. Sellweb. Co.uk do repairs and have said I can take it there. Any thoughts?

Good point.

This is what happens when you put academics in charge. Ineptitude and ideology. If CaRT put as much effort into maintenance as they put into wellbeing and inclusion they'd be fine.

If anyone saw Cruising The Cut when he interviewed the CEO of CRT it was obvious that we have a useless academic rather than a "Doer" in charge. Who built the canals? Risk taking entrepreneurs with vision and guts. We need more people like this rather than wasting money on surveys.

Good to hear. Last year it was almost impossible to walk the tow path in places around Napton. The CRT seems to spend far more of its resources on inclusion and other wokeness than on their core duties.

Here's hoping. The technician comes highly recommended. It does seem to be a shame not to repair it. It's had very little use and looks basically new inside. But we live in a throw away society.

I re seated the 3 multi connectors several times but with no joy. I think that's the last thing I'm qualified to do. I respect what you say about the capacitors having messed around with an old radiogram as a teenager and got an enormous shock even though it was unplugged. Have a victron specialist booked for next week.

I reconnected the 12v supply this morning and no change unfortunately. At about 14 years old I'm informed that the unit is most likely kaput.

You are right on the money. It does have the orange bird on the front. Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. It's very much appreciated.

Thank you. It was working great prior to leaving. I will take your advice and disconnect the 12v overnight. It's very clean inside bar a few spiders. I hope to God it's not toast. They are pricey!

Just one inverter. The bulk and inverter on lights flash. The absorption, float and overload lights are on. The remaining lights are off. Worth taking the front panel off and checking connections? I wondered if the sub zero temps while I was away might have triggered the mppt controller to put in 15+ volts as I have seen with my motorhome and the victron, although turned off, didn't like it.

I have just returned from 6 months overseas. The solar has kept the 2 year old batteries topped up. My Victron Phoenix is flashing various lights which my manual describes as code 17. Quote " one of the devices has assumed 'master' status/ original master failed " The solution it says is to check the failing unit and the communication cables. These various lights flash/light up in both charging and inverter mode and regardless of whether a mains cable is attached or not. Can anyone shed light on this?

Wholeheartedly agree. I have used Zinsser for years despite the price premium. It just works. On a side note, I was in a hardware store in the US and said paint was about $6 a litre (or quart)