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Norm55

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  1. Back on line again and yes plumbing is a mess. Anyhow hot water aplenty now it was just airlock but that electric cable has had its blue sheath cut too short. Potentially it could burn out against hot pipework. Am having this rectified. Apologies for jumping into someone elses thread but thought it was relevant. Yes Eton Mess boats are C**p and would not reccomend to anyone.
  2. Its a good point. There is an immersion heater wired and i will check next time am there if it is within sheathing en route to the consumer board. Originally it was switched via the rcd on consumer board until i demanded a separate switch / timer. Such is the standard of an Eton Mess boat
  3. There are 3 like this. One had glycol in the others water. I assumed they were for expansion as there is no expansion vessel
  4. Its fixed !!! Many thanks to all who contributed. Bled off screws on 3 expansion pipes ( hot cold and C heater ) and screwed / unscrewed 2 gate valves alongside calorifier. Guess they must have stuck or grit in them having run out of water. Run engine and central heating and all working Thanks again.
  5. Same here Tony. Home now will re visit another time. Was going to run the engine to charge batteries but guess this may harm calorifier if indeed it is starved of water ?
  6. Thanks Tony. Yes whirring sound. Did not drain calorifier as could not see a draw of tap. Its a no pump noise from kitchen taps which is strange. This is last on line from water tank so am thinking air lock between bathroom and rear kitchen ? When running bath sink taps water does flow from kitchen. Turn off bath sink abd water stops. Running kitchen taps on their own does not switch on pump
  7. Thanks Jonathon. Taps off and pump goes quiet. No action from pump when any hot taps are turned on either.
  8. Same problem here. Filled up with water after winter drain off. Pump clicking away but cold water to shower and basin only. Nothing at kitchen sink ( reverse layout ) no hot water so just keep opening taps ?
  9. I challenged this today and spoke to another " member of the team " . Much more helpful and ecplained uplift was due to higher risk as am now out of marina. Plus small admin fee. If i move into marina for winter i will get a £9 refund...admin fee again but reduction in cost due to more secure mooring
  10. But i am the other way round. Leisure boater who moves marinas / moorings to give me more cruising options . And its Insure4Boats.
  11. No, its an admin charge. It took 2 minutes to send me new PDF with new mooring detail on it. So a little unreasonable. Yes i can understand the risk factor is higher but, i then said i would be shortly moving it to Tattenhall marina for winter and told that would be another £47 admin fee!!!
  12. Possibly a bit green here but when my boat was insured I had to nominate home marina. Have since moved to linear mooring and there is an admin charge of £47 just to have this detail changed. Few weeks back we left boat on towpath on 14 day mooring and went home for few days. As boat was not left in home marina, i was not insured. Given the nature of our lifestyle, i find this odd. Anytime we are not sleeping on our boat, unless it is at home mooring then we are not insured. This also goes goes to those that are C C ing Is this normal for all policies ?
  13. Am heading west on staff and Worcester.....i would then say up the Shroppie as am heading oop north . Tyrley and Audlem by washes aren't too bad going down....on my way up........
  14. Uneventful 3 hour cruise. Moored up now at Great Heywood. Yes terminals are tight, engineer from boat builder came out this morning and refixed fuse holder to bulkhead under stern doors. Fingers crossed onwards up the Shroppie to Nantwich
  15. Update: bought couple of spare mega fuses fitted one and all is well! Still unanswered is why is this 3rd fuse ? Last one lasted 23 hours, however the nuts holding it were not tight. Fingers crossed we are off Thanks for all advice
  16. Thanks for all replies so far. You have cheered me up with your willingness to help an electric numpty like me.! The lack of service and quality of a new build is seriously lacking in my boat. Anyhow change the mega fuse tomorrow ( i can manage that ) and let you know. Thanks again
  17. With the shoreline disconnected and emmersion off, even switched off at consumer board ( as it has an old analogue timer ) there are no lights on inverter at all. Which leads me to mega fuse. But would this allow combi to work on shoreline?
  18. Yes Tony, sorry volts. Getting streesed with it !!
  19. With shoreline on, the switch is in charge only ( centre position ) as advised by boat builder. Lights above it say float charge mode . Which i think is correct? With shoreline off and inverter switched to power saver off mode as advised it dies . I have watched yout tube tutorial from stirling and these are correct settings . No multi meter onboard sadly but int control panel says domestic batteries are giving 13 amps . Same on starter
  20. Its a stirling all charging lightscare ok when on landline but nothing when shoreline disconnected
  21. I now have similar issue on my 14 month old boat. Batteries ok, date stamp says nov 21 All ok when on shoreline but when disconnected and about to leave, inverter dead. 12 volt only Hook up shoreline again and all working . Its a combi type . Mega fuse had previously melted with 600 amp fuse in ! Now changed to 300 amp . All since been well till today. So am thinking fuse has blown ( no spare onboard ) but why has it gone again?
  22. Ok. Thanks for all replies. Currently diverted to Alrewas and planning visit to Aboretum tomorrow. Then turn round and down Coventry canal. Looking like leaving boat in Tamworth now
  23. Just going down through Hopwass heading for Atherstone and wondered where is safest place to moor up for 3 nights and leave the boat as we need to get train home for few days.
  24. Exactly same here. But pipes solid, washing up bowl solid with ice and icicles hanging off every tap. Put heating on and boiled kettle using steam to de frost waste pipes under each sink. Pump frozen and tripping on circuit breaker, eventually thawed out and water began to circulate. Warm water eventually coming through. Had put tubular heater in engine compartment to keep calorifier thawed and 1 in bathroom. Wc had a few mm of ice in bowl however. Now has antifreeze in the bowl. Left the boat now with gate valve from near empty water tank closed, pump off , heaters on and all taps open. Electric bill for last 8 days about £9. Marina is on a 30p / kw rate.
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