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jacob

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  1. Worst we had was a small tyre that slipped itself quite neatly round the whole prop
  2. Cheers both, have removed the two old batteries from the circuit
  3. Morning all, I'm having a bit of a headache with my batteries, wondering if you could help me diagnose the issue. For context, we're liveaboards at a marina, so we're almost always plugged in to a shoreline Around 3 months ago one of our batteries started offgassing pretty badly - I assumed it was just a knackered battery, so took it out the circuit. Then a second battery started offgassing a day later. I did some fault finding and reckoned that the old dusty battery charger was the issue. I got another new battery and a shiny 12V 30A Victron blue smart charger. I set that all up and everything was working flawlessly... ...until last night - at around midnight I noticed the smell again and another battery was offgassing. I disconnected everything from the circuit and this morning inspected everything. The dead battery is another of the old ones that came with the boat. Looking at the victron app (pictures attached) it seems the last cycle lasted 50 days and the vast amount of this was in storage mode. I've also attached a picture of the batteries, the duff one is the second from the bottom (although the bottom one has also lost its green 'healthy' indicator) Any ideas what's going on? My plans for temporarily fixing this is to either remove the old battery from the circuit, or to go all the way and set up the charger as a power source, with no batteries connected. A long term fix would be much appreciated as I don't have the funds to replace my battery setup every 3months... Thanks
  4. Cheers both, I'll try tracing it back and see where that gets me
  5. Hmm, I've given that a go but the problem is still there no matter which of the three are connected (and even when they are all disconnected) The only other thing I could think of is something else being connected, but the only other things that are remotely near are the horn and the water pump, both of which are on seperate circuits.
  6. Afternoon all, I'm trying to fix a recurring problem we're having with the electrics. Every now and then, a string of lights (all on the same 12V spur) will stop working. This happens pretty randomly - today I dropped something heavy on the floor and they switched off, but other times it's happened with no apparent cause. I've done some digging in the cables, this is what I've found. The problem is with a spur of 3 lights - a 12V strip light and two 12V touch led lights. When this spur is disconnected, the voltage across the terminal block is 13.5V. Once I connect the spur, the voltage drops to just under 3V. At this low voltage, the lights just don't turn on. When the lights are working and on, it measures about 12-13V across the terminal block. I'm struggling to work out what the problem is, and why it's so intermittent. I'm fairly sure that it's only those 3 lights connected, but I can't easily access the wires as they're buried into the ceiling. Any ideas what the issue could be, and any possible fixes? Cheers, Jacob
  7. Cheers all - we drained it out, sprayed it down and shovelled out a carrier bag full of silt and crud from the bottom, it's running clear and fresh now
  8. Evening all, I recently repainted our well deck, which was pretty much caked in rust. The water tank hatch was also rusted down, so I drilled out the bolts and prised it out. The paint job was a success, but now about 5 days after the event our water smells of white spirits and has a bit of a chemically tang to it - I used white spirits to wipe down the metal before painting it, and reckon that a small amount got into the tank through now unsealed hatch. Does anyone have any ideas for how best to go about flushing the system clean? My current thinking is to just leave the taps running and a hose in tank to cycle everything, but if anyone's got any experience with this fairly niche incident that'd be helpful Cheers! Jacob
  9. Installed mine over the summer - £1360 for a Hobbit stove and flue kit, then maybe a good 2 days work building the hearth and installing it. At £50/hour, that'd come to roughly £2.5k all told
  10. cheers all - I've dropped an email to Beta
  11. Heya, The belt for our leisure battery alternator is knackered so we need a replacement, and I'm struggling to identify the belt so I can get a new one online It's a beta 43 engine, and the belt is 10mm wide. There's a few codes and numbers on it that are a bit worn, but from what I can make out they're 3108, 13AY1087, 661 1130 54940 161 and FA1 AUTOMOTIVE <something> - pic below I've found this one at midland chandlers, but it doesn't match any of the codes on the belt so I'm not sure it's the one... Any ideas? Cheers, J
  12. I screwed the batons straight to the steel beams using self tapping screws (had to predrill a small pilot hole first). The batons I used were pretreated - I've got a few spare I don't need so if you happen to be around the Limehouse area you can have them
  13. Heya - I recently replaced my deckhead too Essentially get rid of as much loose rust as you can, paint the rust with vactan, add a layer of primer to seal everything in and then replace the insulation
  14. Hmm, ok - there's 4 fairly redundant 90deg bends right next to the pump, so I'll have a play with that and see if things improve, cheers
  15. You've got both right, but the flow from the showerhead is 4lpm. If the flow does get too much for the gulper, I'll find a stronger replacement, but for now I won't solve a problem we don't have I've wanted to live on a boat for the last 5 years, and while I'm used to a less luxurious lifestyle, I'm not the only one onboard Could afford to rent a teeny tiny flat in London, but where's the fun in that?
  16. Heya all Cheers for all the info - we've got a calorifier, I'm happy with a cold shower and me and my partner shower at different times of the day so it'll give the immersion heater time to recover. As for running out of cold water, we've got a hose very close indeed so that's not a major issue I've checked the gulper and it'll be able to cope with about 3 times the current flow The current pump kicks in shortly after the shower starts and runs continuously until the shower stops. I've ordered a 2nd Jabsco, couldn't find the pressure switch right away - if there's problems once both pumps are installed I'll get one
  17. I will get right on that, cheers
  18. Apologies - I'll flick the 'youth speak' switch off Amp up = needs more oomph - we young people have been mollycoddled to expect, nay, demand, a powerful 30min shower twice a day So it looks likes the best solution is to add an extra Jabsco to the mix (and it's also about £200 cheaper) - should I install it in series or parallel? My gut tells me that having one pump feeding into the next would be a bad move, but it's been wrong before...
  19. We're at a marina with a tap 2m away so can have the luxury of long showers
  20. Cheers for the replies Good shout, hadn't thought of that - I assume they've both feed into the accumulator? Both pumps will be right next to the tank, so the change shouldn't be an issue. Will look into L valves I've had a look at the parmax range, and the highest 12v flow rate @ 25psi (from what I can see) is 11lpm, which is our current one. I don't want to increase the pressure because I'm not sure what the rest of the system is rated for, so I'll play it safe and keep any alterations under 25psi to avoid a leak
  21. Heya, I'm looking to amp up the water flow rate in the boat by adding in a mains pump to the system - we're on shoreline pretty much all the time, so power isn't an issue. Currently there's a parmax2.9 Jabsco installed with an accumulator, and we'd keep that as-is so that we can switch back when we're on the batteries. It's 25PSI (1.7 bar), so this looks like it would suit without blowing the pipes apart, and it has about twice the flow rate of the Jabsco Here's the old layout and a rough plan of what I think might work for the new one: Before I go and order the pump, is there anything in this setup that looks off? The pump not in use will be turned off so they won't fight against eachother, but do they need their own individual stopcock to prevent the other pump putting negative pressure on the seals etc.? Cheers, Jacob
  22. bish bash bosh needs a trim round the edges and I'll put the vents back in, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out
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