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JoeC

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  1. I have fitted a new replacement 5 litre accumulator as the old one was leaking but I do not have a tyre pressure gauge to check the pressure. The Jabsco water pump is rated at 25 psi and the new accumulator was supplied with about 35 psi and I have read that the accumulator should be set around 3 psi lower than the water pump so 22 psi. Until I can get hold of a pressure gauge what kind of issues or problems could the cold water system experience running at 35 psi? Thank you Joe
  2. And fuel boats Alton and Halsall didn't have any in stock as the manufacturer was having issues / stopped producing Excel for a while. I had to use Red which does not light and burn very well for me.
  3. What those adjusters called @dmr and where can you buy them from? Thanks.
  4. @IanD I have been to The Black Lion within the past month or so. The pub is trading and does not have a full food menu but it does a small amount of hot/cold food. The insurers paid out for the fire but as usual not the full amount so Jason is having to fund some repairs himself including kitchen refurb and inside toilets (gents have to use the outside toilet at present). Maybe we could start crowd funding for him? Has several beers on the go, which change regularly, and is what I also like about a pub - you don't have to drink the same beer as every other pub. There is a nice mooring spot at The Pool by the entrance going towards Leek.
  5. You can follow CRT updates here ...Restoring Toddbrook Reservoir | Canal & River Trust (canalrivertrust.org.uk) Their latest update from 29th January 2024 is : We are anticipating much of the new spillway construction work will be completed by the end of 2024 and the reservoir restoration work finished by summer 2025. This will be followed by demobilisation of the construction site, building the new sailing club and extensive landscaping to return Toddbrook Reservoir and Memorial Park back to public use. We are now expecting a project end date around autumn 2025.
  6. As a bit of extra info. I had issues with my Travel Power connected to my Beta engine and the issue turned out to be with a worn brush in the alternator for the TP. I had used Ed Shires and he supplied and fitted a new brush. On my engine, it is tricky to get the TP alternator belt tight enough which led to squealing when using the TP. Using a piece of wood as a lever helped me to get the correct belt tightness - just be careful what you rest the wood against as leverage as you could cause more issues. Ed is a very good bloke, not cheap but does a thorough job - he cares about the work he does. He also gives out lots of free advice so that compensates for the extra cost! I would use him again - in fact I have used him several times. Ed is a mobile electrician, solar installer based in the Leek area but does travel. Joe
  7. I've been on the Caldon since Christmas. As already said, get past Stoke and from Milton onwards it is much better. Currently, Elsan not working at Endon (although it was reopened on 14th somebody blocked it a day or so ago) and canal is silted up at Consall Forge (CRT due to fix end of March) so you can't get to the services at Froghall even if you could fit through the very low tunnel. Some nice pubs along the way - the Hollybush at Denford and especially the Black Lion at Consall Forge.
  8. You can get coal from the little shop at the end of the canal at Snarestone. Nice place to moor and you also have services there.
  9. I have booked in James Parry (J M S Marine Services 07539 874309 based around Alsagar on the T&M) to come to me to do a service - details given to me by Chris Jones.
  10. FYI ... Chris Jones moved to the Nottingham area about three/four years ago and is based around the Redhill area. He is still doing mobile servicing (07887565531).
  11. FYI ... Chris moved to the Nottingham area about three/four years ago and is based around the Redhill area. He is still doing mobile servicing so give him a call should you need him (07887565531).
  12. Hello. Can anybody recommend an engine service engineer in the Caldon Canal / Trent & Mersey north of Stoke area? Beta 43 engine in case you were to ask. I have been looking up service engineers online but just after some recommendations. My engine has two services a year (continuous cruiser) and every second service I like to get an engineer in. Last engineer I used was from RCR and I was not impressed - not necessarily the engineer but the basic work they give. When I asked at the time of booking for the tappets to be also checked they said only if the engineer had time. Well he didn't as he had four services booked in for that day and they were spread all across the region and he was not sure if he could do them all. No engine mounts checked, no prop shaft nuts checked etc. - literally change oil, filters and air filter. I am starting to do these checks myself but as mentioned I like to get a pro in every other service. Thanks in advance. Joe
  13. This is the same equipment that I have been using for two years without any issues (Huawei B535-333) - I mounted the Poynting on a pole to get a bit of height. As for which SIM card to use ... that is another question where you will get loads of answers as each service provider has slightly different coverage. I started off Plusnet (EE) then went to Three and then EE as got a fairly good SIM deal via Amazon which worked out at about £13 per month for unlimited data. I am a continuous cruiser so wherever I go the signal strength will vary and in a few cases non-existent.
  14. Thanks for your suggestions. A lot of them don't mean anything to me, I am fairly new to boating, but will look them up.
  15. I have been given 10 metres of 10mm hemp rope made in The Ropery at Chatham Dockyards. I don't need to use it as rope as I have spares already and was wondering what I could make out of it to keep as a souvenir or something. Any suggestions - I have not worked with rope before. I don't need a clothes line or somewhere to hang Christmas cards from though! Joe
  16. I used to own a Mazda Bongo campervan and put a kill switch onto the fuel pump wiring. If somebody tried to start the van then the engine would turn over but would not fire as no fuel was being pumped.
  17. From Waterways World 10th January ... 'The Canal & River Trust has offered for public sale two historic narrowboats confiscated from a liveaboard boater after a decade-long battle over boat licensing . The Thomas Bantock riveted iron-hulled March Hare – thought to date back to the 1880s – is being offered for around £11,500, while Celtic, a wooden motor in the style of Fellows, Morton & Clayton, is the rather more affordable £2,500, despite including a Russell Newbery engine. Both boats are euphemistically described as ‘projects’. While CRT will probably accept an offer for March Hare from any prospective purchaser with the money, it will insist on vetting the purchaser for Celtic, in view of its historic status and need for restoration. Both can be found at commercialboatservices.co.uk The boats were removed from the Kennet & Avon Canal last summer after the trust failed to reach a settlement with boater George Ward (WW News Aug 2023). The boats are being sold to offset around £48,000 CRT says it is owed for back licensing, their removal and assorted other charges. It will refuse to relicense them to Mr Ward even if he were to pay the money. Mr Ward lived in a tent on the towpath for around two months after the boats were removed, before finally being evicted from the towpath for trespass. He called the situation “an absolute injustice.”'.
  18. Hello. I get a lot of condensation on the metal inner trims on my single glazed windows, as well as the windows themselves, and wondering if it be worth changing these to wood or plastic trims to try and stop condensation forming on the trims? Hopefully that would stop the condensation dripping down the wall underneath the windows and would hopefully just leave the condensation on the window to drip down the air hole at the bottom. I have put heated up plastic sheets over some of the windows to stop condensation on them, which works well, but the windows which I have not used it on , so that I have some ventilation, still get covered in condensation. Your thoughts would be most appreciated.
  19. I'm no expert but a few people advised me against using household anti-freeze after I flushed my system and to use automotive anti-freeze. I used IAT in my Webasto system as that was what it said to use. Don't know what would happen, if anything, if you used OAT fluid.
  20. JoeC

    CCTV ?

    Amazon Blink outdoor cameras. Runs off internal lithium battery which you replace about every two years. Every now and then they are cheap to buy so don't buy at full price. Amazon.co.uk : blink outdoor camera
  21. 'Boat Time' are a young couple who live on their boat full time and seem down to earth people. They have just done a 24 days of Christmas where they are did vlogs for 24 days - helps to give an insight in that living on a boat is not always glamourous, you have to do cleaning and washing etc. I like them. And if you like wildlife then take a look at A Shot Of Wildlife - he does quick short vlogs on wildlife that he comes across in the UK.
  22. The Gulper should have a one-way rubber valve fitted to prevent the drain back up the plug hole from happening.
  23. If he brings the Renfrew up to Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent & Mersey then he will have chocolate coloured water to go through!
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