stuart

Has anyone ever tried installing a super capacitor alongside their battery bank? http://www.bimblesolar.com/batteries/supercapacitors/supercap12v

Take a look at this... Burley Springdale http://www.burley.co.uk/wood_burnerdetail.php?cid=4&wid=52 Height - 495 mm Width - 370 mm Depth - 296 mm I've the 5kw in my house and very happy with it. Its a wood burner, but you can add in a multifuel grate. Very efficient, and the vortex/swirling motion is very cool to watch! Check out the video of the owner of the company driving a tank over the stove !!

Perhaps some lights like these would work? http://www.autoelectricalpartsuk.co.uk/products/Dashboard_Indicator_Warning_Lights/Durite_12_or_24V_Red_LED_060735.html?gclid=CPbgt5mVybwCFSTMtAodDWwAhQ or these have symbols on them as well.. http://www.autoelectricalpartsuk.co.uk/products/Dashboard_Indicator_Warning_Lights/Durite_Red_Oil_Symbol_060953.html Might need some waterproof ones though ! The stop button broke on my panel, so I replaced with a horn push button which filled the gap in the panel okay. Something like this... http://www.autoelectricalpartsuk.co.uk/products/Switches_/Push_Button_Switches/Splash_Proof__Momentarily_Switch__048550.html I've also got an Isuzu panel - does your hour counter still work?

Another vote for the Smartgauge - simple and does the job.

Somethings I recommend: 1. It will take at least twice what you think it will! 2. If you can build components in the workshop/garage at home do so, its much warmer and easier on dryland. 3. Get 240v electric as soon as you can 4. Gas and electric installs are relavitely simple on a boat - don't rule out doing them yourself just yet! 5. Paint as soon as you can - preferably before it goes in the water

I personally would have used paving slabs to pack up the floor - if the stoves not approved, I wouldnt want to risk it. Aquapanel won't burn - but it still transfers heat to the other side, so don't get wood too close.

Glad you found the root cause Moley! You'll be back on (rather than in) the water soon.

I used gripfil and most has failed The glue has set into a crumbly power and the wood simply popped off the steel.

About 0.1 volt ? DeanS : If you contact the cable supplier and tell them what you want, they may crimp it for you (small cost) - especially important at larger cable sizes as without proper tool you're not going to do it properly. The last thing you want is a loose cable with 175A DC floating around in the engine bay.

Do Midland Chandlers still have their 20% sale days? If so when's the next one?

The owner should have a bunch of receipts for things they have done on the boat - surveys, blacking, repairs etc. Do they have any of this? Ideally they will also have a receipt from the builder or the previous owner - if a previous owner, is there any contact info you could confirm with them? You could look at using a solicitor to form an escrow agreement, where they hold your money in trust and release it when you are happy - but I suspect the seller won't be happy with any delay to them getting their money. Buying a second hand boat is similar to a 2nd hand car - buyer beware at all times!

Todays solar output is much higher than yesterdays ! I only generated 0.8kWh output yesterday, but already 6.0kWh today - 7.5 times more than yesterday. Its a house install though, 3360W of panels - peak today of 2200W @ 240VAC.

Possibly in the market for a new cheap stove Sunrain Cast Iron Multi Log Wood Burner 4 kw Stove JA013s http://www.clarkebay.co.uk/new-sunrain-cast-iron-multi-log-wood-burner-4-kw-stove-ja013s-557-p.asp £158 + VAT

The stove is already stripped back to bare panels so I've already gone through the pain of removing all the bolts - this started out as a simple rust clean up and repaint !! Only 1 bolt that has sheared off, so need to drill that out, should be okay, but I agree, might just be simpler to put in a new stove!

Let me know how you get on with those, might take me that long to refurb the stove! The stove is currently in bits all stripped down to individual panels, so far I've only found a crack on the back plate - its the back boiler model by the way, with 2 holes in it. I think I've had a long term issue with water in the bottom of the stove and this has corroded one corner of the stove as this seems to have all the issues and the most rust. The crack is quite visible (see day light through it!), so doubt any repair would work - is it possible to get these welded?

In the process of cleaning up and refurbishing my morso stove, and just noticed the back plate has a hair line crack along the corner where the back curves around. What are my options? Can this be welded/repaired? Looks like a new back plate is around £120 - at least they are available I suppose, just didn't want to spend that sort of cash!

Reminds me of this YouTube vid.. If you do have a dud battery pack, you can buy replacements for the internal cells - have a google for it.

I don't have any shore power, so simple ensure all the water is drained down and turned off as per the original post.

Its all part of a scheme to link Dudley Zoo, the BC Museum and the DCT trip boats to create a single large visitor attraction.

Artist impression of the new visitor centre DCT want to build. Two thing's that bother me: 1. Where am I going to moor my boat in the future? 2. If the bridge in the foreground is fixed, that means that there is no longer any passage for private boats through the Dudley tunnel! http://www.dudleycanaltrust.org.uk/the-portal/

Where can I a get some stove lining fire bricks in that price range then?