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Thanks, I'll do that It wasn't the whole unit, just the heat exchange. I'm pretty sure there's an 'hours run' caveat on all of this too. It's a bit like insurance, paying up front to hopefully avoid something that may or may not happen later! I get my gas boiler at home serviced annually too and I'm pretty sure that's just checking, no bits ever seem to get replaced, nevertheless I'm reassured that it's not going to catch fire or vent Carbon Monoxide! As you say, personal choice and how risk averse we feel about things.

Eberspacher Servicing.pdf

Thanks this is what I'll do if I can't find a personal recommendation. As it happens Simon Pollard looks after the engine/gearbox/electrics of my boat and I would recommend him wholeheartedly, provides a first class service, but sadly can't help with this problem. Interesting, wasn't aware of this, thank you. The Eberspacher unit cycles on and off, once the boat has hot water at the taps, so I'm sure that it's something like this, as adjusting the thermostat (which has been replaced) makes no difference at all, other than cut the unit out when thermostat temp = cabin temp.

I'm looking at two separate things. 1. The Eberspacher requires a service as it was last serviced two years ago (and I appreciate some would say let it break, then fix it). 2. The radiators and pipes not getting anywhere like as hot as they did the last time the system was run a month ago. Checked the basics and no change. If I don't need a 'Boat heating engineer' to assess/fix this, then what would be the correct title of the person to search for? They don't have to be the same person, just working on the assumption that it would be more cost effective to do the two together. Unfortunately drawn a blank thus far as sadly the previous engineer who did work at the Marina has passed away.

I appreciate the suggestions, but it's a boat heating engineer I need, preferably one who can service Eberspachers

Hello. My Eberspacher runs fine (but needs a service), but the central heating radiators it drives are not heating up properly, especially the bathroom one which used to get to hot to touch and is now less than luke warm. Can anyone recommend an engineer to service the unit/sort this problem out. The boat in question, if it helps, is a 2001 Colecraft. Thanks in advance, any help appreciated

Just in case anyone else is in the same boat! Spoke with Avtex. They are in the process of getting a code from Amazon, but don't have a timeframe for when they will receive this. Until it is provided, the amazon remote won't work their TV's

I'll give 0000/9999 a try when I'm next at the boat! Thanks all.

I think you are correct, the initial one I sent was three week's ago, with a follow up last week!

Hi I suppose I could, but I just want to fine-tune what I already have in place. It all works very well now, except that I'd prefer to use one, rather than two remotes. Thus far I've yet to have a reply from Avtex so I thought I'd post here to see if anyone else had experienced this and found a work around

I inherited an Avtex combo TV, It’s an L187 DRS V2 18.5 inch digital LED TV and it works very well. I've got a wifi and unlimited data card, so I'd rather stream from my Amazon Fire TV, than use terrestrial or satellite. That works very well too - but there is one snag! When I use it with my Amazon Fire TV, latest generation, I can’t get the Amazon remote to work either the TV volume or on/off. Looking at the list of TV’s on the Amazon set-up, the Avtex brand is not mentioned and I could not get Amazon's manual set-up process to work. Does anyone know if the Avtex remote is another brand in disguise or a way around this? Thanks for reading, any help appreciated

I like the idea of the Kelpies. Sorry, should have said Booked ourselves. Mrs W's coming along and her eyes light up when 'Locks' are mentioned (so long as she doesn't have to steer into them!). Haggis, thanks for your good wishes too.

Booked myself a little treat, as I've always wanted to take a boat on the Falkirk wheel. The question I have is, "Do I go to Glasgow or Edinburgh"? I don't have time to do both, so forumites thoughts and ideas gratefully received. My thanks in advance.

My thanks to all, for your helpful comments and suggestions - makes more sense to me now!

Having owned two previous boats, I'm now in the market to buy a third. I've identified three boats on GHBS's books that I would like to see; they are all within 20 miles of each other, but also nearly 120 miles from where I live. Despite highlighting this with the agent I spoke to, they refused point blank to arrange for three viewings on the same day - I had to choose my favourite boat and then if that didn't suit, come back on a different day to see the second and then a further different day to see the third. Apparently this is company policy. The sales particulars are very average too, with no layouts or much detail in the description, but on the basis of this I was happy to accept the time and fuel to view three boats on one day, but not one. So, the outcome was my declining to see any of them (which is a shame as they all looked lovely boats). I wonder if the owners of boats on brokerage with GHBS are aware of this policy?