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Alfie is still missing. Last seen Welon Hythe area. Grateful for any information or possible sightings.
Contact Lorna 07917445529
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7 hours ago, matty40s said:
I shall check she's not shacked up with Babbage when I get back in a few hours
It's Welton Hythe and Welton Haven.
Babbage sounds like a male, if not however Alfie is safely Neutered!
Lorna and her partner have been out and about looking for him until 3am for he last two nights.
I fear he might have jumped on a boat passing through! I have added a picture (previous post)
Thanks for the correction. Welton Hythe, I'm sure it was Waltonfields last time I was there.
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This is Alfie .
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My daughter, currently moored on the Grand Union in the Long Buckby area, Near Whelton Fields Marina. Ginger and White tom. Responds to name Alfie.
Missing since the afternoon of Sunday 27th August. Micro-chipped. Very much a boating cat, prone to jump aboard other boats
Phone Lorna at 07917445529
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Meanwhile back here in the real world the OP will tie herself in knots trying to comply with that on a narrowboat.
I agree. The idea is to comply with as much as one can. As it says in the PDF "The Code isn't compulsory...."
I have seen two or three boats with stoves in full compliance (BS 8511:2010) but they have been fitted by professional
installers who should apply the standard. A couple did not look very great with the big fat insulated chimney really spoiling
the cabin appearance others looked OK. (The simplistic BSS Checks do not cover this code but the RCD I believe should)
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The OP should in my opinion replace the complete stove installation. I have attached a link for a PDF file issued by the Solid Fuel Technology Institute which he he would do well to consult
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Cats whisker.
Ah! Memories. I remember using a rusty razor blade and safety pin as a "Cats Whisker" Lot of bother getting the pin point on the best rusty spot on the blade with sufficient tension to stay there. It worked fine eventually. Always seemed to fail when trying to demonstrate it to someone else!
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Thanks for your replies.
I've considered asking them to send a new regulator, but I'm not prepared to fit it myself. I think they are hoping that I will do this, so they don't have to pay for the engineer.
If I get no positive response this week, I will consider mentioning this to the press.
I actually had to argue very forcefully with them to just send a new regulator for me to fit myself. They were insistent that they would send a fitter to do the job, but utterly incapable of providing one who would come on a Saturday.
I also had to argue to fit it myself. They were trying to arrange a fitter but agreeing upon a suitable date/time was a problem.
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My new regulator turned up today for fitting by myself. I first had to sign a disclaimer (Clesse CYA) before they would send it. They have also e-mailed a 'destruction' form to return completed and with the label of the old regulator attached when the old one is destroyed..(Again CYA).
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One of my sports on the GU is that if a boat is taking a long time to leave the lock and the opposite gate is open I just enter the lock whilst they are stil in it, my bow wave assists them in leaving the lock
DLW has realised my game and now holds the gate shut to spoil my "sport"
I have been known to do the same. But it does sometimes put the wind up the other fella when a Big Woolwich bows comes in alongside!
I nave done the same. Particularly where high winds made keeping station in the pound difficult. On one occasion the boater going the other way got very irate and preferred to argue rather than move his boat. Very red in face he demanded that I reverse out, "Why?" I asked. Meanwhile the crew of the boat behind me had arrived and seeing two boats in the lock, shut the gates and the crew of the pair of boats behind him opened the paddles. "That's bluddy why" he shouted as our boats started rising in the lock. As I steamed out of top gates his face had turned puce as he argued with the crew of the brested up pair who wanted him to reverse out as they had already lost time waiting for him going down already! I did feel a bit guilty, as my wife, (who had been told by the crew of the brested pair that they would handle the lock, and she could go on to the next one)told me she had talked to him a she passed and he had told her that because of the wind, he was going to wait in the lock until his wife phoned to say the next lock was nearly set. Later, I consoled myself by considering that it was entirely the fault of the 'argumentative git' by being so argumentative and inconsiderate to other boaters,
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Two points of advice on 'shafts' gained from personal experience.
1. Don't paint them the same colour as your wooden hand rails.
2, Never use one as a vaulting pole when the gap betwixt boat and bank is a smidgen too far to jump.
I don't think these need any explanation!
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I'm not sure you are quite right there. Ip66 means it's dust tight and can stand a jet of water. It's not the same as intrinsically safe so I think potentially the winch could ignite an explosive gas mixture If it sparked and the gas/air mix in the locker was right...
So maybe the Bss bod was correct actually.....
Yes, I would fail that on the same grounds. It's not so much a question of a spark getting out but of gas getting in. IP66 does not guarantee it to be gas tight. I would need to see certification/evidence of intrinsic safety.
Depending on the layout/size of the gas/chain locker I could have serious doubts about the suitability of anchor chain being stowed alongside gas bottles.
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I think that by using the thin walled copper tubing (8 and 10mm) for gas is that you can't tighten compression fittings satisfyingly tight, ''not over tightening of course'' the nut squashes the olive progressively squeezes the tube like a python and narrow waists it and is liable to leak. The thick wall tube doesn't do this and the nuts squeeze the olive just enough and stop, satisfyingly tight. '' know wot I mean Arry''.
To this I can only say "inserts, dear chap, inserts"
Using copper rather than brass olives helps. If you can get them inserts would certainly help. Bizzard comments that the olive squeezes the tube: Having examined quite a number of failed compression couplings it appears as if the tube gets stretched (thinner) rather than squeezed.
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Agreed. I think it is a case of "This standard is acceptable for this purpose" case closed. Other products may be to equal or even much better standard, but not, and probably never will, be tested to that particular standard. Got a bollocking once for replacing some transistors with ones of equal characteristics but of slightly power rating on some safety equipment.
Whatever has happened to the edit facility? Wanted to change the above to read "...to a slightly higher rating, on..."
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I don't actually know but I could speculate and dream up whole sheafs of possible reasons. That's all it would be though. Speculation.
I think the truth lies in what someone wrote in another thread earlier today:
Ok so first of all on the regulations, one can argue that this particular bit of this regulation isn't necessary in this particular circumstance, but that is what is generally called "re-inventing the wheel". There is a danger that a factor is overlooked and so it is better and simpler and usually not difficult just to go along with the regulation.
Wise words, don'tcher think?
Agreed. I think it is a case of "This standard is acceptable for this purpose" case closed. Other products may be to equal or even much better standard, but not, and probably never will, be tested to that particular standard. Got a bollocking once for replacing some transistors with ones of equal characteristics but of slightly power rating on some safety equipment.
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Someone once told me that cheap isolators can fuse together when switching and then remain on even though you think they're in the off position. Is that true?
Yes. To prevent this you should ensure all circuits are shut off before before opening or closing the isolator to avoid arcing (and subsequent welding) at the switch. Isolating in an emergency is of course the exception to this rule.
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OK, regarding the above posts, I would like to know from the OP where this 21 day idea came from and the reason given for it.
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CRT might have accesss but it doesn't update their database automatically hence the wait.
Our bss ran out July 4th, licence due July 1st, bss done late June didnr bother just put the application through and got licence a few days later.
You may be right there. CRT can be like that, (Slow at updating). However I would have thought that on receiving a licence application for a boat with an outdated BSS they would enter the new BSS details there and then after checking the BSS data base, and if all was in order issue the licence.
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I can not understand this 21 day business, BSS Examiners are encouraged to file the exam report on to the BSS data base within 24 hours, and MUST file within 48 hours. C&RT have direct access to the database. Has the OP been given a reason for this delay?
Edited to add: - Back before the Data base, examiners filed all their exam reports at the end of each month. This did not hold licensing up because the boater would be given two copies of the certificate at the time of the exam, one for him to forward to licensing authorities. The new system is designed to speed things up. Indeed back in March I applied on line for a new licence just a few hours after having a BSS Exam and received licence three days later.
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Would that be a 400W SON-T. Gives out about the equivalent of 800W incandescent lamp. Definitely a bit OTT. However, if it were directed directly upwards towards the tunnel roof so that the lamp itself can not be seen by the steerer or oncoming boats it could be beneficial for all surely.
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All the best John. Can we assume that you will still monitoring and contributing to this forum?
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Insist that all crew avail themselves of pub toilet facilities before returning to boat.
A popular brand of pillow manufacturers supply pairs of pillows enclosed in a zip up soft sided suitcase like container. We pack clothing etc. into these to take on the boat. They can then be unpacked after moving off the berth. When emptied the cases can lie flat under a mattress, and can be packed again before arriving back at hire base. (Don't have to wait until suitcases otherwise stored in car are fetched, emptied/packed )
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The OP has got the wrong message about spiders and conkers. The idea is to hit the spider with the conker. Result guaranteed!
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Sorry Kieth. I don't follow youIdeally all batteries should be installed where the temperature is 250 C
This is why battery changes should have temperature compensation
Keith
I think you mean SG readings rather than 'Changes'. I used to own a hydrometer that also incorporated a thermometer with a scale marking how much to add or subtract to correct for temperature. Lent it out and it never came back.
Missing Cat, Near Whelton Fields Marina
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Alfie has been found! Lorna sends her thanks to everyone who kept a lookout for him.
Six days astray he has gone a bit 'feral', catching and devouring mice. He appears non the worse for wear, but is going to the vets for a thorough check up tomorrow. Poor thing is to be confined to the boat until Lorna gets the boat back to her home mooring.