jelunga
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We coulddo with a decent one in Newark. But then we could do with some decent moorings tooIn the case of Walsall one would be handy the more rubbish points and bins the less time has to be spent clearing up
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All this talk of nipples. Outstanding.
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That is why it is wider! English feet are not as big as Scottish feet. Bigger boots?Just found this
Apparently the Twenty Foot was dug by forced labour, using Scottish prisoners of war!
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Efining a lock landing is a difficult one though. River locks like the one I work at on the Trent,with high walls on both sides and at each end are "lock landings" from commercial traffic days. But totally unusable for most of todays traffic. Further away from the lock are lower walls but these are visitor moorings.
Anyway, any fisherman within the current mooring area soon get asked to move!
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Plus there are a lot of pubs on the way which manage to force stoppages
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There are significant changes in the Orbat of CRT planned which I feel will strengthen the repair abd maintenance function and change the enforcement management.
But I agree with most of the comments about Richard P.
I have met him 4 or 5 times both at boaters meetings and at employees events.
At both he comes across as enthuseastic and wanting to facilitate change.
Far more approachable than Evans who was stuck so far up his own backside to see anything
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Quite true. That is why we have a 12v Inlander fridge. Only need the inverter when out cruising fir microwave and vacuum cleaner.Could use a delay relay to switch the fridge if it's a problem, would need to be rated to cope with the startup surge, eg:
Yeah but how much is/was the Victron 12/3000/16?
Would be a bit expensive if just for the fridge, would be better off buying 12V.
cheers, Pete.
~smpt~
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Agree. We had one mounted at the rear on a scaffold pole pivoting on a cabin roof mounted brack with fhe bottom secured to another bracker. They were beefy brackets. Paid about £200 to get the Rutland turban refurbed. It was asmuch use as a chocolate tea pot. It contributed next to f all to my electricl needs wxcept in a storm force wind when it might grudgingly give 4 or 5 ammps. A total waste of apece and money.Greenie to Kevinl
Work well on a farm on a hill not surrounded by much. Work well too of a mast on sailing boat in middle of ocean. Crap on the canals
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Asda at least have cheap fuelI suspect living in Brighton is part of the attraction - although Brighton marina isn't really in Brighton. Personally I think it's an ugly development dominated by a superstore and a multi-storey car park. I can't imagine being "trapped" in there on a narrowboat - one may as well be renting a flat in town.
And I saw one up at LewesThere are several narrowboats...just down the coast at Newhaven.... (In fact..I 'think' a broker is currently selling one there ?) ...that is only 30 minute by number 12 bus that runs every 20 minutes in the daytime. ..and quite late into the night.
They sit in the tidal salt water...landing on mudflats at low water...
Newhaven will be way cheaper than Brighton which belongs to Premier Marinas.
The marina is not so well 'policed' so living on board is likely to be less of a problem.
Bob
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My Victron (12/3000/16) has a no load drain in inverter mode of 15/19/5 watts dependjng which mode you select. 15 W being always on, 10 being AES mode and 5 w being search mode. Doesnt seem a lot ?It's an interesting possibility, I must admit I feel a little back at square one with this as the PSW inverters I've looked at idle at up to 6A which is ridiculous when all I intend to run is a fridge. That was part of the appeal of the MSW units which have much lower idle currents.
It must be possible to rig up a separate thermostat control to switch the inverter supply on and off but I too am not sure what effect this would have on an inverter connected to a motor already under load, which is what a fridge compressor is.
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But he was right in the effect of the knob but not of its function. Because if the charge mode was float and you turned the knob to reduce current limit from say 15a to 5a it wiuld not change the small float charge current one bit.
But if it was in bulk mode fivjng its full 120a charge then it woukd reduce charge current.
Clever device.
So, back to the OPs question, maybe he has the Victron set for too high a charge current, or has a faulty temp sensor, or has disabled the limiters on bulk or absorption modes, or has accidentaly set manual equalise mode or is has gone to auto equalise?
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Still disagree. Whilst the effect may be similar, the knob does not regulate the charge current just the demand mains current, according to my manual. I shall look it up tomorrowSorry but how I describe it is how it works on our Multiplus. Knob serves two functions depending on whether Multiplus is either 'on' or 'charger only'.
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Not quite correct. The adjustment abd display on the remote hnit shows the max current the unit will draw from shorepower, whether on charge only mode or switched to inverter. Jf for example on charge only mode with current set to 5 amps it will limit charge current to that which draws ( a mains.On our Multiplus, when switched to 'on' the remote knob setting dictates at what amperage the shore power is augmented from the batts to prevent shorepower RCD tripping (marked 0-16A) When switched to 'charger only' the remote knob's function changes to adjusting the charge current between zero up to the max charge set via dip switches. So if for instance our max charge is set via dip switchs at the charger's max output (70A @ 24v) then the remote knob's 0-16 amp represents 0-70a charge. If max charge is set at, say 40A, then remote knob 0-16A represents 0-40A charge.
Can't speak for other Multipluses but that's how ours works.
If on jnverter mode, with the assist setting on then if the mains demand exceeds the setting, say 5 amps it will supplement shore power by inverting from the batteries
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Yes. No difference in charger mode from on to charger only.It doesn't make a difference on my Victron multi.
This was debated on here a few weeks ago when it was thought by some that you could alter the charge current at will by using the remote control. It doesn't on mine. I use VE Net to alter the charge current but you can use the dip switches.
Check the manual to see whether the default charger settings suit your batteries.
You could also email KWadsworth@victronenergy.com who is their UK sales wallah and was a mine of helpful info when I needed to replace my knackered Heart Inverter.
If you want to chat about setting it up using the dip switches pm me for advice.
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Which waterway was it? CRT hVe a service standard, mandatory, that emails and phone calls are answered within 5 working days (IIRC)A few weeks ago we came across a fishing match that obstructed top and bottom lock landings of two locks. I phoned the trust and was given two email addresses but neither of them responded to my complaint. Hence the question.
You need to call them to also complain about no answers.
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Not fussy. Just quite correct. I cannot understand how these people who suggest turning off the fridge overnight survive without food poisoning!These fridges ARE domestic ones, usually LEC cabinets with the 240v innards ripped out and replaced with 12v Danfos compressors which are considered to be the benchmark bits of kit. I have a 110ltr under counter larder fridge and a 80ltr under counter freezer, both cabinets are the same size but freezer has more insulation. I've had them for over 10 years with no issues whatsoever, fridge is at 5c and freezer is at -20c
All fridges have the capacity to get cold enough to freeze things and as far as ice cubes are concerned the freezer compartments in them are intended to keep frozen food frozen, making ice needs them to work harder and people in an attempt to get ice quicker will drop the fridge temp but this has the effect of also chilling the cabinet to the point of freezing the contents if left for long enough. You should monitor the fridge and freezer (if you have one) using a fridge thermometer and a freezer thermometer, this is the only way anybody can ensure their food is stored at the correct temperature. Maybe as an ex-chef I'm fussy.
Phil
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No. I was a naughty school boy!If its nylon, hold a Stanley knife in a flame till red hot, then it will slice through the rope literally like butter, leaving a very tidy end. Depending on what the rope is to be used for, remember that a back splice can jam in a rope wound round a bollard, so I tend to finish all rope with a hot blade.
I take it you mean that beating naughty school boys did you no harm?
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I find the best use of a rope end is using to beat naughty school boys.
Did me no harm in the 60's
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You may well be doing it the old way, but you quite rightly not those days are long gone.I employ this technique much of the time when single handed, stepping off as the boat noses in, up the steps and close the bottom gates. Leaving the boat in head gear on tick over, she doesn't drift back when the lock is filled and when a level is made and also helps to open the top gate.
This was standard practice in working days, using the momentum of the boat to maximum effect. Those days, I know, are long gone, but I still enjoy maintaining efficient practice.
Dave
Unfortunatley so have the staff and money to repair the damage that might be caused.
I accept that done carefully and skilfully not much wear takes place. But nowadays there are far more careless unskilful boaters who much use your slick efficient method as a model and totall f..k it up every time.
I really believe the experienced caring boater should set an example of good practise and abide by the CRT guidelines in this matter.
Currently these are to open both gates by hand before entering and not to use the boat to open gates.
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You are quite right about the wear. If everybody did this there would soon be even more leaking gates which CRT could not repair fast enough. It is one of the major causes of leaking locks, boat impact. Similarly exiting/entering wide locks with only 1 gate open. A slight misjudgement and then more wear on the mitre.The only problem can be when going uphill, into double bottom gates, as the boat passes into the lock, there tends to be wear at about the gunwale level on the gate mitres. Look at almost any pair of bottom gates and see the tell-tale worn patches, and see where the water leaks.
It is though the way I was taught how to single hand fast and efficiently.
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My Victron "sings" when the cooling fan is in low speed. It is resonating a little. Hold the fan cover grill when it is singing and see if that changes.
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I agree. My MC42 takes agesto warm up on no load so would take hrs to get any hot domestic. But using my 1kW immersion through the inverter with engine running not knly geats the water in about 45 mjns but akso gets a good load ti warm engine up quicker which then contributes to domestic water heating.However a large alternator running close to flat out to supply the immersion heater would load the engine so that would allow the engine to dump more heat into the calorifier in addition to the immersion heater. I can see little wrong with this idea as long as the alternator can cover the immersion heater load plus a little.
I have a twin alternatir set up, but even so the SOC on smartgahge drops from 100 to about 85%. But whether that is just a smartgauge feature or a real drop I am not sure.
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It came about with the move from Waterscape to CRT web site. I did offer to help work on this but the offer was declined. The comment was they would consider restoring then if enough people complained / asked.I wonder if there are enough people interested in working with CRT to solve this problem? I doubt CRT have much resource to do the work, and there is a massive amount of knowledge in the boating community
Richard
So we all need to comment. I think the person to send emails to is Odette Myall at odette.myall@canalrivertrust.org.uk
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They used to in some areas. Certainly the showers at Gunthorpe Lock on River Trent still have the cash/card boxes fitted. However, in order to standardise across the Network these are no longer in use. It probably cost more to collect than it raised in cash.Each to their own rant! Most boats have showers so most boaters don't want touse public showers. Maybe CRT should charge for showers and use the money to keep them in good order?
INCOMING....DUCK!
Another wind generator topic (sorry!)
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1) mounted in a fixed windy location
2) mouted at the top of a mast at sea!