valrene9600

My gulper is above,12inches,the outlet pipe and works fine.

So was this guy allowed to just drive it in or did he just do it off his own back. He seems a long way from the bank, surely stopping some way down the ramp would have made recovering the wreck if it started leaking. Attaching it to a towing vehicle would have also helped if water poured in. The story is a bit short of facts unless this all had history. What's the jcb that rammed a boat? Is it the same idiot driver.

Certainly cheap just to have for lighter stuff. Looks identical to the one lower down.

Not so bad thanks.Got a nice mooring that seems to be available long term. Be very nice to see you again.

If done on line do they still send a renewal ref number? Seem to remember someone on here saying not now needed. Not due till Dec. So plenty of time yet.

No idea what this is about but I must say it takes a decent person to offer such an apology on a public forum liked this. Well done Alan, you have my respect.

Just trying to be quite sure of the question asked. Perhaps some folk are happy to live without the creature comforts in fact I know some that do including candles, no fridge etc. Ott for me but to everyone freedom to live as they wish.

Sometimes it's not cost but the fact people just like very basic. I can understand that, even though I prefer a little comfort, each to their own.

Mine just allows 12v to pass into the tv. Even when charging and batteries are reading 14.8 or briefly 15.0 nothing in 11 years has happened to the tv.Some folk say chopping off the power pack and plugging the cable directly into the boats 12v system will do no harm but for a few quid why not use a stabilised supply cheaper than a new tv.

Are you talking of using only a 12v supply to power an appliance or do you mean plugging say a small inverter into the 12v supply and powering a mains gadget that way.If you don't want any mains voltages on the boat you will as has been said have no success with say a washing machine powered by 12v. Living a basic 12v life afloat is possible but you will have to use mains facilities on shore. So a trip to the laundry will use mains but it won't be on the boat. All depends on the sort of lifestyle you prefer. Good luck and happy boating be it 12 or 230volts.

Perhaps this might fit into the Friday joke thread.Checking on boat yards I can accept but not not in this way.

I am the OP. The Global shipping company refunded all my fee as did the seller. Reading all this thread I'm beginning to think I have been fortunate in my E bay experience.

And will it be available to those who had it before.

This puzzles me. Bus bar will be holding cables together via a bolt so what is different or are we talking neat and safer.

Is it bad enough practice that it should be avoided or can I get away with it.Also I guess using a, bus bar?, Would be same as bolting just neater.

There are some good deals surfacing occasionaly, 50gb.I think recently mentioned on the forum.I just need a cheap simple way to add a few gb's when mine run out. Also having for years c\cruised widely become happy with ee coverage so would keep main contract.

On diagram 1 in http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/batt_con.hhhtml Link not working. It's the diagram where +/- enter bank at opposite ends of bat. bank. My + cable only reached to the second battery. I wish to extend it so + and - are at opposite ends of the battery bank. Can i, using suitable thickness cable with crimped terminals bolt them together. This seems an easy way as this cable disappears via bulkhead inside boat and I think possibly to inverter so I'm thinking my way might save some hassle. Any comments please.

I have a EE contract for 25gb. costing 28pounds per month. Sometimes this gets close to running out and the cost of buying extra from EE through my account is very expensive. I did think of perhaps buying an unlocked dongle and a sim on whatever provider gives a good allowance of say 5/10 gb and using that Until my contract rolls to the next month. I can then just too up or buy more sims. This way I am not tied to an extra contract and have no worry of running out of data sometimes a few days short of my monthly contract ending. Is this the way to go or does anyone have another idea. Of course changing my main contract would be better but it has a long way to go yet and I might get penalised for ending it early. I will check this out. Thanks all.

Problem is when a lot of negativity appears as is happening now we all lose trace of the thousands/millions? Of transactions that go through each year with excellent results.

Just wondering if I will get asked to give feedback. Of course under the circumstances it will be positive but not been asked yet.

Not having had a great deal to do with selling on e bay since moving aboard 11 years ago these comments have been interesting. Being a buyer nowadays I just say that Amazon with their click an collect in thousands of outlets has revolutionized deliveries to people out working all day. E Bay seem to be behind here with click and collect at Argos but perhaps that will change. What theses new approaches to home delivery has done is to greatly reduce the earnings of a delivery driver as the giants battle prices and delivery points. Anyway well done to e bay/PayPal for sorting my erratic ordering whilst almost comatose.

None of my experience was the fault of anyone other than myself yet I still received 1at class service, including shipping cost refund that was the last thing I expected to be refunded.