valrene9600
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Certainly cheap just to have for lighter stuff.
Looks identical to the one lower down.
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Not so bad thanks.When I did ours in June, they sent the licence and invoice in the same email as attachments. Came back within minutes! And everything correct!!!
How are you doing?
Got a nice mooring that seems to be available long term.
Be very nice to see you again.
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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.
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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.
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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.The original question :
"I was wondering how it is practical to use purely 12 volt appliances"
I think almost every answer has agreed that one could 'survive', solely on 12v, but in order to maintain"..most of the creature comforts we are used to.."
then it would be advantages to have an inverter available for the 'luxuries in life' (Hoover, washing machine etc)
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Well cost of wiring your boat with 12v vs 240v will be much more money because of thicker wires Inverters are quite efficient now so I don't see the need for only living with 12v.
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.
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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.The trouble with the stabilised voltage thingies is they don't always work off a battery running at normal voltage levels, I think they are designed to work with a charging battery,
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.
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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.Hi all,
I have been looking into various options for living aboard for a while now, and ideally we would like to live with as little energy usage as possible,whilst still having most of the creature comforts we are used to. I guess this is a compromise that most people make.
We don't watch a great deal of TV, internet is more our thing. I know I can set up a pc to run off 12 volts and that you can get washing machines and fridges that do the same, so I think most gadgets are covered.
I was wondering how it is practical to use purely 12 volt appliances, compared with the convenience of a 240v set up.
I would be installing some sort of solar array and charge controller, don't know quite what yet as I am just at the planning stage.
Is using purely 12 volts a viable option?
Has anyone got experience of living just using 12 volts?
Many Thanks
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.
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Perhaps this might fit into the Friday joke thread.Recently I was buying diesel at a fairly well known pit stop on the T&M and as usual a conversation ensued about the split between domestic/propulsion. The owner of the establishment advised that nowadays they do not accept any declaration that doesn't include an element of propulsion. My usual argument, that because it is a "self" declaration the dispenser is absolved from any responsibility was roundly dismissed because, apparently, government inspectors are getting "really hot" on suppliers of red diesel on canals, to the extent that they now travel around incognito on narrowboats in an attempt to catch out "unscrupulous" suppliers.
At first I thought this was a wind up but I don't think so. The owner claimed to have served fuel to one of these covert inspectors ("It was obvious who they were..").
I would have though, post EU referendum, that enforcement of the fuel duty policy on canals would be way down the list of priorities so, - paranoia? or is there any other evidence of a crack down?
Checking on boat yards I can accept but not not in this way.
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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.
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Anyone know if the ee 100Gb offer will return this year?
And will it be available to those who had it before.
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Yes you could do it and yes, a busbar would be the best way.
This puzzles me. Bus bar will be holding cables together via a bolt so what is different or are we talking neat and safer.
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Is it bad enough practice that it should be avoided or can I get away with it.http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/batt_con.html
Yes you can, but it's poor practice. It introduces another connection just where you don't want one.
Tony
Also I guess using a, bus bar?, Would be same as bolting just neater.
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There are some good deals surfacing occasionaly, 50gb.I think recently mentioned on the forum.I don't think a new contract would offer you much. Three are currently offering 20Gb/month for twenty-something pounds (the something depends on your negotiating skills). Other contracts are available all at similar prices.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Just wondering if I will get asked to give feedback. Of course under the circumstances it will be positive but not been
asked yet.
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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.
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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.
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I decided to install a sliding hatch using roller bearings and looked around the web.
To cut this all short I ended up ordering 4 very expensive bearings from the USA and also paying an extra fee to deal with customs etc.
When they arrived they were also the wrong size.
Ok so I decided to send them back. I sent them not to the seller but the supplier and enclosed the invoice, but did manage to advise the seller I was returning the goods.
What I'm trying to say is this all took place whilst I am under the influence of high Morphine intake which I explained in a covering letter to the supplier, all the seller got was a standard click on the "I want to return this item".
Every single penny including shipping has been credited back to my bank account. So I am asking is this common with on line shopping sites or should I put this down to good American customer service that being married to a US citizen I know exists.
Interested how others have fared shopping on line.
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What I like about these type of threads is when folk come back to show the results.
Always nice to see how it all went.
So frustrating when after countless suggestions and advice everyone is left wondering.
Thanks for update.
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Ours have pot magnets holding them down flat on the roof.
Makes them easy to lift off with a screwdriver fairly quietly and quickly. Of course perfectly secure until some scrote comes along and removes the panel.
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Stay where you are, you have a choice of at least 5 great chinese /indian restaurants, 2 of the best pubs in the area, the plough and the tuns. Tesco express, a garage, a good social club, chip shop and whats more its very safe with lots other boats either long term mooring or just passing through. If you want a few days of solace go less than a mile in any of 3 directions. Fazeley is a great place to moor, why move ?
Move to stay within guidelines of crt, why ask for hassle just for the sake of a few moves over winter.
Problem at Fox's Marina March - Ex Red Army truck sunk
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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.