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There is a new development which is already available Lead Crystal batteries
I had a selection of this batteries on my stand at Crick 2016.
In terms of price they are between Gel and lithium Ion
Keith
With the greatest of respect, that is not really a "new battery".
It's just an AGM battery.
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'Tom Scott, Professor in Materials in the University’s Interface Analysis Centre and a member of the Cabot Institute, said: “There are no moving parts involved, no emissions generated and no maintenance required, just direct electricity generation. By encapsulating radioactive material inside diamonds, we turn a long-term problem of nuclear waste into a nuclear-powered battery and a long-term supply of clean energy.”'
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/november/diamond-power.html
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have just announced a new battery technology based on carbon-14 that will last 5,000 years.
No moving parts, no emissions, no maintenance.
Only two minor problems:
1. It's radioactive.
2. It's embedded in a jacket of industrial diamonds, so may be just a tad pricey.
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Temporary fix?
Get some cheap plastic containers.
Cut a hole in each side with a hole saw.
Place over "mushroom vents".
Put something on top of container to weight it down so that it doesn't blow away.
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Glad to hear it.
So, when the lockkeeper at Sharpness says to me, hypothetically, I can't let you in because I can't accept your cash, and I say "I checked your website" and he says "the policy has changed", what is the next step?
Get on the phone to the local CRT office in Gloucester.
Tell them that one of their employees is putting the safety of your vessel and its occupants in danger.
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And you believe what NickNorman tells you. lol
Puzzled as to why you can't phone the lock keeper yourself?
Because I believe that large public organisations (for example, a navigation authority) have a duty of care to ensure that information pertaining to the usage of the navigation that is published on the internet is accurate.
Especially so in cases where the accuracy (or the lack of it) of the information could impact upon the safety of the public.
So I don't consider it necessary to phone the lockie.
Others, however, disagree with me.
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I'm joining this discussion rather late and have only skimmed through the thread so not sure if this has been covered, but if CRT are no longer handling cash then it's not just going to be licence fees that are affected but lockage fees too. Those with only short term licences have to pay £25 to use the lock. At least that was the situation when I came though sharpness 4 years ago.
Also, Sharpness has a big floating pontoon that boats use while waiting for the lock. If I found myself denied entry that's where I'd moor while trying to sort things out rather than going back out onto the tideway. Same at Limehouse.
You get a number of free passages though the lock, depending on the duration of your CRT licence (3 months or above)
"Fees for leisure craft passing through the Sea Lock at Sharpness. Lockage fee of £25 per boat per lockage Appropriate Canal and River Licence Long Term Licence holders (River & Canal or River Only) benefit from a number of inclusive lock passages: 12 Months -16 lock passages, 6 Months - 8 lock passages 3 Months-4 lock passages."
Not entirely sure that this information is correct as it was off the CRT website.
Maybe someone can phone the lockie...
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I've done it with a 55 footer a few times, but usually travelling in the opposite direction (towards Stratford).
It is tight, though, and I usually end up on the extreme right of the channel, where it's very shallow.
I think that going towards Brum you'd have to get as far over to the left as you can before you start the turn.
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Booking in for passage through a tidal lock is common policy not just to Sharpness.
Wrong again.
The requirement for booking tidal locks varies considerably, even on the same waterway.
Here's some information for CRT locks on the Thames:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/our-regions/london-waterways/locks-to-the-river-thames
Two locks need booking all the time.
One only needs booking "out of hours".
Of course, this information may not be correct as it is published on the CRT website.
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Booking in for passage through a tidal lock is common policy not just to Sharpness.
S'funny - I thought your point was that the boater was responsible for checking facts, rather than relying on vague concepts like "common policy"...
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By checking when they ring to book passage?
"All leisure craft passage should be booked at least 24 hours in advance to ensure the lock is available. This can be done by ringing the Pier Head".
Are you sure that that fact is correct?
Surely, like the OP, you are just assuming that it is correct because it is current information published on the CRT website...
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They could always do things the old fashioned way and phone CRT for a licence.
Or are we saying that people don't have access to phones also?
Yes CRT should update the website sooner rather then later but the onus is on the boater to ensure that they have correct and up to date information prior to setting off on their trip.
Sorry, - completely and utterly wrong.
As the navigation authority the onus is on CRT to ensure that the information that they publish is correct and current.
How is a boater supposed to know if the published CRT information is correct or not?
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By not assuming and checking before you start? That IMO is one way.
Even if the OP had checked before he started, as you suggest, he would have found the following information for Sharpness Dock on the CRT website.
"We recommend you purchase licences on line, and in advance of your journey, to save time, however visiting craft may also pay by cash or cheque on arrival at the port."
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/our-regions/south-wales-and-severn-waterways/sharpness-port
I have every sympathy with the OP. The Bristol Channel is a dangerous place; it's not somewhere where you want to be suddenly forced into making an unplanned passage due to being denied entry into a port.
CRT need to address this problem before there is an accident.
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I was told this by my Dad, who was rarely wrong (he told me).
In autumn the wasps would feed on rotting fruit, whose nectar would be turning to alcohol, leading to erratic and aggressive behaviour. Pissed wasps you don't need.
In the area where I live there were extensive fruit orchards - loads of plums, also apples, pears, etc. Not so many nowadays.
Wasps were a real nuisance in the autumn, when they were drunk most of the time.
One of the local canning factories put a bounty on wasp nests as they were attracted in large numbers by the smell coming from the factory.
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I have a cratch cover and grow herbs there but no flowers. When I've had the side rolled up for a few days and take it back down I noticed a few dead wasps in the folds.
Today I've basically been held hostage by three live ones that appeared as I wanted to go out (yes I'm VERY scared of them and had no spray to deal with it!)
Does anybody else find they like to shelter under the cratch cover this time of year, and more importantly, what are your tips for getting rid and putting off?
They are usually queen wasps looking for a place to overwinter. Workers usually die in the nests.
http://www.wasp-removal.com/wasp-lifecycle.php
Edited to say that ordinary fly spray is effective if you don't want to get close to them.
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Cuckoo?
yes, I think he probably is...
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If we are playing 'who said it first' how about post #2
Well, I'm certainly not going to play "let's start an argument over something we agree about"...
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The temperature of the baseplate should not fall below 4 deg. C., unless a layer of ice forms that is deep enough to reach the baseplate.
I think the Gulper is probably fairly safe, but the pipework might be another matter.
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I still think the easiest way is a small 24v battery bank - a couple of cheap, small car batteries for example - next to the toilet and charged by a small charger circuit.
Charger does not need to be very big as the amp hours used will be quite low.
I agree - as I suggested in post #7.
Simple, reliable and cheap.
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Amazingly the owners manual does not give tappet clearances. Does anyone know the tappet clearances for the B28? Also where to buy rocker gasket material online? Thanks.
Hydraulic tappets?
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24 volt battery with small charger?
(Depends on how much curry you eat, of course
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The Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service hold photographs for the derelict navigation taken between 1952-1956.
There may be some pictures of the two water gates in this collection:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/1d40d28d-cae9-4207-b14a-7d2c2415147e#4-2-4
Contact details here
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a/A13532331
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Is that the bottom lock on to the Severn? the one with the narrow channel, about a foot wide,across the top end? It is not surprising someone fell off - bike or not - and obviously risky - even with a sign. My wife refused to walk across it, commenting "that is dangerous there ought to be a hand rail"even though I reached out with my hand from the other side to steady her.
That's the one:
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I think that the panel type heater as per Kev's post above is probably safer than a fan heater.
I use plug-in thermostats both for frost protection and room temperature control when I'm on the boat.
You can get combined timer / thermostats - buy decent quality ones. Some offer a 3 -year warranty, which gives a little more confidence.
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Tax on solar panels
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Perhaps it has something to do with this?
http://www.solar-trade.org.uk/business-rates-rooftop-solar-increase/
It's to do with business rates on *commercial* solar installations - not quite the same as a "tax on solar panels"....