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  1. Re cratch cover (where did battery covers infiltrate this thread) If you want to keep it simple use the type of pvc sold for lorry tarpaulins a straight forward cratch cover shouldnt need any joints and the seams can easilly be welded with a hot air gun (and practice) hardware such as turn buckles and the like are readily available on the internet. Do make a template, a sheet of polythene will do fine.

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  2. Re the suitability of Vetus engines the main problem complained about on here over the years is the gearbox (and drive plate) not the engine at all which is probably Mitsubishi. Apparently the gearboxes dont like being run in neutral (as when charging) and are very clunky - but then the op will know that.

    Also at one time there was no air filter fitted which seems a bit cheapskate

  3. 2 hours ago, magpie patrick said:

     

    My boat, Juno, is a Viking 23 and this is in effect the arrangement - the small cubicle for the toilet is also the shower cubicle, up to you whether you put the lid down on the loo and use it as a seat or lift it out entirely and stand for your shower. The floor is designed like a shower tray, moulded in plastic with a 4 inch high lip and a plug hole. A small pump automatically cuts in as soon as water goes down the plug hole 

    We had similar on our previous (30 foot) narrowboat, small 24" shower tray with a lid on, bathroom was about 3.5' by 2'

  4. 51 minutes ago, TandC said:

    Slight diversion but connected to the topic - if I were to go into my local council-run (not university etc)  library and enquire as to whether they can provide access to specific ISO standards such as this discussed here, what exactly am I asking for....   Is it just "how can I access ISO Standards please..."

     

    Or are these buried in something else?  

     

    I've done a quick online search through the library catalogue service for "ISO Standards" - "British Standards Online" etc -but it doesn't return anything so prior to going to talk to someone at the library it'd be good to know what to actually ask for..... 

    As you are in Oxford according to your profile https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/leisure-and-culture/libraries/reference-online/z-list

  5. 23 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

     

    I think this is misleading. 1/2" gas tube has a thicker wall than 15mm household copper pipe. I am not sure if ordinary 15mm copper meets the ISO or BSS, I have an idea that at one time it did not.

    afaik the 15 mm (or any other water pipe is not likely to meet the thickness (of the pipe wall requirements) of the ISO/RCD wheras the imperial sizes (as sold for refrigeration) are available in the required thickness. As far as BSS goes how would they know?

  6. 15 hours ago, David Mack said:

    The other problem with the lower caisson entering the river is the resulting flotation. That means there is less force to lift the upper caisson up the last bit, so presumably it had to be pumped. Not an issue with a dry chamber at the bottom.

    For the same reason the gradient at the top of Foxton Incline Plane reduces at the top so that balanced operation could continue as the lower tank entered the water.

    As far as I could tell in the Belgian ones which use the original system, there is a combination of letting water out of the top tank (as seen in my photos) and a there is also a pump between the rams.

  7. The lifts on the Historic Centre Canal in Belgium were designed by the same guy as Anderton but have been refurbished to the original design, each basin counterbalances the other. and as all the weight is taken on the ram the supporting structure is much lighter and "delicate" as Anderton was originally.

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  8. 43 minutes ago, dogless said:

    We had a Beta BV 1903 with 3,500 hours recorded when we bought the boat in 2004 at 11 years old.

     

    By January 2018 we had a new Beta 43 fitted as the old engine, which by then had over 17,000 hours, had become smokey and needed to be stripped down and reconditioned.

     

    Finding someone to strip down the engine and do whatever work was needed would have taken many weeks (a friends took three months to be completed) and at a cost which would be impossible to accurately estimate (the friend's ultimately cost £3,400)  depending what was found.

     

    Once done  several months and who knows what cost later, we'd still have an old but reconditioned engine.

     

    We elected to have a new Beta 43 fitted which cost around £7,000 fitted, and took two days.

     

    The engine now has over 4,000 hours and is performing as new.

     

    Rog

    did you change the gearbox at the same time or was that ok?

  9. On 01/10/2023 at 12:30, magnetman said:

    Another thing I have used before is sawn off wrecking/aligning bars. Used to find a lot of them with the magnet. I still have 3 or 4 nice old blacksmith forged wrecking bars. The big ones about 5ft long. 

     

    1.5m aligning bar £27. Cut the wedge orf with the angel grinder. Mind the peening though it will be sharp. Worth regularly dressing the cut end with a grinding disc. 

     

     

     

    Never tried it but I do wonder if the answer in reality is to have a triangular steel plate with three holes and a ring in the middle. Hammer three pins into the holes right down to the plate then tie boat to ring. 

    That way one could use shorter pins and get more grip. 

     

     

     

     

    There were some hammer-in ground screws but not sure if they were available here I think it was a Dutch product. 

     

    Looked quite interesting.

    Spirafix that was it. 

    These ones are designed to be inserted using a hammer not by twisting. Removal is by twisting. 

     

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    Available here with a better head https://www.spirafix.com/products/30mm-ground-anchors/anchor---spirafix-30mm-b-type/?Page_ID=3610&refpid=118741&id=900962. We have these and they are very good, you hammer them in  and they rotate as you hammer, the only problem is that the head tends to get damaged by the process of hammering them in.

  10. We had 2 Shoreline fridges fail due to loss of refrigerant.

    You cannot deal with the leak as pipes are buried inside the fridge. Regassing  lasts a few days until it has all leaked out again.

    For the 3rd one we bought a cheap mains fridge and run off the inverter. All good so far, you need an inverter that draws low current when fridge is not powered.

    Alternatively this or similar is another option

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpicool-Refrigerator-Portable-Campervan-Electric/dp/B091KYMC5G/ref=asc_df_B091KYMC5G/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=534912619392&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14564681097908294048&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006598&hvtargid=pla-1394919885969&th=1

  11. 7 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

    Presumably it is only caravans and moorings that are on residential 'moorings' that are charged council tax ?

     

     

    This is what it says, that is all I know;

    "There is currently a mandatory 50% council tax discount for dwellings that consist of a pitch occupied by a caravan, or a mooring occupied by a boat where they are not a person’s sole or main residence."

  12. It is proposed to allow councils to increase the tax on second homes by up to 100% and there is a consultation about which second homes should be exempt, probaly won't affect most of us but some may wish to make observations in particular see 5.8 exemption proposed for boats and caravan pitches;

    Occupied caravan pitches and boat moorings

    5.8 There is currently a mandatory 50% council tax discount for dwellings that consist of a pitch occupied by a caravan, or a mooring occupied by a boat where they are not a person’s sole or main residence. The government wants to ensure that caravans and boats that are currently eligible for this discount continue to receive the discount. As a result, the government proposes that these caravans and boats should be an exception to the council tax premium on second homes.

     

  13. 6 hours ago, Silent Flight said:

    New wheelhouse / hood design installed! Folds down in couple of minutes. Kept similar look of wheelhouse for style but also practical having forward sloping windscreen for sun glare and rain. Front screen is made from Strataglass. It’s like glass but rolls up, tough with high clarity. Hood splits in half for shade in diff areas. All widows can zip out. Bug nets can be zipped in! Very happy with it. Titan boat canopies understood the assignment!

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