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oldade

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  1. Hi A good place to stop after the wigan flight is at the top of Johnsons hillock. Good pub TOP LOCK in won this years localCAMARA best pub prize. Live music thursday night. 48 hour moorings on the off side just through the top lock. Shower block with water tap and pump out on the tow path side. Boat yard just in front of 48 hour morrings. ( they are a nice frendly bunch) An early start from theyer will get you through Burnley. Just after the top lock in Blackburn next to the tow path is an ASDA. After you leave Blackburn at Clayton theyer is a couple of swing bridges that are on the off side you will need your BW key and Windless for these. After that you go over the M65 motorway. ( new concrete bridge) All the locks have the anti vandel locks on so you will need your handcuff key for those. You have nothing to worry about on this strech of canal. Its not as bad as you may have heard. What is you boat called ? So I can keep a look out for you. I hope this helps. ADE
  2. Hi I Have a sterling invertor/charger. It wont won't charge my batterys when conecterd to two gennys I have I It works Ok with the shore power. I think it is an Neutral and earth bonding problem. How do it if I tell if I can bond earth to neutral with out damaging the genny. The genny is one out of cage with 12v dc output 110volts ac as well as 240volts ac The other is a little two stroke jobby. What tests do I need to do to tell if it is safe to connect neutral to earth on the genny. Thanks for any help you can give me. ADE
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    Supalux

    Hi I have some for sale Two sizes 2 X 4ft by 3ft £20.00 each 2 X 4ft by 5ft £30.00 each All about 9 mm thick You would have to collect from me I live near Blackburn Lanc,s Email 0ldade@btinternet.com Thanks ADE
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    freezers

    Hi Weaco CF-35 Portable fridge/frezzer. Bought one a these Ebay no 270274669698 12volt and 240. Silent (When I first connected it my heart sank I thought on no it is broke) its that quite You can set your own temp on the didge display one minute it is a fridge the next it is a freezer. Two big handles so you can use on the bank as a cool box. Extras avalable fixing bracket Insulated cover. I am going to fit mine under the bench seat on a sliding shelf. Danfoss based. Three or four sizes aviable. Shuts down below certain voltage ( dont ask what that is I just know the battery I had it on wasnt flat when it stopped and no it wasnt broke) Charged the battery and it was away again) Take it home put the beer in coolit via 240 at home, take it the boat plug it in to 12 volt (Sorted). Against B**** dear. But much better value because it is so versatile than a standard 12 volt fridge or freezer. I have no connection with the sellar. Or maker. I should be on comishon for this. Thanks ADE
  5. Hi I am going to fit a genny in my narrowboat it will be fitted in front of the engine. On the engine beds so it wont need a fuel pump as the top of the engine will be below the bottom of the rear swim tank. The genny has no fuel fillter fitted at the moment I would like to fit one. My question is if I did fit a fillter would I then need a pump upstream of the fillter to force the fuel through or do we think it would flow through with out a pump? Has anyone tryed it ? I would like to do with out the pump if pos. I am tempted to just try it and see if it will work. What do we think ? Which fillter would we recomend ? Thanks in advance of any help given ADE
  6. Hi If you do the locks last you have two advantages. You are going down the flight (allways easyer) You are going against the river flow on the Seven (you tend to have more control of the boat going against the flow). Thanks ADE
  7. Hi Now that a few garages sell LPG can we refill our bottles at a garage ? Will the garage let us ? Is the gas the same ? Has anyone tryed it ? I have done the maths it is chaper at the mo. 13KG bottle holds 16 Lts If it is 40p per Lt that is £10.40 If are paying around £18.00 that does save us money. I have seen fittings for sale that will fit both the garage pump and the Propane bottle for £25.00 After you have filled 4 gas bottles you will be saving money. You could even do it when you fill the car up. What do we think ?
  8. Hi So If we go with the iso trany we dont need Galv iso then ? Or would it be a good idea to fit both ? Your help would be great THanks ADE
  9. Hi On the subject of ISO tranys. I am right to say that a system with an iso trany will use more AC power due to the trany using juice even when no ac is being used on board as any transformer does ? If I have got this right how much more juice ? How much extra would it cost to run this system as compared to a system with out the ISO trany and an Galvanic iso instead. I am trying to decide which camp to join. Your thoughts / help would be great . Thanks in advance ADE
  10. Hi Finging the sat. I read some where that once you have goodish picture put a damp teatowl ( or simular ) over the dish this cut down the signal so you can fine tune its direction. It works ever time for me. I see maplins are selling hand help sat finders that you can wave around to find the sat has anyone tryed one ? Thanks ADE
  11. Hi Again Its a new build I will be using your gear I hope The engine is a canalstar 30 with 50amp and 110 amp alterntors. 120ah start battery 550 ah domestic 220ah BT batterys. Could you send me a list of what I would need. And the cost as well. I am looking for a top notch system ( not cutting corners ) I have all the battery cables fuses etc I have read all your web site and will be following that. Thanks a lot again ADE
  12. I would be tempted to keep it as it is as soon as you cut it you will find you need a longer one. Or could you make get two out of it 2/3 and 1/3 ? Just a thought ( I now I should stop doing that ) ADE
  13. Hi Question for Gibbo ( again Sorry ) Could I trouble you for a wiring diagram ? I only need the bit with the relays and diodes in. I am sorry if I am being a pain . My email if you want to send it direct. oldade@btinternet.com If it is a lot a work I will understand. Thanks very much again ADE
  14. Hi Thanks to you all for that. A question to Gibbo. You say get a signal from the BT control panel and feed it to the split charge relay that feeds the BT Batterys. I am guessing that you are getting the BT control panel to open the relay to the BT Batterys and saving the fuses that way? I can see how that works because as soon as the BT is turned off the relay will close again and start to topup the BT batterys again. Have I got it right ? Would your three bank gaget be better suited to this set up than you two bank version ? Thanks for everyones help with this it is much clearer now how this all works . Just a thought ( I now I shouldnt do it ) I will need two feeds from the BT control panel wont I because of the two directions ? Can I just join into the cable that goes postitve in each direction ? as that would save opening the BT control panel. Would the current from the BT cable be enough to operate the charge relay and the BT without blowing a fuse or damaging the BT control panel ? Have I got this right ? Thanks very much to you all for this. ADE
  15. Hi Help needed. I am looking for a charging system for my new boat. I will have three battery banks My main question is about how to charge the BT batterys. Which system would work best ? Sterling says run 25mm cables to the BT bank and use one of theyer battery to battery chargers. Whould that be any good ? I see Gibbo does a three bank system which is the one I fancy. But I need to know that it will charge the BT batterys fully given the length of cable ? (57ft) Will the 25mm cables as sterling recomends be big enough to allow the BT batterys to charge fully ? How do the chargers / relays know / mesure the charge in the BT batterys ? I dont understand why I need a battery to battery charger as sterling recomends ? If I just connect the BT batterys direct via a fuse at each end to one of the rear banks what will / won't happen ? Thanks I have learned a lot in a very stort time from all you guys. THANKS again and in advance ADE
  16. Hi Why are we using inverters to make 240 volts to power computers etc when the transformer in the computer etc is converting that back to 12 dc or less ? What a waste of energy. Shurely a 12 dc computer / video whould be best ? Would it be easy to convert one to run of 12 volt ? I hope the experts can answer this for me before I pull my computer in bits . I know the laptop I have has a 14 volt battery in it so it should be easy to do. Would it be best to charge the battery in the laptop from the domestic bank ? How do we do it ? It must use less juice doing it that way, plus we dont have to do anything to the laptop etc. Are thyer inveters that have adjustable outputs ? Thanks in advance. ADE
  17. Hi I think you will find it is LPWS But I thought it was 20 30 40 for the 2 3 4 cylinder models at 20 30 40 HP. I am in the process of buying the 30 for my new boat. It works in google try it. Thanks ade
  18. Hi How do we make our chimney holes secure when we are away ? To stop any vandels etc pouring or tiping anything down. Do we have to resort to something like a hasp and staple with a padlock through or is theyer a neater way? As ever your views would be welcome. Thanks ADE
  19. Hi With regard to watch two pictures from one dish I think you will need an LNB ( low noise block) with two or more outputs to be able to watch two diferent chanels at once. Twin LNB. AS allways I stand to be corected. Thanks ADE
  20. Can you send me the contact details as I have a mate who has a K3 in his Nortwich (ARIEL) Thanks ADE
  21. I does any one know it the 240 volt switches and socket made by CBE will pass A boat safety test. Is theyer any set standard IE BS that the 24volt gear has to pass and be marked up in order to pass ? I know they are used on motorhomes. Thanks For any any help ADE
  22. Thanks For that. ADE quote name='martyn 1' date='Apr 29 2008, 10:39 PM' post='228970'] I would say a 3 cylinder, Just one thing you need to way up, how much time are you going to spend on a river. if say 10% of the use on a river then 90% of the time its going to be idling down the cut and therfore a 4 is going to be running in the scenario from my previous post which will eventually end with problems. but if you are going to spend say 50/50 cut river mix then go for the 4 as it will get sufficient load on the rivers to keep it clean. and yes the 3 cylinder is the 30IDI and the 4 is the 40IDI Marine Engine Services (uxbridge) are the UK marine agent for Lister (They build/marinise them, engine built at lister them marinised by them) so I would think going anywhere else is just going to be more because you will be paying the middle mans markup. From the info I have the price they have quoted is the retail, I would try and see if you can get a discount, you might get lucky. Also the info I have states the 30IDI comes with a PRM 150 gearbox, thats just fine as its also fitted to the 40IDI so plenty big enough, as for prop that will depend on weight of boat, etc etc etc. as for alternators if you go for the 30IDI it comes with a 50amp start and 55amp Domestic alternators as standard but I would go for the optional 110AMP domestic if you intend on running a inverter etc. If you go for the 40IDI it comes with a 70 amp start and 110 amp domestic as standard so would need no changes. Hope this is of help Martyn
  23. Thanks for that. So for my 57ft narrow boat you would recommend a 3 cylinder. Is that the 30IDI. I have got a price from Marine engineering services of £4600. Do you think I could get one cheaper than that ? Which gearbox Which prop. Alternators ? Would it do OK in the rivers ? Any help you can give would be appreciated.
  24. Hi What do we think of the new Lister canal star engines are they as good as Betta/ Barrus ETC. I would like to fit british in my british narrowboat. I would like an engine that revs a bit slower than the betta etc. Any sergestions. What about the Beeta Tug engine. Thanks ADE
  25. Hi Just a thought what if you are going ashore and about to lockup and you spot a light still on at farend of the boat how do you switch it off ? If you have put it on its own circuit you can trun it of from the fuse panel it saves you having to walk to thr front of the boat. Handy if you are late and in a rush. Thanks ADE
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