MtB

My blackening done last April is now pale greyen in colour.

Ah now I heard the story behind that. Domestos (and all bleach ) does kill 100% of all know germs and viruses apparently. But since the Trades Description Act came in they changed it to 99% in case someone, somewhere comes up with one it doesn't kill and they get a drubbing in the courts, or in the Court of Public Opinion.

Shoreline also have form when it comes to writing twaddle in their instruction manuals. It was my first Shoreline fridge that quoted the current draw in "Amps per Hour". This had me deeply puzzled 25 years ago and with the internet not widely available I did some serious thinking for a long time before concluding I must be right and the manual has to be wrong to use Amps per Hour.

Good point. So we think there are cables inside the appliance thin enough to require there to be a 15A fuse in the supply?

The fact that almost no-one else on the canal system does this suggests there are some major problems with your plan. Have you checked out why these systems are not routinely installed on all canal boats?

It's another Ponzi scheme, just like the 'housing ladder'. We need ever more children, to grow up and look after the burgeoning population of old gits.

Judging by some of the boats on the system, they're already here.

Yes it could be titled "Boaters on Benefits - No Politics"

Benefits paying anything at all towards periodic maintenance would be the thin end of a massively thick wedge, so I doubt it would be paid for. Towards the thicker end, benefits would end up paying for a gardener to come in once a week and mow the lawn, and a housekeeper to do the claimant's washing.

In the world of renting houses, the equivalent of blacking (painting the window frames) is paid for by the landlord.

Ah it was Alan, not you!! All the same, I'll be astonished it a 15A fuse is sufficiently large. Perhaps a slow-blow fuse might be... Ah but there they are saying that's the fuse needed to protect the appliance. Received wisdom on this forum is the fuse should be sized to protect the cabling!

No it doesn't! Manu states fuse must be a MINIMUM of 15A. So by extension, cables must all be fat enough for 15A or more to be adequate to protect them.

Yeah could ask the OP I guess. He might know!!

Does it? Why's that then? (Always keen to learn...)

I make it 18!! Also, the "15 Amp minimum" given by Shoreline is just telling the installer the fridge won't work with anything less, not that any ol' fuse bigger than 15A will be correct and offer suitable protection to the supply wiring.

Surely it is because service of legal documents is not deemed proven if sent by email. I've just received a Notice of Prosecution for exceeding the 30 mph speed limit. I'm pretty sure the fuzz will have used the DVSA data to find me as the owner of the car, and will be prosecuting me if I don't dob myself in as the driver. Once they know the driver, they will look up their address and send them their NIP. Can't do any of that by email. Yet.

Unusual to see a waterside property without high fences and warnings about guard dogs loose!

I should have guessed France!

I doubt 10 Amps is enough. Surely a 12V immersion heater draws more current than that? I think a relay will be required.

Like Alan just said, this seems improbable. Can you give us some countries where nothing is permitted until a law is passed to permit it please? Thanks.

I paid more tax in January this year than I paid for my first house. That's quite some tax dodge!

Are you sure about that? As Alan said upthread, they probably mean 15A minimum and they are saying this as the start-up current surge is a lot higher than the steady state running current. When I first bought my current boat it had a brand new 12V fridge that didn't work. Not Shoreline but the same compressor and electronics. On checking why I found it was wired up using a 240V mains style 13A square pin plug and socket. The 13A fuse in the 13A plug top had blown so I fitted another 13A fuse. That blew too so I bridged it out not quite with the apocryphal bit of 6" nail but not far off. Worked fine after that with (IIRC) a 30A fuse in the distribution board.