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Worth every penny. Have you any idea how hard it is getting electron stains out of the carpet if they leak out? 😀

If however you are hauling on a narrowboat centre line hard enough to break it, you are definitely doing something wrong. The rope thickness is mainly to make gripping and handling easier, not for strength.

A larksfoot does it fine on hawser laid rope. Never had one slip when hauling on it. https://www.scottfrasertraining.co.uk/gallery/knots-larks-foot That's what it is called in the climbing world. I am sure there is a proper nautical name as well.

By which time, the youths are middle aged, complaining about the youth of today causing trouble. Not that it happens so much now. Modern children are vegetating in their bedrooms watching ticktock, rather than going out with their friends, building character, having fun and breaking windows.

Thanks Alan, Received fine. No sign of a no fuses over the battery rule in 2002.

2002 please. It was the one in force when I first had to get a boat through it. Thanks!

Anyone kept an old version pdf? This is bugging me now.

I've hallucinated BSS requirements too. Even BSS examiners do it! Always a good idea to go to the source. Possibly it was in an earlier revision? There have been significant changes over the years.

I've just gone through the private boat BSS requirements with "fuse" as the search term and can find no mention of this. Circuits that bypass the isolator switch must have their own fuse, but no prohibition about them being in the battery box.

Unless they already maintain calibrated scales for something else they sell, in which case, it can be used for diesel too, rather than having to keep a pump calibrated and maintained for by volume sales as well. Not familiar with the retailer.

This is the three pin version of the XLR connector. The three pins are 0, 12 and 24V to charge two in series 12V lead acids. According to the manual for Mum's scooter, chargers are available from 2 to 7A, which suggests the 3 pin XLRs can take a minimum of 7A without going in to meltdown.

They were sued by an actual seaman Staines, for the libelous implication that he was a pirate. A stain on his reputation that no amount of damages can entirely remove. 😀

I've thought this too. You need to balance the size of your Amp.hr consumption against the lead acid battery bank size. Too small a bank and you put more deep cycle discharges on it and reduce their life. Too large a bank and it becomes more onerous to recharge them full every few days and again, their life is reduced, with an increased cost, since you now have to replace more batteries at once. There is a sweet spot between the two, but I don't think there is a simple equation to find it. More is definitely not always better and for some boats, reducing the bank total capacity might help with lifespan and total cost of ownership.

Pretty much any twelve volt output plug in mains wall wart would do this and be enough to power an LED bright enough to annoy boaters coming the other way. I find having a light on the stern hatch actually makes keeping the boat centred in the tunnel easier.

Welcome to the forum. Do you have a picture of the actual control box, rather than something off the internet that may, or may not be the same thing? What are the symptoms that lead you to suspect it is the control box that is borked?

This "what if" scenario I suspect is used on the automated Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction Canal. There is a hand operated swing bridge across the chamber. This bridge has to be in the open position, with road barriers down, before the lock can be operated. The interlocking prevents a smaller boat becoming trapped under the bridge by rising water, either during normal operation, or in the event of a gate blow. It also removes the risk of it getting struck and destroyed, if something the size of Exol Pride hits it. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewJunctionSykehouseLock.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

Not a big problem. Unsightly. Could cause the joint to go high resistance over time, which would lead to problems drawing the amps needed to turn the starter motor. Caused by moisture on the battery and the voltage across the terminals, which is why it is more prevelent on the +ve post. Clean off, maybe a bit of sandpaper on the terminals to get them back to bright metal. smear the terminal with vaseline to exclude moisture and prevent it coming back. Traditional with car batteries. Still works with boats

Given the number of women who were prostitutes in that society and therefore were providing a service to a clientele that probably included some of the higher ups in the canal company, most likely the case. There were very few other options to live for women that fell out of the chaste daughter, or married woman paths that society offered. https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/80000-prostitutes-the-myth-of-victorian-londons-lo

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The Stainforth and Keadby is still Humber keel size between Thorne and Keadby. No boats of the Exol Pride size can get on it. Hot weather seems to close it a lot. With the metal expansion, Network Rail get worried that if they open it to boats, they won't be able to close it till the weather cools, closing a major rail line. Even keeping the canal at river Trent level and having the first lock on the west side of a fixed rail bridge would work. The cut would be tidal and you could only get under the bridge at certain times, but it would be a lot more reliable. It would also remove the need for a road swing bridge in Keadby. There is no need for a non tidal dock in Keadby itself any more.