Iain_S

Possibly Norse, thwaite

I'd put that percentage a LOT higher!

If it's a Foul Water drain, then no problem.

Doesn't really matter, although the blurb under your picture gives the reasons. The lower pump can be a small capacity one, which will draw less current when running and will probably be able to get more water out than a larger one. The second, higher, pump can be a bigger one, as it will only come on in an emergency, such as failure of, or a leak sufficient to overwhelm, the first one.

Our "local" pump out used to pump straight into the Foul Water drain. However, the flow was sufficient to pull the water out of the "U" bends in the adjoining (downstream) toilet and laundry block. It now empties into a tank. Personally, I don't see why the tank can't be emptied slowly into the drain, but the effluent is removed by tanker. ... and sometimes by the emptying of "compost" loos.

Some years ago we went through Cromwell when the river was pretty busy. There were so many boats that the full chamber was used. Lockie obviously thought, "lock twice the usual size, so need to let water in twice as fast." It was quite exciting, and did show up the inadvisability of using just a centre line to secure a narrowboat!

Pump coming on for a second or two at night may be due to calorifier cooling, especially if accumulator is U/S.

With the horse drawn trip boat in sight, the non towpath side would be the place to be ...

To be fair, that could be the result of something between cill and left hand gate, or gates not seating together properly. There are a couple of locks in my neck of the woods that are prone to that, which can, surprisingly, often be cured by a swift kick to the balance beam!

All the ones I've had dealings with have a "manual" inflation tube, on the left hand side, opposite the cartridge. This has a valve which can be depressed to deflate the jacket.

The usual recommendation for private, low usage is every two years. If the jacket is in commercial use, it's every year.

So a PLB might be a better choice ...

1) TBH, neither am I, but I believe that my interpretation follows the intent of the original, in protecting against charges for previously free services, while allowing BW (or CaRT) to charge foe additional services which they see fit to provide. 2) Just the canal. If there is nothing which prevents charging for services, then CaRT are free to charge or set conditions. The "service" may be the provision of mooring rings, which would allow the setting of a condition limiting a stay to 48 hours or less.

The 1962 Transport Act cannot be used to license or set conditions for a licence due to subsection 2, which prohibits the setting of charges where any local enactment prohibits charging. The words are "any local enactment", not "any local enactment which is in force" or "any local enactment which has not been repealed", so includes repealed legislation, such as the original enabling acts, many of which allow private boats to use the canal free of charge.

If it doesn't have a BMS, it's hardly a drop in battery. If it was being sold as such, then the recall is understandable, although the notice does over egg the pudding with additional irrelevant garbage.