Bobbybass
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Clear now .... brilliant!
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Not a total stoppage...but a caution.
We have just come off the Thames... through Reading town centre and then the County Lock.
Heading for Waterworks lock...105...the canal is quite low. As a result many trees have their roots exposed ...which have dried out...and the trees have either fallen over or are just about to.
There are now quite a few across the canal. We managed to pass through with our narrowboat...just...but if you had a wide beam you are going to part with a lot of paint.!
You are also forced to go away from the centre of the river into the shallow reed section.
Over the years...I've seen many leaning trees...but there are now a lot of substantial trees in this section about to go over....so take care !
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We are currently at the Cunning man pub..but won't be able to get much past Aldermaston for the next day or so.
The canal...and towpath is totally closed.
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On 03/06/2022 at 22:00, LadyG said:
I'd like some battery operated magnetic lights that come on when scrotes are about.
I bought two from Wilko for £5.99 each and they're excellent....
Solar power...and movement detection.
On 11/06/2022 at 11:28, Jim Batty said:I can see the use of these cameras if you're inside and want to look outside -- if you hear something unusual or threatening. I prefer the periscope idea if you want to look outside out of simple curiosity or are sort of in a lazy mood and don't want to put your shoes and jacket on to go outside, or because it's bucketing down, or don't want to disturb the kingfisher on your roof.
But do people install these to record burglars/intruders when they aren't at their boat? Isn't someone intent on breaking your windows or taking a steel pole or angle grinder to your locks probably going to pull the brim of their hat down and chuck a cloth or bag over your cameras before proceeding? Or just steal the cameras into the bargain?
My complete CCTV system was stolen and all I had was a nice photo of a hooded scrote holding up two fingers....sent to my phone.
The CCTV system was the most valuable thing on the boat !!
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I use a multi tool...and a stack of blades..it's like a power chisel and can undercut the bitumen.
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I use a battery multi tool......and slice with the blade like a power chisel to remove the blacking.
You need a lot of blades as they heat and melt the blacking.
Then.....flap wheels......
Sorry....but I think you're back to square one.....
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Just seen a news article....that although the UK is ok for petrol supplies, a sixth of diesel comes from Russia with suppliers running short.
The government is supposedly pondering a diesel rationing system in the near weeks.
I wonder how that would affect us...🤔
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I didn't read the question properly...so deleted. .
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Is it very old ?
Thetford have a three year guarantee on much of their range.
It's not a ....return to base.....they will send an engineer canal side....they did with me.
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Sorry....
My phone is very limited and I didn't realise it had already been posted.
Please ignore.... 😳
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I've just put a link in this section...to a comprehensive article about overplating.
You may like to read it....
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As I said previously.....I was ok for about five week on the Thames.. couldn't feel better....but then became very ill with a helicobacter infection.... commonly caught from contaminated water. This was confirmed by hospital tests.
Interesting this article just appeared:
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/food-drink/youtuber-feels-ill-after-catching-21709117
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I can't be definitive about this but :
last year I did a Thames run for two months.
Towards the end I was getting horrible acid indigestion and reflux.
It got worse and I was chewing my way through boxes of Rennies.
When I left the boat the problem carried on until one night I was ambulanced to hospital with a bleeding ulcer.
I stayed there for a week while it settled and tests concluded I was suffering from helicobacter pylori...a nasty but common infection often caught from contaminated water. It is the most common cause of ulcers.
As I said....not definitive...but timing wise I have my suspicions. 🤔
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On 22/09/2021 at 22:53, PeterF said:
Is that one fully sealed, the end caps only look like they are spot welded on not seal welded. OK for under a car or truck but not sure about a boat. Check to make sure.
My thoughts exactly...
You don't want your engine compartment filling with carbon-me-backside.
I'd put my hand over the outlet...and blow...and make sure it's sealed...
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Silly I know ....but :
it says charging and AC available....
I've got a manual landline switch over
i left my battery charger in circuit when i was not on the landline....and turning the Inverter on...starter charging the batteries. Trouble was...I was charging them from themselves...so it read 14.2 volts....but they were dying !.
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On 13/07/2021 at 17:16, Theo said:
My Smartgauge/Smartbank Advanced has worked faultlessly for the last 13 years. When I fitted my solar panels I asked Gibbo (the designer of SG) if I should annect the output of the controller to the engine battery/alternator's side of the relay. He said no, connect it to the domestic side. This I did and all worked well while we were living aboard.
When we stopped living aboard I relied on the solar panels to keep the batteries topped up and this they have done very successfull. I always return to Theodora to find the batteries at 100%. Except that the percentage refers to the domestic bank. The engine battery has not been charged and I have to use the emergency connect to sart the engine.
Questions: What is the reason for Gibbo's advice? If I connect the solar panels to the alternators/engine battery side will it not keep the engine battery topped up and then energise the relay to keep the domestics topped up?
Any thoughts?
Nick
When I leave my boat for a period of time...with only solar....I link both battery banks with some jump leads.
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I would have thought that running thrusters continually while in a lock...some being very slow....the batteries would be out before the boat 😄
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On 23/08/2021 at 17:51, David Mack said:
But this is a dump through. So there won't be any flexible piping between the toilet and the tank. The only pipe will be the pumpout pipe, and, if it has one, the vent pipe, both of which will be above effluent level and therefore shouldn't become vapour-permeable.
I had this with my pump out pipes and also the vent pipe that never got touched by anything.
I argued with Leesan that the dry vent pipe had gone porous and stank with a strange sweet odour...they said it couldn't. I cut a six inch section and posted it to them to smell..
They never replied.
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What you have to bear in mind about Vactan is that it's a rust converter. It converts the rust into a surface suitable for painting over. If you paint it over bare shiny metal it has no grip and will just form a skin which will flake off.
I've used it really successfully in the past by applying over rust...then lightly wire brushing the treated area before painting. I don't use it on non-rusty bare metal. That needs an acid primer.
Bob
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I have these...but I'm going to remove them when I do a repaint. They're not for me...
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I liked mine.......but had a second satellite tuner...... for when I couldn't get onto Astra for Sky.
Used to tune Atlantasat.....Eutelsat and six other satellites....
I once watched the Eurovision song contest in Albanian. !
How sad was that !!!!
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I had oil in the coolant on my Beta 43.
In my case the cooling for the PRM160 gearbox fluid (oil)..went into a brass tank which was inside the top coolant tank on the engine...a common situation.
What happens is that your engine coolant tank is only half full and thus there is a ',tide line' on the brass gearbox coolant tank. Over time..it corrodes along that line.
My engineer did source another tank.
On more recent models..you can blank that off and have external cooling.
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Easy water level gauge.
If it goes up my nose....it's full. ??
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CRT getting tough on the K&A
in Waterways News & Press
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I have been down this section several times. Because the boats can't move...they often tip their cassette toilet contents down the bank..When I complained to CART they put up a sign on the towpath. " Human excrement in bank ..please stay on footpath" ☹️