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Yes. But I thought you’d already ascertained that there was one?

Those Victron instructions confuse everyone. I suspect that part of the problem is the translation. There are several points, some of which get a bit muddled in interpreting their installation instructions. 1. Neutral and Earth must be bonded in order for your RCD to operate. Modern Victron units achieve this internally. 2. The AC output Earth is connected internally to the case (chassis). It just is. 3. The AC Earth should be connected to the hull. (As per Gibbo and everyone else except the BSS). The logical way to achieve #3 is usually to run a bonding green-n-yellow from the consumer unit Earth busbar down to the hull. If your AC earth bond is made elsewhere then it doesn’t really matter, but it would be a good idea for you to acquaint yourself as to where it is for obvious reasons.

Ask Ben.

Neither. Go with the boat that chooses you. For instance, of the two you gave examples of, the first one was head and shoulders above the second one to my eye. As long as the boat has been well maintained (your survey will help here) then age isn’t necessarily a factor. Forget the warranty aspect. I’d rather have a boat where any teething issues were ironed out years ago than have to deal with them myself, negotiating with the builder, waiting for someone to arrive, waiting for parts...

Laden or unladen swallow?

They’re very good at seeing brown...

What is this match to which you refer? If it involves 22 millionaires kicking a pig’s bladder around for an hour and a half then no, I have better things to do with my life

The lad, the dog, or both?

There should be no cause other than an obscure fault that would create a current flow between AC ‘earth’ and DC -ve. The two bonding studs are close together simply because it’s logical and makes them easy to find. As for why the studs are separate David has it right with... That’s odd because a Mastervolt Combi will have total isolation between incoming DC neg and AC earth. So there must be a hull bond somewhere. See if you can find it.

If the inverter neutral isn’t connected to ‘earth’ then an RCD won’t operate. ‘Earth’ is already bonded to the hull, therefore inverter neutral gets bonded to the hull. Make sense?

Well thanks y’all... I wonder how much of all that I’ll remember tomorrow

Yes, I recall a fair bit of trade press about ‘pre engaged starters’ at that time. By the time I could afford a mid-70s car myself I could also afford to pay someone else to fix it

When is a rope a sheet? Or indeed a halyard? I was on a yacht once when the skipper shouted at me to “Pull that sheet!” I couldn’t see any sheets anywhere, just a bunch of ropes.

Agreed.

I was wondering about when that change happened. All the starter motors I played with years back were inertia type to throw the pinion forward. When did they switch over to the solenoid pushing it into mesh?

The toilet emptying place at the side of the canal, with a big bowl for emptying the waste.

Nahhh... they can just ask you and the muppet

And now you have a PM too Me neither

That makes a change from “So did the Titanic” just below ‘Conforms to BS3704’ Incidentally, part of BS3704 states that it must be able to contain a litre of fluid without bursting...

So... does it turn? If it doesn’t well there’s your problem. If you’ve taken off both the fastening bolts it probably now needs a clout with a length of wood and a hammer to release it.

My ex told me that her favourite was seen in a ladies loo... My mum made me a lesbian. Followed in a different hand by... If I buy her the wool, will she make me one too?

When you check your PMs you’ll wish you hadn’t asked

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