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Apologies if this has already been mentioned- one of the diagnostics that has proved beneficial when we’ve had problems is the volume of fuel dispensed during start up - it should be 10ml (in reality slightly less), we had a problem where it would go through the start up and everything checked out but it always shut down and wouldn’t continue. Turned out that while fuel was being pumped - only about 5ml was dispensed during start up - turned out to be a partial blockage in the fuel pipe....

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I’ve read somewhere that Diesel bug grows more on moist tank walls, so keeping it full reduces the surface area of the exposed walls. With aircraft, the drain is to remove the water directly as this could cause engine failure - never heard a pilot worry about microbial growth

Was thinking about changing our regulator (just a single type), but wonder for any regulator are there any indications of the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ones, or are they all much of a muchness other than cost?

Long shot, but had a power issue on our webasto - turned out to be dirty terminal on one of the blade fuses

Installed does not mean fixed, if my understanding is correct, installed can mean ‘connect for use’, ‘place in position’ - of course that doesn’t necessarily mean it is how the BSS interprets it

We have an LED light, but is positioned so that the lamp itself is hidden partially from oncoming boats by the top of the catch cover, and is aimed slight right & upwards and gives a good illumination of the tunnel wall & ceiling. Was once chastised by an oncoming/passing boater saying my light was hidden...

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The plug has the ‘pins’ and the socket the ‘holes’. The socket should be on the cable coming from the shoreline and connecting to you boat - I.e. when disconnected you shouldn’t have ‘live’ pins (only the holes are live) does that make any sense or have I just confused further?

Welcome aboard and hope the outing went well Welcome aboard and hope the outing went well

Agree 100%

For many years we have had a (Rutland 913) wind turbine and a 100w solar panel. In that time, my experience as follows: Noisy, not a problem during the day but too noisy to leave running during the night (it was above our bed. Tried various methods of trying to make it quieter - nothing worked. In the end, bought a new controller from Rutland which allowed you to switch it off (which in effect applied a brake) - this saved having to lower it every night. Don’t worry about the noise for other boats - no real noise outside, it is inside where you hear it. we are just holiday boaters (and cruised most days when on the boat, so this was really just a top-up rather than main charge), so no real experience of performance during the winter, but otherwise the solar panel always outperformed the turbine - we found you need a howling gale to get more than a couple of amps.... ruined the paint - the turbine was left down most of the time (shoreline when in the marina) and this eventually resulted in a large rust patch dont fit under all bridges - adapted ours so that you could easily remove the ‘fin’. While few and far between there are bridges that it wouldn’t fit under otherwise. in summary, if you don’t have a turbine- in my view - dont (on the inland canals) - invest in solar instead. For next year, will be removing ours and replacing with a larger solar panel. And just for reference, if you see a 913 doing very little in a strong wind - this can happen if the batteries are full - on ours, the controller applies an electronic brake to reduce the current, in effect stopping/slowing the fan when not needed - for a long time I thought it was faulty until I realised this! just my thoughts..