davidb

Well done Tasemu, its great when a long term project comes to fruition. I came across this post elsewhere on the web whilst I was researching Markon alternators. I am currently restoring an old 2kW one which has all its original gubbins still working. I'll report back if I ever get it running reasonably well.

Fascinating! thanks a lot for that bit of history.

Thanks Pig, yes, Mellors will soon have some plugs in stock.

Where to get glow plugs and screens for these, please? I thought they were now obsolete.

I have never pulled my priming levers past the point where they start pumping as they felt rock hard and I thought I might have be going to break something. Are they normally hard to pull? Engine is a great starter always.

We got a text back from Cart this morning and the lady said the bottom pair of gates are going to be replaced in November's stoppage. I hope the paddle can be made to work meantime

Thanks Mike, we did try closing the gates after escaping and they didn't look much different closed either way. We helped the next boat through with our carpet and then the third boat owner turned up with a barge pole about 2 1/2" dia which he said he stuck down from the top on these occasions. Also worth knowing about.

Good Morning, we have just had great difficulty getting through this lock due one to top paddle out of action and big leakage between the bottom gates. I've tried ringing Cart but still too early, we'll try again later. We ended up using a piece of old carpet and a pole to bock the gap.

Last week we got to the top at Crofton just as the guy had locked the gates for the night, so we had to spend the night there. We had an interesting walk after the rain stopped. I started wondering why the banks are so high when there is actually plenty of water in the summit pound? Also, there is enormous headroom through the Bruce tunnel. Was this to enable the top pound to be kept very deep in order to create a reservoir?

It might do, but we are not on mains at present, thanks

Thanks all for the excellent advice, I'll be back on board on Friday and not use it until checked. Also thanks for the safety tip..

On our boat we have a Victron phoenix multi plus inverter 12 2500 120 and seem to have a random fault which cuts it out maybe once a day - all three red LEDs come on at once - Overload, Low Batt and temperature. It is in the engine room (not ideal, I know) but has not been over 40 °C since last summer. I plan to rig a fresh air duct to feed air in below it before this summer. I don't see this fault in the manual I have downloaded (can't find the actual manual on their website): https://www.victronenergy.com/Manuals/PhoenixMulti/UKISM010004000-rev08.pdf Anyone have experience of this, please?