Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'conversion'.
-
Hi Canalworld! I’m about to put an offer on a great boat that meets my needs but the one big concern is that the only source of heat is the multi fuel stove. I know they are lovely but given my lifestyle/working hours etc I think that will be a struggle for me. I’ve heard lots about Refleks stoves and other diesel fed stoves and I think I would really want/need to convert the stove to that (after an initial trial period first). My question is whether that is possible given the location of the current Skladove stove? It’s right in the middle of a 57ft boat. I’d prefer not to need a pump as I’ll be CC’ing so electricity might be scarce in the winter when I most need the heat. The diesel tank is in the stern, which is a long way to maintain a gravity only line, plus I’d guess the pipe would need to run along the starboard side to reach the stove without crossing a doorway, but that would end up running behind or above the oven - is that safe and BSS compliant?! Alternatively a separate tank could possibly fit in the bow locker but then the pipe would run through the shower which is full height with sealed off doors and tiled - so are there ways around that without needing a new shower? Is the best option putting a tank on the roof and having a pipe through a mushroom vent? or would you need to drill through the roof? Again is that BSS safe with sun exposure? Maybe stainless steel tanks would be ok? Final option is in the main living area near the stove, but maybe that’s not safe and has issues with fumes? Sorry for the detail, I would just call Lockgate Stoves but I’m hoping for some guidance asap so I can make an offer before the other people viewing the boat! Any other recommendations for who could help install/convert would also be appreciated! Thanks Friendly new boater looking for advice! 🙂
-
We have a 240 volt fridge which consumes lots of power. We would like to convert to 12 volt. We cannot buy a 12 volt fridge that will fit into the space. We believe that it is possible to convert the existing fridge. Can anybody advise us how and who can do it, please. Boat in Banbury area
-
Hello, Just looking for a bit of advice from the people in the know. I am considering buying a dutch barge to CC through the Lea, Regents and Grand Union canals. The only problem I can foresee is that the air draft is 3m which according to Canal Data is too high for all these canals. It's a really great boat and the wheelhouse forms the main saloon so I would need to keep it. There is a bit of lea-way to lower the roof - has anyone had any experience in doing this? Or making it collapsable? The wheelhouse is steel as well so I'm guessing this would make it more expensive? Any help/advice would be gratefully received. Thanks
- 11 replies
-
- wheelhouse
- conversion
-
(and 3 more)
Tagged with:
-
Hallo, We are renovating currently and in dire need of replacing the gas pipework. The current stuff has been removed but it was soldered together (!!). We have all the new pipework but just need someone qualified to fit it together, hook up our boiler and possibly convert our range to LPG (currently natural gas), although we could do this ourselves and can live without the oven for now if necessary. I'm aware there are a few threads on this topic but they're quite out of date. Cheers!
-
Hi everyone this is my first post here. I have a 1982 50ft skillcraft NarrowBoat with a BMC 1500 engine in it. Recently the BMC is becoming increasingly unreliable and has a large amount of piston slap in the block. It does not smoke but takes a stupid amount of heating cranking and more heating to get it to start and it tends to run on three cylinders out of four until it gets rather high on the revs. I have done a compression test. There is almost no compression in cylinder 1 but the rest seem ok. This engine was rebuilt 3 years ago by calcutt boats who I believe are the BMC experts. After all the hassle of keeping my BMC running I have decided to remove it and install a Lister HR3 in an engine room rather then an engine bay since my boat is ripped out to a shell and I am doing a self fit out. My plans are to have the bedroom at the back of the boat and have the engine room directly after my bedroom then my bathroom and then kitchen and living area. To install my HR3 I understand that it requires good strong steel bearers for it to live on. My boats baseplate is 5mm thick and I am thinking I am going to have to have this reinforced to take weight of the HR3 as it is 400kg of engine mounted on steel bearers in the middle of the boat. Am I right in thinking the tourqe that this engine produces could be an issue or would a 5mm base plate be able to handle the stress of the HR3. The gearbox I intend to use is going to be either a PRM 101 or a PRM 160, the gearbox is to be remotely mounted away from the engine on the engine room bulkhead under the bedroom. The prop shaft would be supported by using 3 carry bearings mounted on bearers secured to the base plate. This HR3 Is an ex Generator engine and has no variable speed but I can replace the govener at a later date. Any advice is greatly appreciated Regards TCB
- 38 replies
-
- engine
- lister hr3
-
(and 2 more)
Tagged with: