A useful index of some common CanalWorld Boat Building and Equipment Topics

[smileypete]

A useful index of some common CanalWorld Boat Building and Equipment Topics

by smileypete

 

A compiled index of some of the topics commonly discussed on Canalworld - the usual technical ones!

Hopefully it'll be a handy resource for those with questions, problems or issues in these areas.

Or for those wanting to learn a bit more all about this sort of stuff.

 

Also here's a link to a Google Search for CanalWorld Forum:

Google Search CanalWorld Forum

 

(Please do link back to this post where it may help in a reply to a question.)

 

Sorted into the following categories:

 

Batteries! - Batt Woes - Batt Monitoring - Charger, Inverter - Alt, Genny - Solar - Lighting - Other 12V - Mains Eleccy

Stove, Backboiler - Diesel, Gas Heating - Gas - Pumps - Other Plumbing - Refrigeration

Hull, Exterior - Fitout, Interior - Engine - Internet, Wifi, Phone - PC, Lappie, Tablets - Other, Non Boats

 

Please scrooooll down for the relevant category...

 

Batteries!

12 volt battery bank hookups

a new set off batteries

Adding batterys to a 24 volt bank

Advice Re: Traction Batteries Please

Assessing The Condition Of A Leisure Battery Bank (Part2!)

Balancing the domestic bank.

Battery bank wiring

Battery cabling

Battery replacement Elecsol 220

Battery replacement recommendation in the Rugby area

battery replacement tips

Bow Thruster Battery

Bow thruster battery replacement

Can you mix sealed and flooded batteries?

How to test and assess a second-hand leisure battery?

leisure batteries?

Leisure Battery bank connection, SmartGauge and cables.

Leoch batteries?

Maximum amount a healthy battery can recover after rest?

Modern battery technology

Need to replace starter battery

New T105s

safety and care with leisure batteries?

Sterling desulphation kit

storing old lead acid batteries

Trojan batteries

Trojan/US Battery's, What next?

US Battery XC2200

Victron/battery isolator

which batteries?

 

 

Batt Woes

Are my batteries shot?

Batteries not holding charge

Batteries, what to do next?

Battery Issue

battery panic-bubbling

Boiled Batteries!

Can You Explain My Dead Batteries?

Exploded battery

Flat Battery

flat terybat

New T105s WTF???!!!

Reccommend a battery mechanic Northampton

 

 

Batt Monitoring

Ammeter

Batteries and SOC

Battery Bank Shunt Wiring

Battery monitoring

Battery voltage readings.

BMV-600 battery monitor help needed

Can A Shunt Be Faulty?

Confusing Readings

Determining the correct ammeters & shunts to buy

Digital LED ammeter

Fitting Smartbank

How to test and assess a second-hand leisure battery?

Hydrometer; baffling

Mastervolt BTM battery monitor

Measuring Amps

Measuring consumption?

merlin smartgauge battery monitor, how good?

NASA battery monitor.

shunt needed for victron bmv 501

Smart gauge / smart bank

Smart Gauge and Batteries again!

Smart Gauge battery Monitor

Smartgauge ponderings

Smartguage vs Solar

Startling electric usage.

Sterling power management

Tail Current

the dark art of battery readings.

VDO Ammeter

Victron Energy Battery Monitor model 600s HELP!!

Voltage Charts / Hydrometer

What do battery management systems do and do you need them.

When our our batteries full? 4% at what voltage?

Will this harm the boat?

 

 

Charger, Inverter

20amp or 30amp Charger?

Alternator Regulator Advice Appreciated

Batteries nightmare

Batteries permanently connected to charger

Battery charger question

Battery Charger Recommendations, Please

Battery Charging questions

Battery Equalistion

Battery/Charger Issues

Cable size for 1000W inverter (And battery q)

Charging 24v Bow Thruster Batteries

Charging a whole bank in 8hrs

Charging voltage?

Cheap Inverters...

Dead Mastervolt Charger

Dodgy Inverter connections

Electrical/ charging problems

Faulty charger or Fridge?

Fitting Smartbank

Having a problem using the washing machine heater

installing new batteries and smartguage, and charging

Inverter / Charger / Generator

Inverter chargers

Inverter for fridge

Inverter for laptop

Inverter Reliability and Service life

Inverter to run a washing machine

Inverter tripping shore power

Invertor Use

Mains C/H pump & inverter.

Numax charger/ float/ equalise difference and expected behaviour

RF earth leakage from Mastervolt combi

Shall I charge batteries at a higher voltage during winter?

Sinergex inverter

Sterling Alternator Controller Failed?

Sterling charger question

Sterling Combi Low Charger Output

Too many volts?

Victron charger question

Victron Inverter Aborption Light

Volt amps? what's next?

When is a battery fully charged?

Will this harm the boat?

 

 

Alt, Genny

A127 alternator

Additional Alternator

Alternator and Inverter weirdness

Alternator Charging Voltage

Alternator loose wire?

alternator performing poorly

Alternator temperature

Alternator w/internal regulator & remote sense

Aluminium generator locker lid

Can somebody advise me which is the better, generator or engine?

Charging batteries with generator

Cocoon Generator

Cooked wiring from Alternator

Energy production logistics

Fried Travel Power

Generator Grounding

Generator wattage for charger

How many amps does an engine add to batts

New Alternator Advice Needed Please

Petrol Generator storage

Portable Generator Sizing

Power generation

Split charge relay

Twinning up alternators

unhappy generator pulsing

Vetus Generator Question. Got me puzzled

Victron genny & water pump issue

 

 

Solar

24v Dual solar panel connection

A different approach to solar and batts etc

A year of real world solar panel data

Another clueless solar power post (sorry)

Are these Solar Panels any good?

Cable required for two solar panels

Electrical voltage drop solar charging battery question!

Final decision on my solar panels and controller

High voltage readings with solar panels

Immersion and Solar

Interference from solar power

My solar panels are installed....except.....

Need help choosing solar gear

New Solar Installation

Quickie Solar Question

Series or parallel for solar

Solar controller MPPT or PWM

Solar hot water

solar hot water systems

Solar MPPT Charge Controllers

Solar Panel Charging Quirk

Solar panel connected direct to battery bank

Solar panel connections

solar panel tax?

Solar panels

solar panels

Solar Panels... where do I start?

Solar performance

solor controler wiring

Three solar panels, connect in series or parallel?

Tilting Solar Panels

Tracer mppt wiring connectors

Tracer-4215RN MPPT Controller

What solar panel should I buy?

Whats the difference between mppt and pwm

Winter Solar Performance

Wiring in solar panels with different voltages

wiring solar panels

 

 

Lighting

Changing to LED

constant 12 volt supply to lights ? (flickering)

L.E.D.s are coming

Led Lighting

Led Wiring

Radio Interference

 

 

Other 12V

12 volt battery bank hookups

12v Advise needed

12v cabelling advice please

12v circuit problems

12v current limiter to slow 12v fan

12V DC to 14V DC Adapter

12v or 24v?

12v three pin plugs

4 way MAXI blade fuse holder

Are bow thrusters worth the money ?

Boat Monitoring System

Cable size

Confused about fuses

converting a tv to 12v

Fat cables! Ideally 70mm sq

Fitting Smartbank

Fuse HOW ?*!? much? Is there an alternative?

Getting electricity through a bulkhead

Glow plug relays

High current fuses and circuit breakers

High Volts or High Amps?

Installing 12v system- advice for someone who can't understand electric

Insulating A Bus Bar

My Boat Elecrical Plan

new water pump

Oil filled radiators

PWM DC Motor Controller

Resettable blade fuse

Sky HD+ Box on 12v?

Soft Starting My Fridge

Startling electric usage.

Switching. Another newbie question

Too many volts?

Volt amps? what's next?

Voltage Sensitive Relay

Wiring diagram

 

 

Mains Eleccy

240V Install Advice Needed

240v/12v electrics ideas sought

Auto switching from 12v to 240v

Best Laptop advice

Change over relay

Cheap galvanic isolator

Consumer Unit

Correct RCD

Dongle Advice

Electric heater for unattended use

Electrical/galvanic Isolator Query

foil bubble insulation / radiant barrier ??

Galvanic Isolator

Galvanic Isolator

GI Leak with inverter

Having a problem using the washing machine heater

in-line electricity meter

Installing mains electric

Is this electrical cable suitable for my boat?

Masterboard for behind fire

My Boat Elecrical Plan

Quick question

RCDs and isolation transformers

Shoreline cables

shoreline switch

Wiring a 240V MCB box

 

 

Stove, Backboiler

12v circulation pumps

Back Boiler

Back Boiler and pumped CH

Back boiler heating?

back boiler set up...

Back boiler system design

Back boiler/Hot Water problems

Back Boiler/How Water Woes.....

back boilers

Backboiler problems

Burning Foraged Wood

Calorifier on gravity system

Calorifier to stove backboiler

Central heating plan

central heating pump

Circulation pump speed

Fireboard packing?

Fixing a pumped Back Boiler system

Flue advice

Gravity fed heating, good but not quite right!

Gravity feed system pipe

heating yet again

Heatproof silicone and high temp stuff in tubes, what's good for stove reassembly?

Is a backboiler a good idea?

Is there a simpler way...

Keeping boiler stove in over night

Mains C/H pump & inverter.

Morso squirrel back boiler safety help

plumbing

Quietest CH pump

Radiator circuit install

Radiator problem

Redirecting hot water to rads via stop cock

Sfs installation

Size of Multifuel Burner

Small radiators

stove back boiler central heating install

Thermocycling questions

Thermostatic Calorifier valve

Victas Fire Cement

Which Fireboard?

Why is my heating not working?

 

 

Diesel, Gas Heating

ALDE boiler test and repair job

Alde Pump Clatters After Water Temperature Rises

Confusion over gas water heaters

Diesel Heater

Eberspacher for quick heat

Eberspacher problems

Frost Stat

mikuni heater sensor

Mikuni issue in newly acquired boat

Morco boiler installation

Morco D61 or F11

Morco D61 wont fire up

Morso gas heater won't light

Paloma water pressure problem

Paloma woes revisited

Professional install of diesel central heating

Propex heating unit

Replacing Eberspacher fuel pipe coupling

Running rads straight from the engine

Webaso Thermo Top Z/C

WEBASTO ECU WARRENTEE?

Webasto Glow Plug

webasto installation for heating only

Webasto only getting water warm

Webasto Thermo 90/s/st

Webasto wont start

 

 

Gas

Connection of gas appliances

Flexihose on gas cooker

Gas bubble tester

Gas engineer near Harlow/Roydon area?

Gas Fittings

gas ovens and hobs...

Gas pipe alongside coal stove

Gas Pipe Clips

Gas piping sizes

Gas regulator sizing

Gas water heaters

Locating a gas leak

Propane gas regulators. Low pressure acceptable on boats?

 

 

Pumps

12v circulation pumps

Alternatives to Shurflo water pump?

Another broken water pump question...

Banging Pressure relief valve

bilge pump float sensor

bilge pumps

Cabin Bilge Pump anyone?

float switch bilge pump not working NOW working

Flojet Shower drain Pump

Fresh water pump.

Hot Hot Flojet Water Pump

Installing a bilge pump from scratch

Jabsco water pump

Shurflo Pump

Shurflo water pump

Victron genny & water pump issue

Water pump issues

Water pump pressure switch failure

Water Pump Problem?

Whale Gulper Pump problem

Which hose is best for whale gulper 220 pump

 

 

Other Plumbing

12v gate valve. 15mm required

A question of PTFE tape

BSP to hose fittings

butler/belfast sink waste fitting

Calorifier confusion

Calorifier Help!

Candy Washing Machine Problem

Cold water plumbing question

Composting Toilets

Connecting plastic pipes to copper

Expansion Vessel for potable hot water

Fitting an immersion heater to calorifier

Flexible Sanitry Hose

Frost Stat

Has anybody installed a urinal on a narrowboat?

Help

help finding immersion boss

Immersion Heater, thermal cut out (not thermostat)

LEAK! (plumbing)

Morco boiler installation

Poppy's Petulant Plumbing (again)

Porta Potti 265 repairable?

PRV for Calorifier

Replacing a radiator valve

Replacing Thermostatic Shower Majiggey

Smaller Calorifier?

Solvent Weld ABS Pipe for Narrowboat Pump out Fittings

Storing Heat

T port ball valve

tecma silent plus toilet

Thermostatic Calorifier valve

Thermostatic mixer valves for showers on boats....single lever or bar mixer type

Thermostatic Shower Mixer

Thetford Cassette

Twin Calorifiers

Water pressure issue

 

 

Refrigeration

12 v fridge fettling

12 volt Fridge

12 volt fridge problem

12v freezer

Circulation for the Fridge?

Cooling Fridge with air from bilge.

Damn Fridge

External Gas Fridge Vent

Faulty charger or Fridge?

Freezers

Fridge Not Turning Off

Fridge Power Consumption

Fridge/freezer problem.

Gas fridge freezer on a boat.

LEC 12v fridge misbehaving mysteriously

Possible fridge/freezer to suite a boat

soft start for fridge/freezer?

technical 230v fridge question

 

 

Hull, Exterior

Aberdeen, we have a problem. (What a mess!)

Anchor size

Best jigsaw blade for cutting through roof

Blacking over Comastic with cheaper bitumin.

Blanking off a skin fitting

Boat Painting

Cheap timber supplier?

cladding cabin exterior on 70s cruiser

Dealing with boatyard/contractors

Do you really need windows?

Eyebolt for anchor fixing

Filling in dents on a fibreglass top

Galvanic Corrosion

harborough marine GRP roof

How Many Ways Can A Boat Sink?

New Windows Fitting.

overpainting owatrol oil with toplac?

Overplating needed 2.5yrs after good survey?

Plank

Prepping surfaces for painting

RCD?

Rear Deck Boards

removing paint

Repairing hatch

Replacing the engine cover

Romoving rust and sealing around mushroom vents

Roof Colour In This Heat Wave.....dark Roofs Must Be Dying?

rust bullet

Rusting windows screws (stainless steel?)

Self Tapping Screws

Sikaflex 290DC Deck Caulking

some more advice please

Toplac paints on wood??

Two painting questions: silicone and rain.

uPVC Wheelhouse

Vactan vs Owatrol?

Waterproofing marineply

Welding Equipment

What grit to add to deck paint

which dehumidifier for CC'er with no electric hook-up??

Window One Way Mirror Film

Window Refurbishment

Wood on Rails around Cruiser Stern

Wood to Metal

Would you buy a springer thats been plated

How Many Ways Can A Boat Sink?

Edited January 25, 2014 by smileypete

[Ray T]

Wow, that's been a labour of love, thank you.

 

Need the mods to "pin it".

[smileypete]

Fit out, Interior

Adhesives, wood blocks to steel

Alternative to Aquapanel for shower construction

Bathroom refit

Best varnish for indoors and out

Boat Monitoring System

Composting Toilet Question

Custom made spring mattresses.

Damp issues

Dehumidifier

Dehumidifier crystals

Dried wood and peeling varnish around windows inside

Interior painting

mdf v plywood

Need advice about sink skin fitting

Odor for pump out toilet system

Painting Over Tongue-n-Groove

Quadrant Shower

Refitting costs

Retrofitting Insulation

Rockwool for welding?

rustproofing engine bilges and inside of hull

Self fit-out: should I?

Shower pod

Spray Foam and deck fittings?

Spray foam or cavity injection.

UFH

Under mattress mesh

Varnish for Oak Ply

Varnishing or wood staining interior woodwork

Ventilating Wardrobe

Water in cabin bilge- update

What Glue to stick wood battens to metal Hull

Wooden floor split

Measuring Roof Curve?

Fire Extinguishers

Smoke Alarm Tests When Clocks Go Back

smoke alarms

 

 

Engine

Blown head gasket (again!)

BMC 1.8 Wiring Diagram or Pre-made loom needed

Damp (very) starter motor

emergency gasket seals in nuneaton

Engine bay repaint.

Engine oil

My overheating problems.

Sensible place to plumb in oil coolers

Un-seizing screws

 

 

Internet, Wifi, Phone

02/. orange . 3 . virgin etc

3 Mobile internet

3G signal boosters

3G wireless routers with an external antenna port.

Another .mobile broadband solution.

Charging mobile phone

external phone connector

Getting the best internet connection inside the boat

Giffgaff conned us all!

Hifi

iPhone 3G iOS and apps.......

iPhone signal repeater

Mobile internet

Non Time Limited Broadband Sim?

Phone Cable

Problematical internet connection on narrowboat resolved

Recommendation for internet on boats

Sim for dongle

T-Mobile &quotSMPT&quot code needed for web and walk

Wifi

WiFi Reception

WiFi Signal booster

 

 

PC, Lappie, Tablets

12v adapter for laptop and good speakers required.

12V laptop adapters

Any Top Tips For HP Colour Inkjet Where A Colour No Longer Prints ...

Best Laptop advice

Best laptop for extended usage on 12v

Card readers for on line banking....

Computer problem

Computer virus?

Dell PC

eBay not working in Firefox

HP Sleekbook laptop- does anyone have one?

Kindle Fire HD £99

Laptop Charging

Laptop Power Choices

Low wattage pcs

Ripping DVD's and playing them....

Tablet

Ubuntu and WIN 8

USB Extension cable

Which Tablet For &quotproductivity&quot?

Windows 7

Laptop Power Choices

 

 

Other, Non Boat

Another new toy

Any Top Tips For HP Colour Inkjet Where A Colour No Longer...

Calor Gas Prices 6/1/14

Candy Washing Machine Problem

Cheap drill alert!

Cheap winter hat on Ebay.

Close coupled toilet (domestic not boat) Grrrrrrrr..

Cordless drills

DeWalt battery unit recovery

Domestic (land lubber) shower cable

Domestic Combi Boiler Problem

Electric saws

Festool battery

How Do You Discourage Glis Glis

If you thought an Eco fan was expensive....

Issues connecting to the site?

Makita BHP453 drill repairs.

Metal hulls and GRP hulls

Mini Rig

Scaffolding poles in a flood

Stainless Steel Narrowboat for Sale

Supermarket internet shopping deliveries

The Thames

Tool Box Size and Contents

Washing machine making strange noises

Weird bicycle freehub

Wet Vacuum cleaners

Worst insect bite or sting ever

Boat Fire Regents Canal

Edited January 24, 2014 by smileypete

[Beaker]

Someone's already said it, but WOW!

 

Excellent resource.

 

Edited January 24, 2014 by Beaker

[Paul G2]

Way to go Smileypete!

 

What a very nice thing to do!

[Alan de Enfield]

Great - but where is the toilet links ?

maybe that'll take to long to put together

[PaulJ]

Nice one Smileypete.

Going to be really quiet in here for a while now as everyone is going to be reading..

[keble]

yay!

[Rebotco]

Superb. Have a greeno!

Just need your original post pinned to find in future.

[Simple Things]

SmileyPete you are legend....

[system 4-50]

Sorry, this is out of order. This is a discussion forum, not a wiki. You are guilty of being helpful in a non-conversational manner. On the step with you. (and a greenie for your efforts)

[DHutch]

Pinned, and mirrored over into the FAQ section. A great resource.

 

 

Daniel

[Bettie Boo]

WOW

 

Somehow a greenie isn't enough for all that effort and thoughtfulness, but have one anyway along with a heartfelt big Thank You from Dave & I.

 

Ta

 

B~

[davidc]

Very helpful but sorry.

You miss the point of the forum, many members as well as new ones , when posting a problem already have a good idea how to solve it but due to several reasons including confidence, post for reassurance that there are right are have understood there google answer correctly,

that is the strength of the forum .not as a techinal site.

 

and if you think on it all Gibbo's technical answers or on his company site but we still say if Gibbo was here he would help

 

I rest my case

Edited January 25, 2014 by davidc

[KJT]

Very helpful but sorry.You miss the point of the forum, many members as well as new ones , when posting a problem already have a good idea how to solve it but due to several reasons including confidence, post for reassurance that there are right are have understood there google answer correctly,that is the strength of the forum .not as a techinal site.and if you think on it all Gibbo's technical answers or on his company site but we still say if Gibbo was here he would helpI rest my case

Well, of course there is nothing to stop any forum member starting a thread to deal with any specific issue if they feel that would be more appropriate, for whatever reason.

 

I think smileypete has done a wonderful job of compiling a list of these threads. I am sure many will find it very useful. Thanks smiley!

 

Ken

[StarUKKiwi]

Wow that is awesome (if I could give a greenie off my phone, I would - so a virtual one till I'm on the laptop later)

[rubblequeen]

thank you

[Tom Richmond]

Brilliant! Thank you.

[bargemast]

Great stuff Pete, thank you very much for all your time to produce this very extensive list.

 

Peter.

 

If I find out how to give you a greeny, you'll get one.

Edited January 25, 2014 by bargemast

[tree]

Smiley Pete you ruddy star

 

tankies very muchly for all your hard work making it 'simples' for even a confuddled moi .

moi would even give you her last 'rolo' adn thats going some so have given you a greeny thingymebob ...

 

treescrunching huggles from a boatfitter-outer apprentice

[BlueStringPudding]

Thanks Smiley

[Terryb]

Top Bannana Nice one Smileypete. What a Goldmine of info here for newbies like me. THank you SOooooooooo Much.