jonesthenuke

The CRT dog poo bin is still in place in Kinver and CRT are still emptying it. Is the removal of bins limited to particular localities?

They should build a steel gate. I suspect a good fabricator would make one in less than a week.

Do I need my head examined ? Quite possibly if you have never boated before. Stand by for some (enjoyable) learning.

I would also suggest there is a delay in the reading starting to rise after starting to recharge batteries, nothing seems to happen for the first 30 minutes or so, even though a lot of current is going in. Once these behaviours are known, the meter is a useful pice of kit as it's the discharge monitoring that is most useful in my opinion. PS also, they are very easy to set up in comparison to most battery monitors.

With a Smartguage, the gauge indicates what is left in the battery as a percentage. The gauge neither knows nor indicates the capacity (total Ah) of the battery. The gauge works out the state of the battery solely from monitoring the battery terminal voltage over time. I find that when charging has finished and the battery starts to be "used", the gauge stays at 100% for some time and only then starts to drop. Regarding the OP, if the gauge has indicated 100% for some time during charging, then the battery holds as much as it can and I would expect to behave as I have indicated above. Note if your battery bank is old/degraded/sulphated the capacity (the useable Ah) will be far far less than when the batteries were new. The gauge will still go to 100% when the battery has absorbed as much charge as it can, but will drop more quickly under discharge as the capacity of the bank is reduced.

It's good food at a reasonable price. We stop there every time we pass by.

The glass in ours was scratched like that for years and did not fail. This year I have bought replacement glass from local glazing company and fitted it, so the old glass is held as spares.

Lovely house, but I agree the noise there is terrible.

If there is an accumulator there will normally be a delay in the pump starting after opening a tap. Increasing the flow resistance with filters will reduce the flow from the tap and consequently increase the time taken to get to the pump cut in pressure. If the flow is adequate it would not seem to be a problem, However 12V pumps that are typically used are not designed with filtration systems in mind so problems may well ensue, especially as the filters foul (and on canal water that would seem likely). If further filtration/water purification is added (as suggested in the OP) then greater problems may well arise with water flow rates if a single pump is used to push water through the whole system

I do not see that being a worthwhile purchase at the price and with the additional issue of the access charge.

Best wishes for the Hip operation.

Re the 10 or 11 thou exhaust clearance, the smaller value was in the earlier manuals and 11 thou in the later versions. I doubt the difference will be of any import. I set ours to 10 thou as that is what is cast into the rocker cover, the engine is circa 1960, the later version of the manual is from (I think) 73.

I agree but it is still the wrong dimension, should be 5 thou inlet and 11 thou exhaust according to the manual.

And these are the torque settings, but note they are in pound-inches not pound-feet And the head should be tightened like this. LW Head tightening.pdf

I suggest following the instructions in the Gardner manual valve clearances.pdf If you need a manual PM me