jonesthenuke

Years ago my wife contributed to both Battersea Dogs Home and the NSPCC. The endless flurry of mail that came through the door put her off so the subscriptions were cancelled. Years later she still gets mail from them. This cost of all the mail must have vastly outweighed the money that was donated. I fear CRT is going much the same way, I was accosted by a pleasant but very pushy woman at Kinver lock a few weeks ago, essentially asking for donations to CRT. When I explained how much I pay for a boat licence plus and EOG mooring she backed off. Given that these people are paid to bother people I do wonder if the resulting income is worth it.

I very much doubt that CRT can hand that level of complexity. I paid my EOG mooring fee by phone this morning. After giving all my details it took the bloke at CRT 10 minutes to find my account (I had given account number, address, my name, full DNA profile etc). If there was a choice you would never use such a business a second time.

FWIW it's a T5.5 filament lamp (aka "Wedge" lamp). Used to be used in large numbers in telephone systems and alarm systems, though commonly a higher voltage, often 50Vdc. I would think they are near obsolete and supplied only for keeping old equipment going. Available here https://www.lamps2udirect.com/miniature-light-bulbs-miniature-lamps/t55-55x30-12v-12w-c-2v-10khrs-clear/148657 RS have some LED versions, but not 12Vdc

I have seen a BCS brochure which talks about the bow thruster having protection against thruster failure etc. I would guess the "clever" bits are in the epoxy filled box. The epoxy makes it near impossible to repair the electronics inside the box. Extract from BCS brochure:- In order to ensure an higher and higher safety level and an easier boat control in every boating condition, the whole range of electric bow thrusters has been provided with a new PCS control system. This new device is composed of main processor that automatically protect the boat against any damage resulting from a possible bow thruster failure and a secondary processor, that shuts down the thruster in case of a system failure . Worst case (no spares available), I would check out the connections on the thruster. Is the white connector the cable to the thruster? If the thruster has just a pair of contactors in it I would wire up a simple two way control box (like the Venus ones) and have simple left/right on/off control. Pictures of the thruster with the covers removed and the control panel would help.

Agreed, but worth watching. If the corrosion starts again following thorough cleaning its possible the seal around the pillar has degraded.

As well as the above, when its all clean check for signs of corrosion and leakage around the terminal where its exits the top of the battery case , could be signs of impending failure.

What is the arrangement of the pipe/tank/pump? If the take off is direct from the bottom of the tank I would foresee no advantage to adding an NRV.

Noting that the water supply is restricted "due to environmental reasons" I fail to see how handing over £100k per week (or any monetary value) corrects the environmental dis-benefit of taking the water from the river? Is this just a money grab?

Easy. I am a Southerner; to my uneducated way of thinking "Birmingham" is the whole of the conurbation, so Solihull to Wolverhampton and all points in between. I am lost with all the local place names that have been swallowed up over time. I have said this when working on the Bradley canal and nearly got lynched.

Noting the poor engagement of the starter pinion with the flywheel gear, it's my understanding that the starter should not spin until engaged with the flywheel (the rotor moves axially and closes the main power contacts). Looking at the images I wonder if the starter is not in the correct position, specifically that it should be moved towards the flywheel. The clamp only wraps around the starter so does not locate it in a particular axial position. Is there any way to look inside the flywheel housing to see the position of the starter pinion? If you need a starter motor manual I have a pdf copy somewhere.

If the hydraulic ram is disconnected form the rudder arm (It looks like a bolt through the arm to a spherical rod eye), can the rudder arm be swung away from the ram and the ram swung towards the stern? It's impossible to tell how much movement is available on the ram from the current photo. Then is there room to remove the weed hatch? If so it would seem to require the removal of only one nut&bolt.