TwinPeaks
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All sorted now! Getting some very hot water indeed..and quickly. Thanks all.
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ditchcrawler you were indeed correct. The pipes are the wrong way round!
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Thanks - I'll take a look at this once I'm home from work. Would there be an obvious way to tell if this is the case? And if so what steps would I have to take to correct?
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@DC it's a vertical calorifier.
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Thanks all, I shall investigate further. I've only recently bought the boat - the Eberspacher did not work but I have recently had an engineer fix it so unsure if it has always been this way. @Tony I'll check to see if I have an expansion vessel when I am back onboard tomorrow. One thing I am pretty sure about is when I was cruising with the engine heating the water I went to use the hot tap in the galley and hot water came out in a matter of seconds. This is why I thought it was related to Eberspacher. I do see your point though Sea Dog - it is indeed doing it's job.
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Hi all, Hopefully someone knows the answer to this. I have an Eberspacher that heats a calorifier. I run the Eber for about an hour and we get a decent amount of hot water for showers. My issue is the amount of time it takes for the hot water to reach the taps. I measured it this morning and it took 12 litres of water before it turned warm. This is the same every time the first person wants hot water. Can anyone suggest why this would happen? The shower is quite close to the calorifier, just a bedroom in between, so I'm finding it hard to make any sense of why it takes the amount of time. Please help!
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If only it was linear! I do plan to keep the best care of her and will be inspecting/blacking every couple of years. Today I visited a local Halfords and bought a gauge to measure the depth of the pits myself. I returned to the boat and measured A LOT of pits, nearly all of them were below 1mm. A couple I measured were at 1.3mm and only one at the stern measured just below 2mm. Although my device wouldn't have been 100% accurate the surveyor's response and my own measurements have given me confidence that the sides are not as bad as first thought and I'm happy to go on and purchase. There is always something though.. I inspected the base plate also and couldn't find many pits at all to try. My main concern with the base plate was where the plate sections are welded together. There are 2 welds that join three pieces that form the base plate. These welds have some clear corrosion. On talking to a man who works on the boat yard (only man around on a Bank Holiday!) he explained how when the boat was made they may have only welded on the inside and when I take it out in a couple of years I could get it sorted then if I was concerned. I'll include some photos to show you. Thank you for the congratulations! My girlfriend and I cannot wait to move onto her. I've just got to be happy with the base plate now -
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Thanks for your response. I have since had a reply from the surveyor: The pictures do not look exceptional, we found pits up to 1mm deep when we inspected it. I was handed a list of surveyors by the boat yard where the boat was to be blacked, rang round a lot of them, the man I went with gave me a detailed description of everything he would check and sounded like he knew what he was doing. Verbally he has said the hull is good based on the readings. I agree with you now looking at the stern photo - couple of larger dinks there.
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Thanks for the reply. I think the way the light falls in my photos do make the pits look bad. Hopefully worse than they are. Here is another couple of photos from different angles..
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Here is a video of my walk up the side of the boat.
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It's a 1999 60ft Cruiser
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Thanks for the advice Neil, I know the boat been continually cruising using 12V power throughout. There is an inverter and one 240v plug point at the rear.
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The boat goes back in the water on Tuesday, I'll contact the surveyor and see if he can return. Lowest reading on the hull baseplate was 8.1, all other readings were above 9. Surveyor didn't mention anything on pitting at all, believe he has only taken readings from the scrapes he made. My girlfriend and I do love the boat and it's our big move onto the water. We have gone out on the boat with the seller and enjoyed very much - but after seeing the pitting, I'm suddenly in a bit of a panic.
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Yes 6mm. Surveyor didn't provide any readings on pitting on the day, though in picture 1 it looks like he has marked a pit 5.7. I am yet to receive the complete survey report. I know it's impossible to read by eye, but to me nothing looks deeper that 2mm, could be completely wrong though.
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Hi all, I am in the process of buying a narrowboat. I have had a survey done and all readings were looking great. The surveyor did the survey with the boat out the water just before it was blacked. After leaving, the seller jet washed the hull and began the blacking process. I have returned to see the boat a couple of times and due to the large investment am very wary. I am worried about the amount of pitting on the sides of the hull. I am attaching some photos for you all to see and to hopefully get some good advice. Note: I did not feel confident at the end of the survey. Though the readings came out high (see picture) there was just something about the surveyor that didn't instill confidence. Am I worrying over nothing? Or is this a clear 'walk away' case. This is my first boat. Thanks, any advice much appreciated!
