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Have you ever met Tim? I have never understood the hostility which some people display towards him. I have known him for something like twenty years and have always found him to be polite, charming and generous.

I think you will confuse her now as most people have their bilge pumps under their stern gland and people class the whole area as engine bay. You can't have a bilge pump under the engine in the oil trap area which should be a sealed area. BSS 2015 Third edition page 64, Bilge pumps and contamination.

The Smartgage is great for monitoring state of charge during discharge and it doesn't really matter if its 3, 5, or 10% accurate. Most boaters like to keep their batteries above about 50% but it actually don't matter much if its 52 or 48 etc despite a few folk fearing the end of the world at 49%. Smartgage is not so good during charge though still gives a decent estimate, but sadly it says 100% much much too soon. Monitoring charge current is the best way to decide when to end the charging (turn the generator or engine off). Any device that has a float mode will almost certainly go into float too soon. Monitoring current on a sulphated battery has a catch; the current will still fall to its low value when the battery is charged as much as its sulphated state will allow, so no obvious indication that it is not at 100% of its potential full capacity. A battery that looks to be fully charged (low tail current) but has obvious reduced capacity is sulphated. Trojans are tough old things, even after 4 months I reckon you will recover most of the lost capacity with a good long hard equalise (probably split over a few sessions though, don't overheat them or boil them dry) ...............Dave

Carpet is cheap and can be replaces regularly. It's nicer for a dog to lie on, they won't slip with wet feet and it's warmer for you.

Hes alright realy Its just a case of I luv me who do you luv and I am my hero who is yours.

Have a read of this article: http://thunderboat.boards.net/thread/817/battery-charging-primer It should answer most of your queries.

Because what you said was wrong and you even pointed to a document showing you were incorrect!

Yes and all the requirements are in the BSS 3rd Edition 2015 section 9.1.2 Bilge pumping and avoiding pollution, If anyone wants to read it. But the OP is not interested in that, she just wants to get some water out of her engine bay so why confuse matters?

Which skool did you go to?!!

If the regulator shuts down the field/rotor current completely then no voltage gets induced in the main coils and therefore no tacho signal. Mostly leakage through the alternator and/or residual permanent magnetism in the rotor is enough to generate a usable signal, but I have seen it more than once where the tacho stops working when the batteries are charged and there's enough solar to handle the running load. MP.

And Little Hallingbury marina. Ask for Graham, Andy or Rob. There's also here, Stortford Boats at Southmill lock, but we are full at the moment, but can usually find a spot somewhere.

Yes you could always get an electrician to install a mains ring (and inverter if you want one) on a boat which doesn't have one. But you need someone who works on boats and understands hull earthing and galvanic isolation.

As posts 2 and 3 pretty much answered the OP's question, and later posts suggested some interesting alternative materials, if I were in his shoes I wouldn't feel too miffed. But he'd be wondering where his shoes had gone, and I would have painful feet if he takes a smaller size. He thought it might be a silly question (it wasn't), so we thought he might like some silly answers thrown in.

Actually, I think its mainly due to pressure on CRT from those who live on the bank. When you get to know a few people who live in canalside villages its remarkable how familiar they are with the CC rules. I think back in the day CMers grabbing spots and colonising the towpath led to a LOT of resentment from the local residents with clout to pressure CRT into enforcing the law, so the local residents learned the rules in order to apply the pressure. Thats how I see it these days anyway, since getting involved in bellringing and getting to know quite a few villagers as a result.

I just ask myself why CRT are being stricter on enforcement of the rules, if indeed they are? Could it be that they are doing so in order to ensure that there are moorings available for those who are genuinely continuous cruising, and that the canals are not clogged up by those looking for a free mooring near to their work or kids schools..

If you are Cambridge based why not wander down to Midsommer Common and fry to find Fade to Scarlet and his partner on Willow. They'd have had every boating "experience" known to man, Except sinking, in a very short time and they can talk for England about them. They are both extremely articulate and would be very glad to help I am sure.

I would consider Test Match Special to be one the joys of the English Summer . Listening to the likes of Phil Tufnell , Henry Blomfield , Aggers & of course Boycott is the BBC at its best & long may it continue . Its better than telly for me as you don t have to pay so much attention , you can usually have a nice afternoon nap & listen to the commentators going off piste & talking about someone in the crowd who s caught thier attention or paying great compliments about a cake thats been delivered or reminiscing about a great innings or bowling performance from days long since past . Boycott may for instance talk of an innings made in 1963 by a great West Indian batsman and even tho you ve no idea what he s on about ( im too young ) its enjoyable as he speaks with such a passion & his knowledge of the game is undeniable . You either " get it " or you dont but for me its an opportnity to completely switch my brain off & just totally relax .