Richard10002

The Bridgewater has a Platinum Licence which I think allows you to live on your boat. I’m sure the details are somewhere on the web site.

Does that matter? I have the Orion 30A thing, and chose isolated over non isolated. The non isolated, ( common ground), was cheaper, so it would be handy to know the difference.

What makes you say that? It’s not an advertisement, more an offer of advice.

I am off grid, so wonder if there are 12v or 5v gizmos that do similar things?

If you are passing through Manchester and need the hospital, the following may be helpful:

But: It looks like any boat on which a mortgage has been secured, will have been required to be Part 1 registered by the lender. Thus, if the register is searched, and the boat is not found, it significantly lessens the risk of a loan being secured against it. I have no idea how to search the register to find out if a boat has a loan secured against it, or not - any ideas?

When my 15 year old fridge failed in 2016, I bought a Waeco - ventilation and fan in the floor. When my Waeco failed in 2020, I bought a Waeco as I didnt want to risk an ebay cheapy. So far so good but, if my current Waeco fails, I will be buying a "cheapy"...... probably Alpicool, but we'll see what's around when it happens..

Even if you are off grid completely, you will need the shore power connection to connect your generator in winter. Money well spent. I spend 3 or 5 nights a week on board a 45ft narrowboat. 400W of solar keeps me topped up for most of March to September- if the sun isn't good for a few days, I run the genny.... perhaps 3 or 4 times over the period. I think I would have got 600w to possibly avoid running the genny in Spring/Summer. October to March I run the genny to fill up about every 3 days on board. Solar is pretty much a token.

It's a Maplin fan, 85mm square. No idea of the other specs. Tried the neoprene to no effect, so I'm going to buy a Noctua as you suggest. Nothing to do with the water pump I have a fan, (quiet, by chance), below the fridge in the middle of the boat which sucks air from the bilge to the back of the fridge. I thought it would help to have a fan at the front of the boat blowing the air into the bilge, thus forcing the cooler bilge air towards the fridge. Maybe I dont need it?

Thanks for all the quick responses. I think I've got some neoprene straps on board, so I'll give that a go and,if it doesn't work, I'll try a Nokua fan.

Hi, I've drilled a hole in the floor, (near the water pump), to fit a computer fan to create an airflow. When I fit and run the fan, it seems to vibrate the wood it is screwed to and is very noisy. Any suggestions to quieten it down?

Speaking of judgemental - How does what she said make her homophobic? You are on my ignore list because your overall behaviour seems to be aggressive and threatening...... I suspect you are on Lady G's ignore list for a similar reason. (Obviously we can't help having a quick peek at you every now and then ) As a matter of interest, can you help the OP with his query?

I've just had my GJW renewal at £150, same as last year.

I used to use a Honda EU20i which was 21kg, and almost too heavy to keep carting it from boat to shore and back again. I now have a Honda EU10i which is 13kg and much easier to cart about. It just manages to pump 60A into the batteries, whereas the EU20i could manage 80A. My guess is that a 3.5kW genny might be too heavy,, which could lead to cutting corners.