blake2016

i would not moor within 20 miles radius of you with a attitude like that tit.

all electric items are off untill we moor up,then i switch the inverter on say about 15.00 hrs.

Ref my battries i had them checked about a month ago all in good condition, thats what i cannot get my head around,when we go out in the summer months for the longer journeys there are no problems crusing for about 7 hours a day then stopping over a night or two every thing is fine,its just when we leave the marina say about 10.am sail up the cut for about 2 miles stop over night the inverter alarm sounds about 5 am then i have to switch the inverter off and wait untill about 8am to start the engine to charge the battries,thanks all for the input.

5x leisure batteries 1 starter,i would not use the cooker i use a camping stove instead,suitcase type of generater,havent a clue what voltage they run down to the inverter sounds a alarm to inform me the batteries are running low,i suppose its just trial and error looking forward to it though.

Hi all,been on the boat now for over 3 years (liverboard) marina based, just bought myself a 2300 watt generater so i can get out of the marina more insted of waiting for the weekends to come around, i would like to move and stay out a couple of nights per week about 2miles from the marina and go to work from my canal mooring etc,i have found in the past that when i leave the marina for a overnight stop a mile or so from the marina my batteries run down within one day whilst mooring on the cut,my boat is most electric 240v tv fridge cooker etc,i know the inverter takes a big chuck of battery life so i try to use it very little also i switch the fridge to the lowest setting and only watch tv for around 2 hours a day,my batteries are 2 years old and are holding the charge fine. so ive bought myself a generater so i can charge the batteries whilst not moving and use the hoover etc,what iam asking is how long would i need to run the gennie for to fully charge the batteries during the day,i have a sterling alternator to battery charger on board to which trickle feeds the battries whilst on shore line,thanks for the input.

Hi all,managed to find the problem it was a clear pipe that had come away from the rear of the toilet,i think this is some sort of vacume pipe when its correctly attached it emptys fine when its not attached or when it comes loose the toilet just fills up with water,many thanks all.

It's a push button toilet, thanks for the input going to strip it out on Sunday and have a good look around fingers crossed.

Many thanks, will give all options a try.

Hello all,my saniflo pump out toilet is not working correctly,when i press the flush button it just fills up with water and does not flush,ive tryed descaling pipes etc i even got a engineer out and all he done was suck water up with a hoover still did not work,rang another saniflo engineer they wanted £150 to come and look at the job then £15 per 15 mins labour after that (rip off) does anybody know some one in the nottingham/midlands area who could come and have a look at it, ps i use cassette toilets aswell but i dont want to rip out the pump out toilet has it was a quite expensive toilet when it was installed on the boat,many thanks.

Hello fellow narrow boaters,hope some one can give me some help/input on this matter whats driving me mad,been living aboard now for nearly two years (best move ever might i say) and during summer the bilge area on my trad boat is bone dry, but come winter its soaking wet forming about 4 inches of water in the bilge also all around the weed hatch its soaking wet drips of water ever where,every 2 days i have to mop the bilge out or use the bilge pump and try to dry the walls around the weed hatch with towels surely this cannot be right,or could this be condensation due to being a live aboard,what worrys me is the fact when its dry there is quite a bit of rust starting to appear, we are marina based many thanks for the replys.