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    EdwinDragon
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    kennet and avon. newbury

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  1. Hello all, can anyone suggest a good built in oven please? we already have the hob but are finding it hard to choose an oven/grill of decent size that is lpg with flame faliure. i'd prefer separate grill but bigger oven space is more important! any suggestions would be great. cheers, lee.
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  3. hello all, we are trying to decide which oven to get to put in our refit. we have narrowed it down to the following but are stuck. has anyone used any of these ovens and if so what are your thoughts on them? eg ease of use, problems encountered, parts availability, etc Stoves vanette gg2200 spinflo midi prima oven mark 3 midi prima separate oven and grill. many thanks Lee
  4. Cheers chris, that should make things fit fairly well. I was dreading it turn out to be a long length of pipe needed due to tight space. That's why we love our boats though! thanks lee
  5. Hi all, i'm about to fit the bolin pump in to the heating system that I'm putting together. Basic instuctions say to mount it in 22mm hep pipe to reduce vibration. makes sense! The rest of the system is in 22mm copper so no problems. Can anyone give a clue as to the minimum length of hep pipe I should put in please? thanks all lee wells
  6. hi, I agree you have to have a catflap. our cat has been on board since a kitten and is in and out all times of the day! we ring a small brass bell when she gets food or a treat. if we move the boat or need her on board we just ring the bell and 'flap flap flap' one (slightly hopefull) kitten at your feet! pavlovs cat! we also have a top and bottom catch. cheers lee
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  8. I can see the sense in not splitting the battery banks but think I'd rather have the fridge and bolin pump on a separate bank still. will look at the battery types suggested too, cheers. its all very complicated huh! well if you make it so I suppose. lucy says no to plank lights so I may well have some 55aph used gell batterys on offer soon!
  9. I live on a 42' narrowboat with lucy my partner and 20mnth son. since josh came along its felt very small, hence the refurb widebeam project. my son is the reason for three battery banks! he has become facinated with... look daddy light on .. pump on... telly on oh dear engine on! starter. domestic and separate fridge bank. so if we get flat domestic I can restart and won't have lost any food. I might also have the bolin pump with the fridge so the rads don't explode if the domestic batterys go flat., only one solar panel at the moment I'm only an novice but have set myself the challenge of fitting my family into a kid/eco/river friendly boat! but we strarted as boaters so all is good! I have learnt a lot as I've gone along with lots of advice from other boaters etc. its good to know there is help about cheers
  10. Thanks Keith and Chris, Right my minds made up! I will KIS(s) my boat! all lead acid across all 3 banks after reading all the post to my original question this makes most sense. when we move across the river to our new permanent mooring then the gel batterys may come in usefull to power "plank lights" for our boats or I can sell them as suggested. thanks for all the ideas and info! happy boating
  11. Thanks again for all the help and top tips. I think that the only safe and simple way to have banks of both gel and acid batterys would be to have starter and domestic as lead acid and run the heating systems bolin pump from a gel bank which would be charged by its own solar panel. is it possible to place a selector switch on the charge feed from the alternator so that before I turn on the engine I can decide to charge either the acid bank OR the gel bank. this would mean that they get charged seperatly but only one type at a time? the gel bank on the heating system should not need much charging. or should I just give up and forget using the gels. cheers all lee
  12. thanks for all the responses! I am refitting an old thames widebeam barge and as the project continues I will be increasing the size of the domestic and fridge battery banks.I guess the simplest thing would be to just stick to one type of battery, gel or lead acid. The 6x55amphr gel batteries given to me were taken from floor cleaning equipment. under a year old and tested as ok. so I can continue with either type with no loss of money. which type have people found to be most effective performers? gel or lead acid? cheers lee
  13. Hi all, new to this forum and very impressed! puts canal-lists to shame! so my question is... I have been given some gel sealed batterys but I am already using lead acid ones. will it be ok if the two types are seperated into different battery banks and charged through a splitting diode from the same alternator? or will this cause problems or damage? cheers lee wells WB EdwinDragon
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