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davewally

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    electronics engineer
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    Bar G
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    all over tha place

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  1. I had this problsem at the ape of Good Hope. The water point above the locks is 3/4 bsp and the one below is somewhere between 1 and 3/4 bsp. It is a new bollard (still had its protctive film on the steel) and nobody had a fitting to fit it. I reported it to CRT in June but have no idea if anything has been done, probably not.
  2. This was in the Warwick area. Not continuous moored boats. I found it easy to slow down when passing. I agree about slow rather than tick over. At tick over we hardly move. I was probably using as a way of saying quite slow. This area is mainly concrete edges directly to a gravel path and it is difficult to get the pins to grip as they tend to move in the gravel.
  3. I moored there because I was on a set of bollards with two boat lengths behind me and a winding hole before the bend and a bridge and the canal was very wide at this point. Not too close I think.
  4. Whilst in the subject of boatine etiquette. Does anybody slow down to tickover for moored boats on the Grand Union. Most people seem to be coming past at high speed and pulling out the pins, making no effort to slow down at all. We even had a Black Prince boat (Pip) come past at full throttle, hitting us and then the bank by a bridge trying to turn the bend. Rant over. Dave
  5. Thanks, I will moor overnight at the bottom of the Droitwich barge canal and leave to arrive at Bevere when it's open. Dave
  6. That has now triggered another question. Bevere lock on the Severn. Does it have specific opening times or do I need to book it? Thanks Dave
  7. Thanks everyone for the advice. Thanks Dave
  8. Hi all, I am currently in Droitwich and I will be going down the Severn to Worcester soon. When I reach the Worcester Birmingham canal entrance what is the best place to let my wife off to open the lock? Thanks Dave
  9. i went through Wast Hill tunnel yesterday. 2493m is 1.55miles. At 2mph this is 46mins. At least get the maths right.
  10. These are new signs. made to fit the front, then fitted to the sides. Dave
  11. It's happening up here on the Worcester Birminhgham canal. This was replaced with a nice shiny blue one. I took the original picture becuse I saw two CRT people with a tape measure. One to measure and one to write it down I presume. Even better the no fishing signs have been replaced. They didn't spot the post was rectangular when they made the new ones. The piece ow wood fitted as a spacer is only ply, so unless it's waterproof it won't last long. As usual it's nice to know my money is being spent carefully.
  12. Have you tried feeding the PI from the battery pack whilst the battery pack is in charge?
  13. But in most switches the moving spring usually has a contact on both sides so that contact on one side stays unused until the wire is moved over.
  14. My shower pump switch is also a domestic light switch. It was over ten years old when it failed. I bought a 2 way switch as its replacement, so that when it fails at ten years I can move one wire and use the other contacts. Inverting it of course so that it still works as down for on. Tha should get me about 20 years from a £1.50 switch. ?
  15. We had this problem. A solid board below the mattress which is on top of the toilet tank. Nowhere to vent to, so I made ai mini pallette (1 inch) to allow breathing and a spacer of perforated mdf radiator screen at the wall. Problems solved ?
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