Tarren

Here are some photos - not mine, I might add. They show just how serious the breach is. Stourbridge Canal Breach Full Set Of 16 Photos

Hi Moley, Sorry to have missed you on both occasions. I was probably working, or maybe just not paying attention! Next time, breast up to one of our boats and pop in for a drink or three. There are lots of interesting little shops in the side streets of Stourbridge. One of the more memorable is "Emily's Dangly Bits", which always makes me smile. It makes sense when you know it's a well known piercing parlour and purveyor of all manor of dangly jewelery.

Yep, Tarren does know... well, a little bit... Artisan Organics is a new business run by our neighbours next-door-but-one. The address you gave (Gibraltar, Kinver) is their home address, with their shop in Victoria Passage, Stourbridge town centre, and their warehouse (that supplies other shops and handles home deliveries) somewhere in Six Ashes. Gibraltar is a funny road running parallel to the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal, from Kinver lock. It ends in a five-bar gate, beyond which our cars cannot go. Access to the three houses beyond is via a very narrow path along side the canal, about half a mile long. As a result, all items of any weight or bulk have to be brought in by boat, and since we don't have gas, we all rely on coal deliveries being brought in by boat too. Apparently, the original parts of those three houses pre-date the building of the canal, and are now pretty much cut off by it. Still, it makes things rather fun!

Thanks Steve! That's seems like a great place to start. I'll drop them a line and see what can be done. Kind Regards, Tarren.

The boat just round the corner from me has a Zeise generator installed. It's a cacooned, diesel powered, raw water cooled thingummy. It's fundamentally working OK, generating the 240v AC just fine, BUT it's also supposed to charge the 12v battery that is used to start it (and run the fuel pump). It seems to have stopped doing that, and it gradually just runs that battery flat. According to the sparse manual they have, they might need to replace the built in "12v regulator". Does anyone know who they could approach for such spares? Any contacts or information would be gratefully received, and I will pass on any/all information received as they do not have any internet access. The actual model is listed as: Maker: Zeise Elektromaschinenbau Gmbh Model : Benjamin Commission No: 0811364 Year of Manufacture: 1991 Engine Number: 4777/9 Similarly, if anyone actually has one of these installed and is prepared to compare voltage readings and results, any such help would be much appreciated. Tarren