[Turn Your Thermostat Down . . Or Do You?]

Hot water wise we confuse plumbers as we have a hot water cylinder and a combi boiler, there's a set of thermostatic valves between so if the cylinder is hot it goes direct to taps, if its warm it goes via boiler to taps.

Reason being we have solar panels and at the time it was the only viable energy storage option as export rate is just guessed at 50% by ofgem with no meter so we just run the immersion all the time, we keep a spreadsheet with leccy/gas/generation meter info and it seems fine, for quite a while we were getting more back in fit tarrif over the year than we spent in gas and leccy,  and when they finally force a smart meter on us there's a spare heating coil for thermal solar if I can make a frame for the end of the house.

[Domestic Cookers - A Heads Up.]

On an old zanussi washer we had I'd changed 2x sets of bearings and it had 3 wires soldered on top of the main circuit board across corroded tracks before we finally called it a day, I don't like chucking stuff away.

[Domestic Cookers - A Heads Up.]

We went for an Ebac washing maching when the bearings gave out on our previous one as the drum was a sealed unit, I did pull it apart with a veiw to converting the drum to a screwed setup but we had the new one by then so gave up, when I got apart I spotted that even the heater element came out through the inside of the drum so not replaceble as a £10 item it had to be a £450 drum.

Ebac are rebuildable with spares held, built in UK with a high percentage of components made in the UK so hopefully we'll have it for a long time.

[Having Replacement Bones]

With all these replacement parts your average age is now lower than your calendar age.

[Having Replacement Bones]

13 hours ago, floydraser said:

Your boat has replacement hips? 

My late father in law had three replacement hips.

Was his name Jake?

[Turn Your Thermostat Down . . Or Do You?]

We leave the heating on at a low level all year round,  in summer it does nowt except run the pump once a day for a few minutes to prevent seizing, when it gets cold it runs at a low level (16 in the day 18 in the evening) to encourage us to light the fire as apart from the odd pint we've not paid for wood in the 10 years we've had it, all rooms have thermostatic valves and the non lived in ones are at just above frost stat, even bedroom is only on 1 as fire is below and chimney runs up giving heat long after the fire has gone out.

Bathroom rad gets turned up before a bath or shower and back down afterwards. 

[Very Strange!]

On a similar note, just had to evict a wasp from the saloon of the boat, not what I expected to see fly past my nose in January. 

[A Cruise On The Ouse]

In fairness EA don't have much choice at Earith as by then they are at the mercy of the tides,  from there down there's no sluices to control. 

And upstream from there they have to keep residential flooding in check. 

From my view they've done OK.

[Using Ballast To Get Under Potter Bridge]

Diaphragm pumps will happily run dry but mine sounds like a randy duck....

[Using Ballast To Get Under Potter Bridge]

I hope they have working seacocks on, and work them from time to time or likely to seize.

I have 4 below hull fittings and close them whenever I leave to boat on it's mooring. 

[The Broads Is Not A National Park!]

Full national park status would kill off boating as we know it and take many businesses and jobs with it for what is effectively a brown field area.

[Rip Ian Hathaway]

Sorry to hear that Alan, please pass on our condolences to all in the family.

Only met him once or twice briefly off forum but seemed a good bloke that took the mickey taking so well.

Float in peace Ian.

[Wee Takingg Sods]

Did someone mention harribo?

[Springer’s Retreat On The Rivers]

Have a look at the info in the link below and see if your controller can give diagnostic info, they seem to have amassed loads of eberspacher info.

https://www.letonkinoisvarnish.co.uk/eberspacher_intro_1.html

[Wee Takingg Sods]

Thanks for the offer, hows your coding skills I may need some help? From years of general mechanicing of various sorts I've never plugged a laptop into a vehicle to find out what's wrong so coding modules on a modern car is quite an alien concept to me, whatever happened to a long handled screwdriver against the ear to find where the knock is coming from and manual diagnosis.

Mine is the 3 vin limited hex-v2 version, we're going to keep the car till it dies so worth having although I've probably only opened the bonnet 10 times in 13 years, working on cars just doesn't appeal these days as there's too much you can't fix.

The stuff we deal with at work is all mechanical with magneto ignition and carbs or fully mechanical fuel injection, we don't buy a short engine we strip and rebuild and if a crank needs undersizing it gets done in a lathe with emery tape for the first 2 undersizes, we are well and truly stuck back in the 50's, probably why I don't panic about boat diesels.

I remember taking swmbo's company car into a dealership once with a partially seized engine, I told them no.3 big end had gone but they put a new head on first only to find out I was right and would up fitting a whole new engine, the metal in the oil could have told them it was more than a head problem.

[How Busy Can It Get?]

9 hours ago, Lulu said:

I’m hopeless at remembering names. I can be introduced and will instantly forget. I do however remember dogs names  and will say , ‘thats Finlay’s mum’ for example.   Think his mum might be Kate? 🤔😉

I know many people by their dog or boat's name, often I've never known the person's name in the first place,  normally say hello to the dog first anyway. 

[Wee Takingg Sods]

Same cable then, just fitted steering wheel buttons from a yeti into a fabia so got to work out how to code then in.

[How Busy Can It Get?]

Note to self: anytime you meet MM use a different forum name.... 

How many times can we get away with it?

[Wee Takingg Sods]

Ordered a diagnostic cable for the car today and received the following email when despached, this is the type of place I like to deal with.....

Quote

Your product has been gently taken from our shelves with soft cotton gloves and placed on a cushion for its journey to the packing area. A team of 4 packers thoroughly inspected your item and polished it to ensure it is in the best possible condition before beginning the packing process. Our packing specialist from Sweden lit a scented candle and demanded silence from everyone in the office. A perfect ambiance is required to allow him to achieve packaging perfection. Once completed, we all had a wonderful celebration and the team marched to the delivery company, waving and spreading good cheer as we journeyed through Swansea. Everyone applauded, shouted Bon Voyage! and hugged one another as the van left. Your parcel is being cared for by DPD Carrier Service. It should be with you within 1 working day. The tracking number of the item is 6990758608 You can track the item at https://www.dpd.co.uk/apps/tracking/?reference=6990758608 I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at Gendan Limited. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall and we have nominated you for our Customer of the Year title. The whole team is pretty exhausted but can't wait for you to come back and shop with us again at www.gendan.co.uk In the meantime, if you'd like to reminisce about the fabulous journey your order has already taken through our systems, click this link:

Certainly made me laugh.

[Lifting Mud Weights]

17 minutes ago, Bikertov said:

 

So young, so sweet, so innocent ... 

Can we get a second opinion on the last bit?

[Lifting Mud Weights]

32 minutes ago, Gracie said:

remember to let go of the rope when you swing your mud weight out 

And tie the other end off to a cleat first! Seen a few chucked in never to be seen again as the rope follows it in.

[Lifting Mud Weights]

You can haul a mudweight close and tie off then use the engine to get it out of the mud, once free they have less weight while in the water, you can leave them just below the surface and motor off if need be and recover in a more convenient location,  it also washes the crud off.

[Very Strange!]

The daffodils are starting to show around here, yesterday they were underwater as the brook was well over.

We have a rose in the front garden thar regularly blooms at Christmas however cold, not seen it this year.

[Fan Heater V Oil Filled Radiator.]

How about a heated seat cover chucked under the duvet while you are in the pub, at that wattage should be safe enough.

I have eberspacher outlets either side of the V berth and a couple of lengths of spare ducting to run under the duvet, always warm and aired when we get it, start with toasty feet and you'll be toasty all night.

As for original issue I'd have thought a fan heater would heat low down space better than any radiator for cold feet, make a wedge for it to sit on so it blows downwards but make sure the heater has a cutout button on the base in case it falls over.

[Is This My Boat ? I'm A Frayed Knot !]

1 hour ago, dom said:

At least it looks like the Dolphin car park is empty this time. I can remember one occasion in the late 90s when it came up suddenly and a lot of vehicles were parked there and got stranded in deep water for weeks.

I remember that.