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It's worth correcting as you've got brand new batteries. As it stands, anything with large inrush current (particularly motorised loads or inverters) will tend to pull the top battery down more than the others. Once the load is off, the voltage will level out across the batteries, but the repeated demand on the top battery will wear it out faster than the others. When one battery dies, it pulls the overall voltage down, killing the others by excess sulphation. I can't see how much slack there is on the earth lead, but if you're really lucky, there might be enough to flip the lead assembly 180 degrees without the need to modify.

I may be wrong, but it looks to me like your battery connections are not completely optimal (which might result in one battery failing sooner). Annv's post a while back had a diagram showing the best way to connect. Judging by the image, it looks like the earth take-off wants to move to the opposite end of the bank.

The Broads Authority are completely hostile to any idea of liveaboards, opposing all planning applications made for residential moorings. As a result, you generally have to either continually cruise (not an especially attractive option on the Broads due to lack of moorings) or try and live under the radar on an unapproved mooring. Boatyards are well aware of the issue and tend to avoid letting moorings to liveaboards not already known to them. As a general rule, if you're going to do it, you're far better off on the canal network where you can moor anywhere and only have to move every 2 weeks.

There's now a petition running to try and persuade Royal Mail of the need to keep services in the village. https://www.change.org/p/help-us-to-keep-the-valued-post-office-in-our-village

Which is exactly the point. It's reasonable to assume those filmed smashing into, or stuck under the bridge would rather not appear. Why should they be forced to appear on camera, when the person filming doesn't?

If you're referring to the one I've seen, I think it could be a very positive outcome. The fact that the info is in the public domain is something I find a bit disconcerting though. The info I saw was announcing that Heads of Terms had been agreed. I wouldn't expect it to be made public at that stage, as it could weaken the hand of either party. It sounds more like someone has leaked info to me.

I've changed plenty of brushes in the past, but I can't recall ever having replaced a set of bearings - probably largely because anything I saw was already dead/dying and it was far simpler to just fit a new unit. I suspect it'd be uneconomical to do commercially, unless you're running a dedicated operation. £150/6 hours = £25/hr, which isn't generally anything like a viable labour rate for a business taking costs and parts into consideration. That's assuming you're charging £150 - in reality, it'd need to be significantly less. I've spent quite a lot of time trying to explain this type of thing to customers in the past, especially with things like CD players, with a high cost, but where repairs are very demanding. Good way to save several £100s doing it DIY though, if you've got the time and patience.

Panks Auto Electrical on Heigham Street in Norwich always used to be a good place to try for parts. It's been a lot of years since I last used them though, so not sure whether that still applies. I suspect the number of people outside professional remanufacturers doing this type of work is probably tiny these days.

The only time I've ever paid money to someone is just before Christmas, when a couple I've already mentioned were having their first full winter on a narrowboat. Their domestic batteries died, the one of them who works was struggling to get shifts and it was leading up to Christmas. I made a small donation - partly because of their circumstances, and partly as a "buy yourselves something nice to eat or drink over Christmas" to say thanks for a lot of enjoyable content over the previous year. Donating to conspicuously well off people is just slightly unhinged. Apart from anything else, there are far worthier channels actually doing positive things with the money they generate instead.

More notable is the British guy (who actually lived not far from me) who did a base jump off a 29 storey skyscraper in Thailand earlier this year, whilst filming himself for his Youtube channel. His canopy failed to open and he died as a result. The sad part is, he's far from alone. Young people are increasingly suffering fatal accidents whilst trying to create content. Particularly sad when influencer now features heavily in "what do you want to be when you grow up" top 10 lists.

There are two main principles in operation: 1: Legitimate businesses pay Google to advertise their products with "Pay per click" or "Pay per view" ads. They then choose how much to pay Google for every person who views or clicks on one of their ads (typically £0.10 to £1.00 per click, but a lot more in some cases, ie. financial services). Bids can be set by account, campaign, or even a specific keyword. Google needs somewhere to place the ads, so they look for videos on their Youtube platform where they can run ads. They match content based on demographics, ie. a young beauty influencer's videos might attract ads for beauty products, shampoo, mobile phones, etc. Every ad view generates income for Google, who pass on a percentage to the video producer. Clever content creators pick their video subject matter to attract lucrative ads (a point seemingly lost on those filming at Ludham). 2: Affiliate marketing. A product manufacturer or distributor (often Chinese) will run an "influencer campaign". They look for high traffic channels and gift them a product in return for having their product featured, either used in context, or being reviewed. Obviously in the latter case, the reviews tend to be positive - but are never, ever fake . In most cases, the free product is the incentive for the video producer - but in others, there may also be payment involved. At the moment, there's a lot of focus on lithium portable power packs in the boating field. JustEat's home delivery meals are also getting flogged to death. I've run PPC ads from the business advertiser side since they first appeared. I have also run ads on content networks on the other side of things (web, rather than video content). As a result, I could suggest a way to make far more money from a Broads based video, but won't for obvious reasons.

Not easily or accurately. Anyone with 1k+ subscribers may be. Socialblade.com will give an indication of what a channel might be earning. I suspect most people hitting 1k probably opt into Google's ad programs, but most probably earn little or nothing. Really, there ought to be far more transparency and I think Google ought to only be paying money to Youtube channels who make their owners identities clearly known and state that they're monetized. Unfortunately though, Google's finances are so vast that when the EU fine them €2.4bn for anti-trust breaches, they just laugh about it, make changes, but then revert back to their original position after a while. They just don't care about these things and no-one really has the power to force them to do anything.

Would she have shown incidents if any occurred though? I think we all know the answer. I can appreciate the point you're making, but there's so much more to the Broads than just that one bridge. It's been done to death, so I think it's time to just leave it. There are lots of aspects of the area which haven't ever been covered - and the one dimensional videos do the area a disservice. I've said it before, but I'm not going to suggest topics, as it's conceivable I might have a go at uploading some stuff in future - but, as an example, why not go and have a chat with someone at one of the sailing clubs and feature some sailing. Better still, provide some info on youth sailing and how kids can get into the sport. Or take a look at what Alice Loxton does - she now has 2 million social followers just from talking about history.

I've lost quite a few hours watching mowing videos. There's also a British lad with 250k subs who does similar pressure washing. He did a small job for an old lady who's 96 years old and had been issued with notices by the local council. He's since been back to clear the entire garden, trim trees, repair fences, etc, all for free.

Urgh, sounds like you're having a bad time of things! Only mobile person I know in Norfolk is Daniel Austrin (07881 631694). I can't vouch for his work, but he used to work for Peachments and has done an engine swap on the Southern Comfort, so would appear to be up to the task. I think @CambridgeCabby used him the other day, so may be able to give an opinion.