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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 20:45:25 GMT
This is where you hate me...why do some peeps with gennies think the 8 til 8 rule doesn't apply ?Not saying you're like that but we were moored in Stone a couple of yrs ago & the boat in front put his genny on after 10pm.P could only hear a low whine as he's deaf ! I could hear it over the tv etc.I went & had a word... he said he needed it to run his washing machine & microwave.After I'd made my feelings clear,he turned it off & said I was the 1st person to complain.As a matter of interest,he was built like a brick sh***** & looked quite scary.When we moved the next day,he gave us 2 bottles of local beer & told P I was a scary tart !!๐ฎ I'm quite considerate really, although I do admit the engine wasn't turned off until 20:13 this evening, purely because I forgot the time. Generator will be run to 'engine hours' and hopefully will be quieter both for me and others.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 20:59:52 GMT
For my part, the petrol and vapour is the number one danger. Proper safe containers always, in well vented areas. Never re fuel after the genny has been run. I'm sure you'll always be considerate to others so not worth commenting on. Common sense and be careful innit Rog
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 21:12:52 GMT
Its worth looking at earthing. You need to use a copper conductor and a wire which leads to the earth point on the generator.
You can buy earth in most hardware stores. Fill a small pot with it then stick the copper conductor in it.
For the conductor a flattened piece of 15mm copper pipe will do - tapered to a point with a hacksaw. The point makes it easier to get it into the earth which must be well dense.
The advantage of using this approach is it removes the requirement to have the generator set on land. You can run it on board with the associated improvements in security and ease of use.
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Post by Gone on Dec 29, 2018 21:19:49 GMT
Though the normal wisdom is to put it on the bank downwind of your boat, donโt forget that on a busy moring your downwind is the next boats upwind......Donโt want to poison the neighbors........
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 21:37:38 GMT
What?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 22:09:11 GMT
Its worth looking at earthing. You need to use a copper conductor and a wire which leads to the earth point on the generator. You can buy earth in most hardware stores. Fill a small pot with it then stick the copper conductor in it. For the conductor a flattened piece of 15mm copper pipe will do - tapered to a point with a hacksaw. The point makes it easier to get it into the earth which must be well dense. The advantage of using this approach is it removes the requirement to have the generator set on land. You can run it on board with the associated improvements in security and ease of use. Do i stick the pot on the roof to isolate it from everything?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 22:19:08 GMT
Not at all. As long as it is a plastic pot you'll be OK.
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Post by peterboat on Dec 29, 2018 22:58:46 GMT
Whilst in the Army [Royal Signals] I saw lots of very close to near deaths caused by Petrol Gennies, they can be dangerous things and running them on the back of a Trad stern could be risky, equally on the bank even with a good chain could be risky to the pocket. Rock and a hard place comes to mind. If the gennie could be fitted with an exhaust extension that dropped close to the water maybe that would make it safer?
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Post by Clinton Cool on Dec 30, 2018 9:24:09 GMT
I run mine on the bank next to the cruiser deck. I chain it up at night on the back of the cruiser deck but don't chain it when it's running. I reckon nobody is going to outrun me carrying a generator, and I'd be aware of its theft within a second or two.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 9:51:13 GMT
My friend was running his generator beside his boat up at lechlade years ago. The Genny was an old Johnson Chorehorse (wicked generator). Anyway its a farmers field there. He went to the shop then came back no generator.
Toweringly unlikely to have been stolen as no people about just livestock. It turned out the cows had pushed it info the river presumably irritated by the noise. Genny retrieved and cleaned all was well.
Would have been worth chaining it to the mooring pin.
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Post by brummieboy on Dec 30, 2018 22:49:00 GMT
Not at all. As long as it is a plastic pot you'll be OK. Using a plant pot of soil as earth is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. If you are going to earth it, then surely you need to earth the boat to the same plant pot at least.
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Post by JohnV on Dec 31, 2018 9:46:30 GMT
Not at all. As long as it is a plastic pot you'll be OK. Using a plant pot of soil as earth is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. If you are going to earth it, then surely you need to earth the boat to the same plant pot at least. what's wrong with an ashtray on a motorbike ? They're a fantastic self cleaning item !!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 10:15:28 GMT
Not at all. As long as it is a plastic pot you'll be OK. Using a plant pot of soil as earth is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. If you are going to earth it, then surely you need to earth the boat to the same plant pot at least. The boat is earthed through its mooring lines. The generator needs to have a separate earth. In some cases this is a floating earth in which case you must arrange for the pot of earth to be floating in a plastic bucket full of clean fresh water.
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Post by Jim on Dec 31, 2018 11:02:11 GMT
Using a plant pot of soil as earth is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. If you are going to earth it, then surely you need to earth the boat to the same plant pot at least. The boat is earthed through its mooring lines. The generator needs to have a separate earth. In some cases this is a floating earth in which case you must arrange for the pot of earth to be floating in a plastic bucket full of clean fresh water. You are heading for a leaky hull. Tie a knot in your mooring lines to stop galvanic currents.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 11:22:17 GMT
This system works as a galvaniser ie it adds protective material to the hull. When moored beside steel piling the protective coating on the piling is transferred to the hull ie the hull is galvanised. When the Genny is running.
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