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Post by patty on Feb 11, 2018 11:34:36 GMT
Must admit hated the boats that dazzled with their big bright lights in Braunston tunnel..I used to end up steering kneeling down peering to try and work out where the wall/other boat etc was...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 11:44:39 GMT
Another good thing about having the lamp at the back of the boat is you can cover or turn it to the side (to be considerate) when other boats pass. This is what I did when I had a narrow boat but the boats I have now are over 7ft wide so I can't share tunnels any more anyway. The best setup for a narrow boat is a forward tunnel light shining slightly to the right and a moveable lamp on the cabin at the back. Add to that the pair of remotely switchable LED lamps and just about everything is covered
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Post by bargemast on Feb 11, 2018 11:49:21 GMT
They are Chinese but so are the LED light bars he's considering. I would just use the headlight circuit rather than a dedicated battery. Even powerful LED lights don't use much power so I would expect the headlight circuit to cope. Would need to check though. Looking them up the big ones do seem to use a bit of power to be fair. I only posted that to make foxy see that there are useful gadgets made in China, as he's very much against everything that's made there, and says that it's only good for landfill. If there would be similar products made in the UK or elswhere in Europe for prices not too much higher, I wouldn't buy from China, but this competition is non-existing. Peter.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 11:51:19 GMT
Cue Naughtyfox
"Stupid humans get what they ordered"
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 11, 2018 12:01:01 GMT
I like that idea. I think I'd put our old starter battery in the cratch on the right hand side (because our boat leans to the left), so fairly short cables straight up to the LED-retina-ruiner up by the H3-bulb headlight. Just a bit of fun. I shall start this week by asking at car parts stores in Kannus. With that simple set-up (ie. no 12m long cables all the way from the batteries in the engine 'ole) such a remote on/off key fob is an ideal companion. Of course I'd disconnect the cables from the battery for when we are away, can never be too careful with electricity. These very useful relays are made in CHINA
I would search for better quality ones made somewhere else.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 12:02:20 GMT
They are Chinese but so are the LED light bars he's considering. I would just use the headlight circuit rather than a dedicated battery. Even powerful LED lights don't use much power so I would expect the headlight circuit to cope. Would need to check though. Looking them up the big ones do seem to use a bit of power to be fair. I only posted that to make foxy see that there are useful gadgets made in China, as he's very much against everything that's made there, and says that it's only good for landfill. If there would be similar products made in the UK or elswhere in Europe for prices not too much higher, I wouldn't buy from China, but this competition is non-existing. Peter. www.lazerlamps.com/These are used by WRC teams and are eye wateringly expensive, they are E marked and approved for use by the MSA, they are currently trying to force clubman to have to use them instead of the cheap eBay jobs. Clobber a £25 lamp on a rally? Not the end of the world. Clobber a £250 Lamp? Ouch! www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/front-auxiliary-lamps/lazer-lamps-st-4-led-driving-lampsThe MSA conveniently forget seats, harnesses, exhausts and numerous other parts of a rally car are not e marked, which begs the question who is in with Lazer?!
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 11, 2018 12:02:45 GMT
They are Chinese but so are the LED light bars he's considering. I would just use the headlight circuit rather than a dedicated battery. Even powerful LED lights don't use much power so I would expect the headlight circuit to cope. Would need to check though. Looking them up the big ones do seem to use a bit of power to be fair. The 54w one will be anywhere from around 3.5 - 4.5a depending on what the alternator is chucking out. Unless the cable used is 0.75mm he should be fine, even a bit of volt drop won't bother it too much. Straight from battery - no alternator involved. How long will a car starter battery last? During the power cuts of the 1970s my mum had a car headlamp running from a car battery for our lighting inside the house.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 12:03:30 GMT
These very useful relays are made in CHINA
I would search for better quality ones made somewhere else. I wouldn't bother, the quality is very good already. Do check out the links above though.
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Post by bargemast on Feb 11, 2018 12:24:21 GMT
I only posted that to make foxy see that there are useful gadgets made in China, as he's very much against everything that's made there, and says that it's only good for landfill. If there would be similar products made in the UK or elswhere in Europe for prices not too much higher, I wouldn't buy from China, but this competition is non-existing. Peter. www.lazerlamps.com/These are used by WRC teams and are eye wateringly expensive, they are E marked and approved for use by the MSA, they are currently trying to force clubman to have to use them instead of the cheap eBay jobs. Clobber a £25 lamp on a rally? Not the end of the world. Clobber a £250 Lamp? Ouch! www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/front-auxiliary-lamps/lazer-lamps-st-4-led-driving-lampsThe MSA conveniently forget seats, harnesses, exhausts and numerous other parts of a rally car are not e marked, which begs the question who is in with Lazer?! That is exactly why I wrote for prices not much higher, but between £ 25 an £ 250 you can't speak of not much higher, 10 x as much to obtain the same result is madness. Unless one is really swimming in the money, or has the business that sells the over-expensive stuff as sponsor, with their gear supplied for free, with a couple of stickers on your car, bike, boat or whatever in return, as in such a case I wouldn't mind having their gear, but I would NEVER buy for 10 x as much. I know that I'm mad (and have been since a long time already), but there are limits Peter.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 18:40:37 GMT
Talking of starter motors, this is for dad's Perkins 4108. My very good friend who looks after me at my local motor factors got me this for £70+vat, no service exchange so the one that's fitted (and I'm not too happy about) will come off and have a new solenoid fitted giving a spare to carry onboard. I'm going to ask him to get a Lucas LRS 120 equivalent for me to fit the BMC in Fairlight. Bump starting boats is notoriously difficult so a spare and 30 mins with the spanners makes good sense.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 18:46:26 GMT
You need to have a very big propeller to bump start a boat. Carrying a spare starter is a good idea.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 21:53:10 GMT
Nice little cruise today to put some magic back in the starter battery, see what happens when I come back from Lanzarote in 10 days.
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Post by IainS on Feb 12, 2018 17:05:43 GMT
You need to have a very big propeller to bump start a boat. Carrying a spare starter is a good idea. And a few more than 4 cylinders ...
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