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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2021 21:55:03 GMT
Anything welding wise that runs of a 13a plug top is pretty marginal for up to 6mm thick material before you run out of duty cycle nevermind the volt drop on a mega long extension lead to get you from an office to canalside anything that runs on a 13a plug top will struggle to run on a typical single phase domestic generator. the only answer to mobile MMA welding is to have a welding genset - hoping to run off a Mickey Mouse genny or plug into an office ring main with an extension lead sounds like a hiding to nothing to me. OHMS law - you can’t defeat it. I still have to run a 6kva diesel genset to run a little a little inverter welder. It’s enough for me. All though I would like to be able to weld from solar which I think is possible if I buy another inverter and double them up. I have enough amps in the summer it would be worthwhile. The Honda petrol genset I used to have was brilliant but exspensive to run. But you would think a mobile welder might have one in a van. And you are doing it for your own ends rather than trying to make a living from it! As regards the van , Yup fully agree, while some genny / welding set combos don’t get on at all well it surely can’t be his first rodeo! I can’t get my head around a welder knocking on doors with an extension lead after cadging some juice 🧐
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 19, 2021 22:04:32 GMT
No, it's the same really. There is no evidence for the existence of God, there is no evidence that millions of people have died of Covid in the UK, as was the prediction in 2020. But you believe what you want. That's absolutely correct. There is no evidence that millions of people have died of Covid in the UK. The figure currently stands at a paltry 147k. Well, like I said, you believe what you want.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2021 22:04:46 GMT
Narrow boats I have looked at have had 1.5" / 38mm or 40mm rudder posts. For all the faults presented by TonyDunkley he does know his shit. Gets very annoying but when he comes out with proper info it is usually pretty good. We do not know what has happened and probably in about 99.9% of cases nobody gives a monkeys but it's quite an interesting technical problem when the tiller no longer moves the rudder. From a technical point of view anywhere up to around 80v DC Open Circuit Voltage and >200a would be a good start, be rough as a badgers arse with no current control but with a bit of pre heat from a blowtorch and some 4mm rods you’d probably get away with it stuck in a desert.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Dec 19, 2021 23:13:26 GMT
Before anyone else posts any more unfocussed irrelevant comments about this ongoing nonsense, here's a reminder outlining how I would have set about this minor repair job. It appears from some of the remarks the barmy old trout has posted yesterday and today on CWDF, that her insurers have probably declined to fork out for the unnecessarily expensive 'Wayne' inspired RCR song and dance proposals ! _________________________________________________________________________ From :- < thunderboat.boards.net/post/319825/thread > -- posted Nov 19, 2021. The task of fixing the broken rudder and stock couldn't be more straightforward and easy : -- * Take broken/damaged rudder and stock assembly and ramshead off the boat in the nearby short pound, . . inspecting counter bottom plating, rudder stock tube, skeg, propeller and tailshaft for possible damage at the same time. * Take broken/damaged rudder and stock assembly and ramshead to a welder/fabricator. * Instruct them to separate the ramshead from the upper piece of the scrap stock, and cut the rudder blade and balance off the other part of the scrap stock. * Obtain suitable length of bright round bar for new stock. * Adapt/machine one end of new stock to fit the existing ramshead, complete with retaining bolt and plate washer. * Weld original rudder blade and balance back onto new stock. * Return new rudder & stock assembly, and ramshead to boat, and re-fit it in the same short pound that it was all taken off in. --- Job done, . . no expensive RCR nonsense and palaver, no towing, docking or craneage . . and all, done at minimal cost. Which, if the owner is lucky, MIGHT just persuade her insurers to overlook the fact that the (inherently defective) rudder stock broke instead of bending, and meet at least some proportion of the final total value of the claim she's putting in, . . in which she MUST cite, and emphasise, the high probability that a serviceable and sound rudder stock would have bent if subjected to the same treatment and conditions that the old one broke under, . . and would therefore have still resulted in a broadly similar claim. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Post by Telemachus on Dec 19, 2021 23:19:57 GMT
Before anyone else posts any more unfocussed irrelevant comments about this ongoing nonsense, here's a reminder outlining how I would have set about this minor repair job. It appears from some of the remarks the barmy old trout has posted yesterday and today on CWDF, that her insurers have probably declined to fork out for the unnecessarily expensive 'Wayne' inspired RCR song and dance proposals ! _________________________________________________________________________ From :- < thunderboat.boards.net/post/319825/thread > -- posted Nov 19, 2021. The task of fixing the broken rudder and stock couldn't be more straightforward and easy : -- * Take broken/damaged rudder and stock assembly and ramshead off the boat in the nearby short pound, . . inspecting counter bottom plating, rudder stock tube, skeg, propeller and tailshaft for possible damage at the same time. * Take broken/damaged rudder and stock assembly and ramshead to a welder/fabricator. * Instruct them to separate the ramshead from the upper piece of the scrap stock, and cut the rudder blade and balance off the other part of the scrap stock. * Obtain suitable length of bright round bar for new stock. * Adapt/machine one end of new stock to fit the existing ramshead, complete with retaining bolt and plate washer. * Weld original rudder blade and balance back onto new stock. * Return new rudder & stock assembly, and ramshead to boat, and re-fit it in the same short pound that it was all taken off in. --- Job done, . . no expensive RCR nonsense and palaver, no towing, docking or craneage . . and all, done at minimal cost. Which, if the owner is lucky, MIGHT just persuade her insurers to overlook the fact that the (inherently defective) rudder stock broke instead of bending, and meet at least some proportion of the final total value of the claim she's putting in, . . in which she MUST cite, and emphasise, the high probability that a serviceable and sound rudder stock would have bent if subjected to the same treatment and conditions that the old one broke under, . . and would therefore have still resulted in a broadly similar claim. ___________________________________________________________________________ This all sounds quite complicated. I have a much simpler solution: 1/ get Wayne on the job 2/ whilst Wayne is away doing his thing, have several cups of tea and later, several glasses of wine. 3/ when Wayne returns and fits the rudder, give him some money. There, that was quite simple!
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Post by Telemachus on Dec 19, 2021 23:23:52 GMT
Narrow boats I have looked at have had 1.5" / 38mm or 40mm rudder posts. For all the faults presented by TonyDunkley he does know his shit. Gets very annoying but when he comes out with proper info it is usually pretty good. We do not know what has happened and probably in about 99.9% of cases nobody gives a monkeys but it's quite an interesting technical problem when the tiller no longer moves the rudder. From a technical point of view anywhere up to around 80v DC Open Circuit Voltage and >200a would be a good start, be rough as a badgers arse with no current control but with a bit of pre heat from a blowtorch and some 4mm rods you’d probably get away with it stuck in a desert. Knowing nothing about welding but quite a bit about electricity, in what way is the open circuit voltage relevant? With a struck arc, the voltage across the arc will be virtually zero. Any voltage back at the machine will only be a function of the voltage drop in the leads. Surely the only empirical parameter is the current, any open circuit voltage is just a function of the internal impedance of the welding set, and must therefore vary according to the make/model of the welding set?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2021 0:22:27 GMT
From a technical point of view anywhere up to around 80v DC Open Circuit Voltage and >200a would be a good start, be rough as a badgers arse with no current control but with a bit of pre heat from a blowtorch and some 4mm rods you’d probably get away with it stuck in a desert. Knowing nothing about welding but quite a bit about electricity, in what way is the open circuit voltage relevant? With a struck arc, the voltage across the arc will be virtually zero. Any voltage back at the machine will only be a function of the voltage drop in the leads. Surely the only empirical parameter is the current, any open circuit voltage is just a function of the internal impedance of the welding set, and must therefore vary according to the make/model of the welding set? 80v is about the safest to work with, old sets used to be 100v and you could get a good old tingle with em changing electrodes in damp conditions. mma sets will all be in the 50-80v range these days.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2021 0:40:30 GMT
That's absolutely correct. There is no evidence that millions of people have died of Covid in the UK. The figure currently stands at a paltry 147k. Well, like I said, you believe what you want. Praise be. Slaughter that hog Jethro, we gonna have us a hoe-down.
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Post by patty on Dec 20, 2021 5:03:26 GMT
I was hoping Socks/Lady G was sorted ref her boat, but it seems from comments here that she's not. Thats a shame.
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Post by patty on Dec 20, 2021 5:09:05 GMT
I know you are attempting to provide some proof but it's actually impossible for a god to exist. It can't happen because for a god to exist there must have been a beginning of some sort. Given that the world never started and will never end the concept of a "god" or other deity is totally impossible. The basic problem with Christianity (and all other religions) is that it is a faith, and by the very definition of the word "faith" it requires belief in a construct for which there is no scientific evidence. Little sis contacted last night with long texts on how the church had seen a revival and that their congregation had increased Whether this has been generated by the uncertainty ref Covid I dunno But people do turn to religion and this Community in times of crises. Each to their own, sis says she's benefitted from the support that her local church provides. Its not for me, I'd rather wander solo in Ma Natures lovely woods ... When I really needed support I did not find it from my local church nor religion.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2021 8:37:11 GMT
Anything welding wise that runs of a 13a plug top is pretty marginal for up to 6mm thick material before you run out of duty cycle nevermind the volt drop on a mega long extension lead to get you from an office to canalside anything that runs on a 13a plug top will struggle to run on a typical single phase domestic generator. the only answer to mobile MMA welding is to have a welding genset - hoping to run off a Mickey Mouse genny or plug into an office ring main with an extension lead sounds like a hiding to nothing to me. OHMS law - you can’t defeat it. I still have to run a 6kva diesel genset to run a little a little inverter welder. It’s enough for me. All though I would like to be able to weld from solar which I think is possible if I buy another inverter and double them up. I have enough amps in the summer it would be worthwhile. The Honda petrol genset I used to have was brilliant but exspensive to run. But you would think a mobile welder might have one in a van. James the Valence battery man had a very large inverter in his garage. Also a lot of EIG NMC lithium cells which can put out 400a. I think the inverter was an "Outback". This should run a small welder. I'll check it out next time I see him.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Dec 20, 2021 8:59:15 GMT
Interesting thread started by LadyG over on CWDF, "CRT Northwest are pathetic". It seems that Jo is still stuck without a rudder, but even reading right through it I'm not 100% sure what the hell has been going on or how things are right now. Over on CWDF at around 1330 hrs on Saturday 18 December it was -- "I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a little help, as it happens no welding was needed, status is still broken down, and will be for another month or more, . . ". Within a few minutes it changed slightly with what can only be taken as an admission that she herself had instructed some unnamed 'company' to come and and do some welding with the boat still afloat at Barrowford -- " I paid a company to sort the problem, and as happens they turned up without a generator, it was them who wanted to use the onsite electric point. Not needed anyway, boat still broken." A few minutes later on, and then this -- "Do you think I have not tried to get this, apparently difficult job sorted? I have tried. I happen to be in the middle of nowhere, utilites are limited, there is no way to get to decent facilties until a boater comes along and tows me. There are no boats moving in my direction. Canal Contracting can't do anything, it's just a difficult situation."
Apart from it being quite apparent that the faith previously put in 'Wayne' and RCR(Canal Contracting) has now evaporated away, did you take note that the above posts from Saturday were made only a matter of a few hours before the Full Moon ?
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Post by Jim on Dec 20, 2021 9:59:48 GMT
That's absolutely correct. There is no evidence that millions of people have died of Covid in the UK. The figure currently stands at a paltry 147k. Well, like I said, you believe what you want. Some of us agree with the facts, no belief required. Get your jabs, stay safe.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Dec 20, 2021 10:10:44 GMT
Well, like I said, you believe what you want. Some of us agree with the facts, no belief required. Get your jabs, stay safe. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's no such thing as a coronavirus. There is, there always has been. We used to call it "a cold" or "the flu" or "a Winter sniffle". My son and his partner have it at the moment. Angie on the next boat to me has it. Once I finish work for the holidays I'll spend some time with her and try to catch it. I have more faith in Mother Nature to deal with it than Pfizer or Astra Zeneca.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2021 10:38:33 GMT
I've died thrice of the various forms of sars cov and been reborn. It's amazing.
Anyway it's not covid any more it's Omicron. Mentally prepare people for an ongoing dramatic situation when Lambda and Zeta variants emerge.
At some stage it is going to get scary when this horrible enemy starts mutating in a non alphabetical order.
So far it's been alpha delta omicron.
I deeply fear for example a switch from Omega back to Beta. That would be serious as it shows the virus has no respect for human communication strategies and language.
Then it gets really serious.
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