OK, again, it's been a while with any posts, but not much has happened.
It was a really cold winter, the canal was at least two inches thick with ice.
One of the first jobs after winter was to sort out the stove's temporary chimney. I wanted to move it away from the handrail a bit more and level it off properly. This would require a crank in the flue, so I made a cutting jig.
The flue is cut and welded, it fited first time!
Here I have removed the old plate, filled in the hole and replaced it with a new, larger piece. The collar is being checked for alignment.
All finished, painted and sealed.
A chandelry chimney finishes it off nicely (must buy a chain and padlock!).
A 240v 16A hookup socket was fitted under the gunwale. The cable exits to the inside and emerges under the back deck.
After using a plastic bottle most of the winter, I was fed up with having to constantly re-bleed the Eber. I made up a header tank to go under the gunwale (highest point). It is a shared pump-through tank between the Eber and closed engine loop. The four hoses go below via an oblong tube welded into the deck gully. This keeps the decking watertight.
The header tank has a screw-on filler cap above the gunwale.
The fuel tank was cut down slightly and remounted. The position of the filler and vents pipes were changed.
On one side the tank is bolted to the beams, the other side is bolted at the top.
The same type of through-deck tubes were used here (as in the header tank) to keep the decking watertight.
A new engine control panel was made up. This one is let-in to the bulkhead by about 25mm with three cable tubes exiting in the engine bay. Inside are fuses for the various engine elecrticals.
Next door's cat discovered a new hammock over the summer. He hasn't stayed away since. A really lovely moggy, but he has develped a habbit of bringing me dead mice. One was slightly alive... I found it in the decking channels, pong!!
Carpet was installed in the saloon area, up the walls both sides. Sockets were fitted too. Standard 240v doubles and 5A round pins for the 12v.
Some temporary tiles and a temporary curtain were installed in the shower area so it could be used. A single drain handles the waste, though if the water tank is full the water sits at the far end. Maybe I'll put a second one in the final tiling.
My £40 ebay bargain 12v fridge. All perfectly good, was actually installed in December sometime.
Another ebay bargain, £99 Candy Aquamatic 1000T.
Proper switches for the lights, fan above the shower and shower waste pump were installed. A 10p scrap of aluminiumn makes a great panel. The galley and saloon switches are 2-way with the others just below the end hatch.
A trial planter on the roof with a couple of tomato plants and some salad leaves. The tomatoes didn't do too well, though I suppose I should have fed them :o) Next year...
The Eber and EFOY control panels, next to the door.
Finally, the biggie and most useful bit of kit onboard. I hated having to run my engine for power. It's bloody noisy and inconvenient when you have a 9-5 job. This beauty I installed in January and have never looked back. Near silent, just fit and forget. It runs ALL my electrics except the washing machine as I don't have a suitable inverter. I LOVE IT!
It was a really cold winter, the canal was at least two inches thick with ice.
One of the first jobs after winter was to sort out the stove's temporary chimney. I wanted to move it away from the handrail a bit more and level it off properly. This would require a crank in the flue, so I made a cutting jig.
The flue is cut and welded, it fited first time!
Here I have removed the old plate, filled in the hole and replaced it with a new, larger piece. The collar is being checked for alignment.
All finished, painted and sealed.
A chandelry chimney finishes it off nicely (must buy a chain and padlock!).
A 240v 16A hookup socket was fitted under the gunwale. The cable exits to the inside and emerges under the back deck.
After using a plastic bottle most of the winter, I was fed up with having to constantly re-bleed the Eber. I made up a header tank to go under the gunwale (highest point). It is a shared pump-through tank between the Eber and closed engine loop. The four hoses go below via an oblong tube welded into the deck gully. This keeps the decking watertight.
The header tank has a screw-on filler cap above the gunwale.
The fuel tank was cut down slightly and remounted. The position of the filler and vents pipes were changed.
On one side the tank is bolted to the beams, the other side is bolted at the top.
The same type of through-deck tubes were used here (as in the header tank) to keep the decking watertight.
A new engine control panel was made up. This one is let-in to the bulkhead by about 25mm with three cable tubes exiting in the engine bay. Inside are fuses for the various engine elecrticals.
Next door's cat discovered a new hammock over the summer. He hasn't stayed away since. A really lovely moggy, but he has develped a habbit of bringing me dead mice. One was slightly alive... I found it in the decking channels, pong!!
Carpet was installed in the saloon area, up the walls both sides. Sockets were fitted too. Standard 240v doubles and 5A round pins for the 12v.
Some temporary tiles and a temporary curtain were installed in the shower area so it could be used. A single drain handles the waste, though if the water tank is full the water sits at the far end. Maybe I'll put a second one in the final tiling.
My £40 ebay bargain 12v fridge. All perfectly good, was actually installed in December sometime.
Another ebay bargain, £99 Candy Aquamatic 1000T.
Proper switches for the lights, fan above the shower and shower waste pump were installed. A 10p scrap of aluminiumn makes a great panel. The galley and saloon switches are 2-way with the others just below the end hatch.
A trial planter on the roof with a couple of tomato plants and some salad leaves. The tomatoes didn't do too well, though I suppose I should have fed them :o) Next year...
The Eber and EFOY control panels, next to the door.
Finally, the biggie and most useful bit of kit onboard. I hated having to run my engine for power. It's bloody noisy and inconvenient when you have a 9-5 job. This beauty I installed in January and have never looked back. Near silent, just fit and forget. It runs ALL my electrics except the washing machine as I don't have a suitable inverter. I LOVE IT!