This now supercedes the earlier topic and is specifically aimed at all who are involved, Plus I do not like making spelling mistakes. First of all the current weather forcast for Skipton is: Saturday; showers, high 5, low 2. Sunday; showers, high 7, low 3. Not brilliant, but not like last night when for the first time ever I saw snow being driven horizontaly and illuminated by violent lighting!. With the lack of traffic on the cut at this time we may not have to empty locks before entering. A few tech, bits next. Summit - the highest section of a canal, ours is the highest of all twixt Greenberfield and Barrowford. Top of flight, section above flight, bottom of flight, that section below. This of course becomes in turn the top if you are going down. The section between locks in a flight are called pounds.. Locks have a head; top, and a tail; bottom. Each lock has six "paddles" two of these are ground paddles and are situated at either side in the canal banking above the head gates. These allow water into the lock at low level and are always opened first, some are opened with a lever and the rest with a rack and pinion, operated with a windlass NOT TO BE DROPPED INTO THE CUT, Two more paddles are one in each of the head gates and should not be opened until the water has risen above them, windlass operated, the remaing two are in each of the tail gates. These two need not concern us on this trip When using a windlass, after raising the paddle, engage the "Pawl" on the gear before doing anything else. Never let the weight of the paddle take charge. Safety is paramount, know what you are doing first. Sadly a dropped windless was the cause of multiple deaths at Gargrave a few years ago. Swing bridges, there are quite few between Silsden and Gargrave, some are often open. To open these, first cross the bridge and using a "necklace key" remove the chain device which secures the bridge beam. push the beam to bring the bridge parallel to the cut reducing the effort before helps to prevent the bridge from bouncing back into the path of the oncoming boat, hold the beam until the boat is clear, this caution also aplies to lock gate beams. Returning the bridge is the reversal of this operation. Someone on a bike can be very useful when attempting a "fast passage" but if there are other people about, take your bike over the bridge with you, its not funny when your iron is off down the towpath in the hands of a stranger. Someone on a bike can go ahead and ready the bridge or lock two is even better. I hope that this is of some help to whoever comes along and is unsure of events. But to all who come, Welcome and thank you. Keep safe and as warm and dry as is possible.
Posted - 14/01/2008 : 21:50
Heather if you are still strugling with the sattelite dish give me a shout later in the week and I will pop down and see what I can do. I am no expert but a 'new' pair of eyes might see something you have missed.
Posted - 14/01/2008 : 22:41
Ditto, I used to know a bit about them when I was a TV engineer, a while ago now but now't much has changed with Sat dishes.
Posted - 15/01/2008 : 12:30
I had a cup of tea with the ladies yesterday....... They are wonderfully snug and happy, lovely to see. I love the fan on the stove, I want to know how it works!
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
quote: Stanley wrote: I had a cup of tea with the ladies yesterday....... They are wonderfully snug and happy, lovely to see. I love the fan on the stove, I want to know how it works! Have a look here http://www.fluesystems.com/sundries/info/ecofan.htm
Big Kev
It doesn't matter who you vote for, you always end up with the government.
Posted - 16/01/2008 : 08:03
Wonderful! Thanks for the link Kev. I am now wondering whether the extraction of electricity cools the module and if so, where? The energy has got to come from the stove..... Fascinating.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
Posted - 16/01/2008 : 08:05
Being nosy I went digging. It's the same principle as the thermocouple which I knew about. 1827 tecnology!
Seebeck effect The generation of a temperature-dependent electromotive force (emf) at the junction of two dissimilar metals. This phenomenon provides the physical basis for the thermocouple. In 1821, T. J. Seebeck discovered that near a closed circuit composed of two linear conductors of two different metals a magnetic needle would be deflected if, and only if, the two junctions were at different temperatures, and that if the temperatures of the two junctions were reversed the direction of deflection would also be reversed. He investigated 35 different metals and arranged them in a series such that at a hot junction, current flows from a metal earlier in the series to a later one. See alsoElectromotive force (emf).
A thermocouple consists of a pair of wires of dissimilar metals, joined at the ends. One junction is kept at an accurately known cold temperature, usually that of melting ice, and the other is used for the measurement of an unknown temperature, by measuring the emf generated as a result of the Seebeck effect.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
Posted - 16/01/2008 : 10:06
Yes. Well. Hmm. So THAT'S how it works (Cally assumes a knowledgeable expression and nods slightly while gently stroking her chin.)
All I know is, before we got this gizmo the saloon got incredibly hot while the cabins at the stern end remained icy cold. Now the boat's temperature is more even, though I would have liked to see a bit more oomph (technical term) in the fan to push the heat a bit further.
They're not cheap - not much change out of £100. But over time it will pay for itself by avoiding the necessity for additional heating.
Our main problem today is water ingress.
As most of the boat is solid steel the only way water can get in is through the windows/doors. However, I always thought water flowed downwards. How do you then explain why rainwater is coming in above the windows, in between the joins of the ceiling and wall panelling? Hmm? I can only assume it's being blown by the strong winds outside.
Anyway - although I could do the job myself, (I've got a sealant gun and I know how to use it) it needs doing when conditions are relatively dry. Also, I've got a lot of work on at present, so I'm going to approach the lads at Lower Park and see whether they'll do it for me. I must confess, I don't fancy tiptoeing along the gunwales on the starboard (ie canal) side...
FRABJOUS DAY, the homecoming.
