I often find myself carrying by go bag up to the boat during trips, so I can do some radio. However at 16lbs it’s a pain on public transport. A fixed radio was required! Another Wouxun GK-UV950P was ordered, and the fact that the head unit is detachable from this
To accompany the previous two posts about hydraulic generators & their components, here is the actual generator unit itself. Rated at 8.5kVa 230v AC, this will providea mains supply while the narrowboat is away from her home mooring. This unit will be attached to the side of the hull in
While sourcing the main propulsion hydraulic system for nb Tanya Louise in the summer, we thought that it would be convenient to have an on board generator that didn’t require dragging off the boat & highly explosive petrol to operate. As the hydraulics were already being fitted, we decided to
Continue readingHydraulic Generators, Missing Valves & Liars
Finally, after months of messing about with the original seller of the generator unit, (Mike Webb from hydraulicgenerators.co.uk, more to come about the nightmare I had dealing with this man), we have had to purchase a new hydraulic control valve for the genset, as the original unit supplied was missing