re canal barge holiday

Thanks for your reply s, there is some flapping going on over something called an inverter on the boat, seems i will probably not be able to take the boat holiday after all. Given them a week to find out then I must try and get my money back if no go! This trouble is because I have become pacemaker dependent! I am glad to have found this club.

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Someone doesn't know what they are talking about!

by donr - 2012-03-05 10:03:15

Pacer50: An inverter is an electric gizmo that takes Direct Current (DC) & converts it to Alternating Current (AC). Apparently the electric power generating equipment attached to the diesel engines is producing DC power. DC is like the power that comes out of a battery - doesn't vary w/ time. AC is the power that you have in your house - in your case, 240 Volt, 50 Hertz.

You live around the AC all the time - it hasn't affected you yet at home, has it?

The problems w/ an inverter are the same as we discussed about alternators - essentially non-existent - UNLESS you go into the compartment where they are, wrap your arms around them while they are operating & give them a BIG hug.

This should be a non issue. Do you know who is making the big stink & causing you trouble? Target them. Tell them to contact me or Electric Frank.

Hope this all works out for you.

Don

Again, shouldn't be an issue

by SaraTB - 2012-03-06 01:03:19

As before, when we had our boat, with her two truck-sized Cummins Diesel engines, we also had an inverter, so that the 'house' part of the boat ran on regular AC power, and we could use normal domestic appliances. I assisted with the installation of that inverter, would lean on the engine room bulkhead where it was mounted, without ever thinking about it and never had so much as a wobble. I'm 100% pacer dependent.

The engine compartment for a canal barge is in the bilge - to access it, you have to remove part of the deck, but you wouldn't be getting IN there - just standing above it. Who is telling you the inverter is a problem? The boat hire people? An insurance company? Your doctor?

If it's the boat hire people, I bet they're just trying to cover their rear ends 'in case' something happens. Business must be good, to turn down a booking . . .

Keep persevering: a canal holiday will be perfect relaxation after all this hassle!

No problem, go on the trip

by ElectricFrank - 2012-03-07 01:03:26

I don't have as large an inverter as some of you, but have two I use camping. I have a 300 watt in my trailer to run a few things off the battery. Also, a 1000 watt Honda inverter type portable generator, which I have been know to pick up while it is running under full load and carry next to me. The only effect it has is to increase how obnoxious I am as many of you can attest.

frank

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