Neil said: > As you know a Gardner makes a bloody good barge engine, but as you say I > will probably be sticking with Beta, a BV3800, not too whizzy and no turbo. snipped I've got the cocooned BV3300 (75hp) on Brunel and have been very pleased with it. Fuel consumption works out at about 3 litres/hour which hurts a little when buying white diesel at marina prices in France (first fill up cost about GBP 700.....gulp)
> Integral double cross fuel tanks just beyond engine room bulkhead. Evean at > 18" this gives over 1000l in each. > messy stuff in engine room > Probably end up with 600Ah of 2v traction cells, Kabola 440 14Kw pressure > jet diesel bolier (I think this is the only 24v pressure jet boiler that > will side vent through the hull) > 8Kva 1500rpm Beta cocooned genny all Victron electrical stuff. 2 x > 3000/24/70 Phoenix Multi plus, soft start 3.6Kva isolation transformer, auto > switch between shore power and genny. BMV 501 battery monitor. > Maybee ARS Anglian Diesels hydraulic drive or just their hydraulics attached > to 15Hhp bowthruster and anchor winch. Beta have been very competative and > they have done a reasonable quote for the whole lot, including a 175Ah 24v > alternator and all the hydraulics. You've obviously made your mind up about 12V v 24V then. Not sure that I agree with you as I tend to support Gibbo's views as expressed in your recent chat to him on uk.rec. The BV3300 that I have came complete with the hydraulics for a bow thruster (9 hp, from memory) and that has been very useful. Can be a little sluggish at tickover revs but, increase the revs a bit, and it fairly whizzes you round. Make sure that you vent the fuel tanks with large vents or have a second fuel filler that you can remove to provide extra venting as the French like to pump the fuel in and, without adequate venting, you might blow the tanks. Also, use big fillers not the UK narrowboat size. We had the first fill at the Connoisseur base in Migennes and their nozzle wouldn't fit into the UK spec filler hole. When he made an adaptor to fit it, it severed the chain holding the lid on and then, because of the venting problem described above, it took him over half his lunch hour to gently run the 843 litres into the tank. Just some thoughts. Roger ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
