I just clicked on to see how many subscribers you had and found I’d been unsubscribed. I re subscribed but you need to ask your viewers to check.

Now then Trev a proper boozer😊..another Marstons pub..popular area for that brewery. Was u on the Pedigree again..nice one Trev 👍🍺

good vid on channel cranking it thanks lee

Petition signed, donation made! Nice looking pub, will add it to my list. Safe cruising! 👍

You have a big fan there, everyone likes you. 😊

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Why should the canals have to rely on charities and petition to stay open or be maintained? Government should pay for it that's what taxes are paid for, to maintain Britain's infrastructure for the benefit of the British people. Government is spending 8 million per day to keep immigrants in plush hotels, PER DAY!! We are playing host to millions of other immigrants at massive expense. Government keeps giving away billions every year in foreign aid without consent from the British people and what about all the billions handed over to Zekensky to play his pathetic war games ( that he cannot possibly win) Sorry Trev but this is so wrong. No British person or valuable aspect of our society( such as the canal network) should have to rely on charity when this country is bursting with money that our corrupt government chooses to steal and spend on foreigners.😡 By accepting that we all now have to fall back on charity for help you are actually being an enabler to corrupt governmen t for them to keep on spending our money on everything other than what it should be spent on. I will not be an enabler of this corruption therefore I will not support any charity no matter how noble the goal. It is governments duty to maintain our beloved canals with the taxes. Sorry about this rant Trev but the government makes me so angry.😡

Lovely cruise indeed

HI TREV GREAT TO BUMP INTO YOU AGAIN AT BARTON. NICE CATCH UP. SAFE CRUISING MICHAEL AND JENNY (MJ NEVERENDING) X

Not sure you are aware, since you have had your new microphones, parts of your vlog are very hard to hear your muffled voice? Shame as enjoy you commentary 😊

Top vid Trev, love u always give a nod to a pub in your vids. Thought u was going up the Staff & Worc for a min👍🍺cheers pal

thanks Trevor, again thankyou for sharing your journey once again l absolutely love it and particularly enjoy watching your warm weather keeping me warm on a cold Sunday here in Oz. Some of those gardens look so nice my mother who is 85 would have a field day ...stay safe my internet friend regards Doc from Down Under in Australia..ps cant wait for the next one.

Hi Trev, hope you're well- I saw you improved your solar setup, and you replied below that you're near Burton on Trent? So are you planning to do the tidal Trent? That would be a hell of a ride!

Hi Trev once again you have produced a stunning video mate However I did not expect anything else ..you have always made videos that are interesting and very informative and a great pleasure to watch.. In fact you have made this very old narrow boater remember happier times.. . Spent on the canals with family members who sadly passed away many years ago..it's hard for me to remember them these days .. If it wasn't for you and others taking the time to produce videos of the canals I think all my memories would be lost so it's a massive thank you from me . At the very beginning of this video I remembered my grandfather operating this lock And thet was over sixty years ago .. people like yourself are keeping the history of the canals alive . every video is a page in canal life history So be very proud of the part you are playing in this as my grandfather would say remember the good times for the bad times are a thing you should never remember.. I have always lived my life by this .and to be honest I have never felt depressed .or even alone .I always looked around at the wildlife and realised that I was blessed to be able to see The wonder of this .all around me . ask yourself one question how many of your friends have ever seen the things that you have on the canals..???? How many have seen a stag calling out for a mate in the morning mist. Or a fawn being born or a kingfisher diving for fish..???? Now you know what I mean by not being alone on your travels .. I hope that your channel gets the recognition that it truly deserves..I am and always have looked forward to watching your next video.

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ALL good where you are mate?

Nice to watch something pleasant 😊

That's a beautiful stretch, Trev. It's great to see you cruising in the bright sunshine! Thanks for another great video! Cheers! 👍

nice one Trev it's nice to see swans . making a comeback .. perhaps people haven't noticed that they were becoming rare sight in Manny parts of the UK. thankfully they are making a comeback.

Sure was a beautiful walk. Thank you so very much. I may never be able to come over there, but if I do, I sure will meet up, and we should have a pint. What part of England is this? I was looking into train vacations. Do you know if one is better than another? I have no interest in the London area. More like the slower pace.

Nice tidy town is that Trev...where were the pints..😂 what beer was on mate🍺🍺

Nice walk off the cut. Thanks for taking us along! Looks like a nice little pub, as well. Cheers! 👍

I bet the food is good too!😋

good vid on channel cranking it on the cut keep up the vlogs and share on channel thanks lee

I would suggest an interval on timer for this type of water heating. Trigger that on timer with your voltage relay. In that way heating starts when battery reaches a set voltage, runs for say five minutes and then shuts off. Should voltage still be high, it will retrigger and run again. I am really against using a voltage relay to turn on and off. That can leave your battery with less power at the end of the day. I do advanced water heating right from array voltage taking only excess power be it 5W or 1000W 0r anything in between. Works in parallel with any charge controller and doesn't use any resources of CC, inverter or battery. No need to oversize your system just to get hot water. Higher heater voltages result in less wire loss. This is a very efficient system that electronically matches the heating element to the panels. Those with electronic skills check me out. This is simple circuitry that costs far less than the battery method. Batteries are left with the highest charg at the end of the day.

Love the dark beer, Trevor!

Blimey only just got notification on this one..cracking weather Trev...makes canal boating life well worth it..cheers mate🍺👍

Great video this week, Trev! Excellent weather, good folks along the way... doesn't get much better. Safe cruising! 👍

Thanks again Trevor glad to see you out and about a freezing cold 4 deg C here today Im over it our local had the open fire roaring away today Sunday but l was driving so could only have 2 and l was getting comfortable you know how it is hehe.... again thanks for sharing and send some of that sunshine down to us regards Doc from Down Under in Australia.

I enjoyed this video so much, Trevor! Thank you

good vid cranking it on the cut keep up the good vids on channel thank for the share ofyou travels on cut thanks lee

Hi Trev nice to see that the sun is shining.. for a change. What can I say about your videos that hasn't been said many times before..by many people. All I can say is that you have always produced very interesting and informative videos....as for solar energy on narrow boats... I think that anything that makes life a little easier for people who live of grid has got to be a good thing...to have... I fitted a small windturbine to a customers boat a few years ago which apparently kept his batteries charged when the sun wasn't shining. Apparently he could use the mast to pick up TV channels. And boost his internet reception... however my job was to supply and fit a bracket to hold the mast in place.... Anyway Trev I'm glad to see that you are safe and well mate...🍺🍺🍺.

Hiya. Mate. You had me at. That bright yellow shiny fing in the sky. Thanks for cheering me up.

Those voltage dependants switches are no good for lifepo4 batteries as the voltage stays the same until the batteries are almost flat

Well done.

I love to see people having a go, but unfortunately you've made a huge assumption about how 12v power systems work and what power is available at what voltage. Sadly your plan is fundamentally flawed and relying on the battery voltage (especially in the high 13s) simply can't work efficiently or effectively. Essentially, batteries can supply very little power at, say, 14v before the voltage drops to the nominal 12.8v. There are two ways of achieving your aim 'correctly'. The first is what you've done - switch manually. The second way is to use a shunt to measure battery SOC and then programmatically switch the immersion on or off (e.g. turn the immersion on when the battery is full and then off again when it's below 95%). This is absolutely doable, but it wouldn't come cheap. Can I also comment that you really shouldn't be using mains switches to switch high power 12v systems. Say your immersion is 200W. At 12v that's 16A. The fused spur switch will be rated to 13A. In addition, the fused spur is designed to switch AC and not DC. I really would recommend you replace the mains switch with a proper 12v switch. Finally, if it were me, I'd be putting several fuses on the board just to add a little protection. Sorry, I didn't come here to p!$$ all over your project. Honest.

The foot bone’s connected to the leg bone. The leg bone’s connected to the knee bone. The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone.

voltage drop means you prob need larger conductors

Why the extra relays? What is the onboard relay for if not for power output?

I have a 48V system which puts out no more than 80V. I'm in the US where our mains are 120V. My dump is one of those 1960s lamps with 3 adjustable cone-shaped lamp-holders. I put 3 100W incandescent light bulbs in them . They don't care whether they are fed AC or DC, and any voltage up to 120. In heating season, this heat is not wasted. In summer I know it is a dumb thing to be adding this heat to the house, and I should use some sort of outdoor fixture, or actually do something useful as you have done. My main goal was to protect my panels.

Hello I develop and test a lot of new ideas and possibilities with solar energy. I can tell you that you cannot take output power from the solar cell charger it only delivers the volt you have selected (set) if you have selected 14.5 volts for charging you cannot start heating the water with 14.5 volts, you get a current reduction with a higher load (example the battery takes 15ah water the heater takes 15ah total 30ah) the output voltage drops and the heating of the hot water is turned off to start again when the voltage rises again to 14.5 volts, this will always continue. To solve the problem, the power to heat the water must be taken directly from the solar cells (before the battery charger). You need a controller that measures the current from the solar cells and you can set it to the current you need both volts and ah, if the current is too low to provide both charging and heating of the water, this unit shuts off the power to heat the water and the solar cells only supply the charger with sufficient current both work, if only charging takes place, when the battery is fully charged the current will increase from the solar cells. and then the controller switches on so that you heat the water. Otherwise, I can say that two switches o is unnecessary. Feed the main switch with + o - from there to a relay that is controlled by the controller, when the controller says ok relay 1 switches to o leaving power to the thermostat which regulates relay 2 switches to the heater to the water if the temperature of the water is below the desired temp is turned off. You get a fully automatic machine that you can turn on and off with the main switch, double switches not necessary Sincerely larry

Pretty smart - If that switch fused sour is switching 12V id chage it for a 12V switch.

Thanks Trev Im sure you will sort it, glad your DIYing saves money sometimes...thanks for sharing regards Doc

yeh - you need to measure your voltage at the source, also seeing a significant volt drop indicates your wires aren’t thick enough for the distance.

those cheapo ebay relay models are almost always terminated with wire made of copper coated aluminium (cca) rather than proper stranded copper. You can check by seeing if strands melt with a cigarette lighter

Enjoyed the diy project. Well done. Thinking maybe the differential is too close. Can you get around 12.5 v cutoff to work for you.

good vid on channel keep up the good vid on channel thanks lee

Hi Trev, lovely to see you today at Spode before the Armitage tunnel.. I took a pic . Safe travels Sue & Tim narrowboat Bald Eagle 🦅 😊