It looks nice that your shower is working. Soon you have one and wash your body for the first time. All thing will work out for you. Have a safe trip to London. Thank you for your time. From the Glendenning family in Kitchener Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt thanks for the reply James 👍.....a 50ft trad and currently doing a few jobs on it at whilton marina then I'll be ferel out on the cut lol
God job done there James. I see others have mentioned in the comments about using silicone on the shower trap. I would definitely run silicone on both the trap and rubber seal. Then in the shower a silicone seal around the trap where you screw it it. All the best. Loving the build.
If I were James, I’d have to have an automatic bleep function on the camera if I were installing that little lot. The air would be blue! Good job! Well done that man.
The Whalegulper strikes me as being mounted rather high James. I've always seen them mounted roughly level with the floor, I assume to help with priming, though it clearly manages anyway.
Nice one James, famous across the globe ! Check that the bend in the hose near the skin fitting doesnt collapse into a kink if it softens so much once it gets warm shower water going thru it though. Maybe try finding a 90 degree fitting to go directly onto the skin fitting to connect the hose to ?
Hi James. I told you I'd seen that programme before... ;o) Any excuse for a cup of tea is a good excuse. And now you know why I gave up plumbing. When you take that trap apart, make sure to add a ring of silicone sealant between the underside of the shower tray and the trap fitting. I didn't see a washer there, and you've cut away most of the flange that provides a seal. All the best, mate. If you fancy a pint after work, drop me a text. ;o)
Morning James. Make sure your shower fitting in the tray is sealed as you only put the water in the waste trap 🤔 When you’re in the shower the tray will flex and May leak ……… 🙄 That was funny when you said I’ve chucked out my parmesan 🤣 Safe trip to the smoke in the Dagenham dustbin 😂
Hi James. You should really be fitting fuses as close to the source of power as possible and in the case of your gulper the fuse to the pump should be close to the heavy terminals. The heavy cable itself fused near the battery. The purpose of the fuse is to protect the cable rather than the device on the end. The closer to the power source the more of the cable is protected against shorting. 👍🏼
Yeah, the “as close to the device as possible” thing is just incorrect (backwards, in fact). It’s the same as with house wiring: the power company has really big fuses and puts really big cables in the ground. Then when it comes into your house, you get a big whole house fuse, and the cables from then on can handle the whole current allowed by that fuse without causing fire. Then you go into your fuse box, and you have a bunch of smaller fuses, each of which is connected to a size of normal house cable which can handle all the current permitted by that fuse without burning your house down, and then (in the UK) you have your plug with a fuse in it, and then after that the cable can be thinner still that goes to your appliance, but it still won’t burn your house down because the cable can handle all the power that the fuse in the plug will allow.
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt the fuse closer to the source of power and to the point where the cable gets thinner would still do that. The real purpose of fuses is to stop the cable setting on fire if you put a screw through one and short to -ve. The closer to the battery the more cable is protected.
As mentioned in previous comments the whale gulper inlet from the shower should be level or below the shower trap. The water In the shower tray will need to build up to prime the pump.
Was that the first part of the trade deal with the Aussies. Surprised it wasn't hand delivered by Liz Truss . Good to see your project moving forward .
Yet another great video😊. Hubby and I have been watching since the beginning, but somehow feel we’ve missed something. Who is CAROL? Lol lol. She seems to be taking great care of you which is wonderful…….keep up the great work, cheers 🍻😊
Quite a bit done today and a nice long episode. I think you can flip the whale gulper inlet and outlet 180 degrees if that helps. Make sure you dont get an electric shock on that switch with your wet hands after a shower :)
Some Oz translation for you James ~ SHEILA- (since Colonisation more-or-less) initially referred to women of Irish origin. Common-use now is ‘woman’. “I met some Sheilas at the pub last night.” SHIRALEE- a bundle of belongings or blankets carried by a tramp (since 1875). Made famous by Aus author D’Arcy Niland who, in his 1950s book “The Shiralee” extended the meaning into another dimension representing the trials and tribulations of looking after his quite young daughter whilst dealing with a life on the road. (Also a very good film starring Bryan Brown.) So, in the Tasmanian example my guess is Shiralee refers to 2 young girls 👧👧 who are probably relations. ~Loved the Ending~ 🛀🏽 Parmesan Cheese indeed!
Thanks for the memory! I remember watching The Little Shiralee at the cinema many years ago - and have waited - and waited - for it to be shown on TV to no avail 😥.
That is some 'Current Carrying Capacity' cable you have there my friend. It only pulls 2 amps so 1.5mm would have been ample, and that's even taking into consideration the Water Fan. You are only talking of 12v DC after all.
Get in the habit of always connecting the positive terminal first. That way there is no spark in case something is drawing power. Things are moving right along. Crack on. Stay safe.
James you are using the crimp tool the wrong way round. You should pull the lever up and the wires go into the lugs from the coloured dots side. That's how I was taught to use them during my apprenticeship.
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Thank you. I commented too soon! As soon as I sent it of course it was fully explained in the video! Really enjoying your channel. Good luck in your endeavours. It looks like you’ve had a few set backs. But onwards and upwards!!
Hi I have followed you for a while I'm doing my 12v wiring now just wondering if you can help me? I need the distribution things you used but can't find them online
If you fitted a flow switch then you would also need to fit an over run circuit to keep the pump running to ensure the tray emptied. Also once the water drained off the walls there would be no way to drain that. Keep it simple, a switch is fine on its own. I agree with the other posts about supporting the hose so it doesn't sag when it gets warm. And move the fuse to the power source end of the wire not the pump. Good luck with the base plate welding 👍
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Use a rubber gasket and some plumbers putty for that shower drain. Also u should make a door in the floor to get to that drain if it leaks in the future.
Normal shower drains have water in them to seal off the odor from the sewer. Same as toilets and sink U bends. In the narrowboat application you don’t need to seal out sewer gas but you might still not want an open connection to the outdoors (say in winter) if you can avoid it.
Would also like to know who Carol is?😂 have had a crush on you from the beginning (no worries I've been married 33 yrs.) And what with throwing out the parmesan, asking for a friend from Michigan. Love watching the how boat coming together.
Thanks James, I am watching everything you have done on both boats, I am looking for something 15k and saving so may have 20k soon, did I hear you say project 58 came from North Kilworth, I love in Lutterworth, so not far from me. If you hear of anything going cheap let me know. Thanks Phil @@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt
Wow! How kind of the Tasman family to send love and gifts from the other side of the world!
Your are getting on great James ... really good to see .. and youve still got a great sense of humour 🤣🤣 stay safe 🙏
A ruddy great hole in the wall and James remarks “I don’t know if you can see it” 😂😂
I can see where the pumps gets its name from, love to see the progress, take care and drive carefully. Thanks James.
Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
It looks nice that your shower is working. Soon you have one and wash your body for the first time. All thing will work out for you. Have a safe trip to London. Thank you for your time. From the Glendenning family in Kitchener Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
"Soon you have one and wash your body for the first time." I feel sure James must have washed his body before buying his narrow boat. :o)
Thanks for the last shot… I gotta go pee now! Lol 😆
Ooops sorry
Great content bud ...I'm finally on my own narrowboat and I would spend many evenings watching your videos dreaming of the day I would have my own
That is amazing news my friend. What did you get? Happy days pal
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt thanks for the reply James 👍.....a 50ft trad and currently doing a few jobs on it at whilton marina then I'll be ferel out on the cut lol
Doing well James. Do things well the 1st time and won't need redoing down the trake. Keep strong, you will have a beautiful home!
Cheers Karyn
God job done there James. I see others have mentioned in the comments about using silicone on the shower trap. I would definitely run silicone on both the trap and rubber seal. Then in the shower a silicone seal around the trap where you screw it it.
All the best. Loving the build.
Kaz of Tasmania - reminds me of the cartoon. Now I have the theme in my head and it won’t go away…
Brilliant mate feels like you are really making good progress now. Cheers
If I were James, I’d have to have an automatic bleep function on the camera if I were installing that little lot. The air would be blue!
Good job! Well done that man.
Good job nobody was standing adjacent to the whalegulper outlet when you turned it on!!!!
I was waiting and hoping someone would - can’t wait to be on the towpath side
James. Great job.
HI James and keep cracking on as always.
The Whalegulper strikes me as being mounted rather high James. I've always seen them mounted roughly level with the floor, I assume to help with priming, though it clearly manages anyway.
They can work at any height mate, within reason
Yet more ticked of the list well done
So pleased to see your pleasure at your success 👏🏻👏🏻
It's pissin all over my neighbours boat 🤣
Nice one James, famous across the globe ! Check that the bend in the hose near the skin fitting doesnt collapse into a kink if it softens so much once it gets warm shower water going thru it though. Maybe try finding a 90 degree fitting to go directly onto the skin fitting to connect the hose to ?
90 degree fitting would be neater, but this type of reinforced hose doesn’t kink very easily, hot or not. That’s what it’s for.
Hi James. I told you I'd seen that programme before... ;o)
Any excuse for a cup of tea is a good excuse.
And now you know why I gave up plumbing. When you take that trap apart, make sure to add a ring of silicone sealant between the underside of the shower tray and the trap fitting. I didn't see a washer there, and you've cut away most of the flange that provides a seal.
All the best, mate. If you fancy a pint after work, drop me a text. ;o)
Do the job properly as it will be hidden from view - Cut away the floor to allow a trap that hasn't been 'modified' to be fitted...
Successes are always good to watch lol!
That’s a nice thing to say
Cheers bud
Well done with that shower trap James, I never knew how much of a contortionist I was until I moved onto my boat lol
Morning James. Make sure your shower fitting in the tray is sealed as you only put the water in the waste trap 🤔 When you’re in the shower the tray will flex and May leak ……… 🙄 That was funny when you said I’ve chucked out my parmesan 🤣 Safe trip to the smoke in the Dagenham dustbin 😂
Will seal it all up - glad your liked the Parmesan gag - hope you’re good mate
Hi James. You should really be fitting fuses as close to the source of power as possible and in the case of your gulper the fuse to the pump should be close to the heavy terminals. The heavy cable itself fused near the battery. The purpose of the fuse is to protect the cable rather than the device on the end. The closer to the power source the more of the cable is protected against shorting. 👍🏼
Yeah, the “as close to the device as possible” thing is just incorrect (backwards, in fact).
It’s the same as with house wiring: the power company has really big fuses and puts really big cables in the ground. Then when it comes into your house, you get a big whole house fuse, and the cables from then on can handle the whole current allowed by that fuse without causing fire. Then you go into your fuse box, and you have a bunch of smaller fuses, each of which is connected to a size of normal house cable which can handle all the current permitted by that fuse without burning your house down, and then (in the UK) you have your plug with a fuse in it, and then after that the cable can be thinner still that goes to your appliance, but it still won’t burn your house down because the cable can handle all the power that the fuse in the plug will allow.
That’s what I thought but whale say it’s to protect the pump in case of blockages and stop over working. I’ll ask again
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt well, obviously manufacturer instructions trump what some rando on the internet says ;)
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt the fuse closer to the source of power and to the point where the cable gets thinner would still do that. The real purpose of fuses is to stop the cable setting on fire if you put a screw through one and short to -ve. The closer to the battery the more cable is protected.
Nice videos by the way... 👍
As mentioned in previous comments the whale gulper inlet from the shower should be level or below the shower trap. The water In the shower tray will need to build up to prime the pump.
Was that the first part of the trade deal with the Aussies. Surprised it wasn't hand delivered by Liz Truss . Good to see your project moving forward .
Hi James, have you considered putting a filter in line with the gulper. It would catch any hair deposits from the shower.
No women will shower in there mate
Yet another great video😊. Hubby and I have been watching since the beginning, but somehow feel we’ve missed something. Who is CAROL? Lol lol. She seems to be taking great care of you which is wonderful…….keep up the great work, cheers 🍻😊
Us too P🇳🇿
Quite a bit done today and a nice long episode. I think you can flip the whale gulper inlet and outlet 180 degrees if that helps. Make sure you dont get an electric shock on that switch with your wet hands after a shower :)
It won’t be that switch - it’ll be done properly
Don’t forget to fit the hand sink, The correct height. Remember the kids will
grow , So a small step is the way to go, The boat is looking great 👍👍
That’s exactly what I’m doing to do - step and good flow
Flexible jubilee tightener.. Should the gulper be lower?
If its from Tasmania, you know its good
James--you have a bunch of dark colored Sloe Patrol shirts. You could save the white one for Sunday best. Just saying. ;-)
Naaah, he probably hasn’t combed his hair or washed his face yet let alone Sundays lol
Yep - loud and clear
Another job done and ticked off your list :)
Some Oz translation for you James ~
SHEILA- (since Colonisation more-or-less) initially referred to women of Irish origin. Common-use now is ‘woman’.
“I met some Sheilas at the pub last night.”
SHIRALEE- a bundle of belongings or blankets carried by a tramp (since 1875). Made famous by Aus author D’Arcy Niland who, in his 1950s book “The Shiralee” extended the meaning into another dimension representing the trials and tribulations of looking after his quite young daughter whilst dealing with a life on the road. (Also a very good film starring Bryan Brown.)
So, in the Tasmanian example my guess is Shiralee refers to 2 young girls 👧👧 who are probably relations.
~Loved the Ending~ 🛀🏽
Parmesan Cheese indeed!
Love this. What knowledge
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for the memory! I remember watching The Little Shiralee at the cinema many years ago - and have waited - and waited - for it to be shown on TV to no avail 😥.
I thought we protect the cable not the appliance?, so fuse up near the + bat
That is some 'Current Carrying Capacity' cable you have there my friend.
It only pulls 2 amps so 1.5mm would have been ample, and that's even taking into consideration the Water Fan.
You are only talking of 12v DC after all.
Is it just me? But shouldn’t the pump be under the level of the shower drain?
Nope. No needed
Get in the habit of always connecting the positive terminal first. That way there is no spark in case something is drawing power. Things are moving right along. Crack on. Stay safe.
Cheers Mark
James you are using the crimp tool the wrong way round. You should pull the lever up and the wires go into the lugs from the coloured dots side.
That's how I was taught to use them during my apprenticeship.
Sorry if this sounds like I’m an Amateur. (I am) but what’s a Whale Gulper. I’m guessing loo related?
Nearly - it’s to suck the water out of the shower and pump it outside
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Thank you. I commented too soon! As soon as I sent it of course it was fully explained in the video! Really enjoying your channel. Good luck in your endeavours. It looks like you’ve had a few set backs. But onwards and upwards!!
Good video
Why not place the gulper horizontally?
It would take up more room and the hoses would be more constrained
I’m surprised the whale gulper can suck water up through air-filled hose, as opposed to most pumps that have to be below the water level.
It can work at any height to be honest
Hi I have followed you for a while I'm doing my 12v wiring now just wondering if you can help me? I need the distribution things you used but can't find them online
Have you tried 12v planet - they sell them (and everything else you’ll need for electrics)
Heads up, you can buy water flow sensors to auto switch the gulper on when your in the shower.
I know but it’s just something else to go wrong. It can also be triggered by a float switch.
They tend to be needed for hire boats
If you fitted a flow switch then you would also need to fit an over run circuit to keep the pump running to ensure the tray emptied. Also once the water drained off the walls there would be no way to drain that.
Keep it simple, a switch is fine on its own.
I agree with the other posts about supporting the hose so it doesn't sag when it gets warm. And move the fuse to the power source end of the wire not the pump.
Good luck with the base plate welding 👍
no plumbers mud around the drain? that surprises me.
I’ll be putting some silicon in there when fitting
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Use a rubber gasket and some plumbers putty for that shower drain. Also u should make a door in the floor to get to that drain if it leaks in the future.
Me Old, the reason there is water left in shower drain is possibly to avoid legionnaires disease? Discuss!!!!
Normal shower drains have water in them to seal off the odor from the sewer. Same as toilets and sink U bends. In the narrowboat application you don’t need to seal out sewer gas but you might still not want an open connection to the outdoors (say in winter) if you can avoid it.
Top Skin Fitting Positioning. Just above Towpath Height. Perfick :-)
Would also like to know who Carol is?😂 have had a crush on you from the beginning (no worries I've been married 33 yrs.) And what with throwing out the parmesan, asking for a friend from Michigan. Love watching the how boat coming together.
England lost to Italy in the final of the World Cup this weekend. Mourning throughout the land.
Carol is just a regular super fan 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the crush - back at ya
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt thanks for the kind word's. 😄
Hi James, What are the other 2 brass water outlets on the side of the boat slightly lower than the shower one?
Hey
One of them is the outlet for the bathroom sink and one is for the WC air outlet
Thanks James, I am watching everything you have done on both boats, I am looking for something 15k and saving so may have 20k soon, did I hear you say project 58 came from North Kilworth, I love in Lutterworth, so not far from me. If you hear of anything going cheap let me know. Thanks Phil @@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt
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