So glad we're not moving today, can you imagine what the Braunston flight would be like? The plan was never to leave until Monday anyway. The man from Daventry Refrigeration was due and hopefully find nothing untoward other than a gas problem. In anticipation of his arrival, Ian pulled the fridge out from under the counter to make it more accessible.
A knock on the boat and the chap from Daventry Refrigeration was outside. Complete with gloves and mask I asked if we needed to leave the boat. No, all we had to do was to keep our distance and let him get on with his diagnostics. Kevin was his name and such a nice man. Liked him even more when he agreed with Ian that the fridge was low on gas. A line tap had to be tapped into the pipe so the liquid gas could be pumped in under pressure.
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The land of the "Flat liners" ie they come out at weekends, get out into the countryside, tie up & return to their "Marinas" by Sunday evening never to reappear until next w/e & NEVER to go through a lock !!! ;-)
There were more boats heading for the Braunston flight than going toward the junction so I expect they were doing more than just a weekend away. I like the expression Flat Liners never having heard that before. We call them the weekend brass polishers or shiny boat brigade.
I'm curious - does the "Line Tap" get left in place? I assume it must pierce the copper tubing to allow extra gas to be pumped in, whereas the "factory" method appears to be crimp the pipe, then solder the end closed. As there doesn't seem to be enough pipe left to repeat this process, I can't see how the tap could be removed afterwards.
Hi Dave, yes the line tap stays now forevermore. Thankfully we had enough space at the back of the fridge for it not to be a problem. If we hadnt then the fridge would have stuck out slightly from under the counter.
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