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HM Government's Hydrographic Office?

HMRC still have the mobile testing vans. They can and do confiscate offending vehicles.

Interesting. The more adventurous could soak a bit of rag with the diesel and light it, in a safe place. Observing the flame and smoke...

There are most definitely two sides to this argument. My own experience is that untreated diesel fuel in a tank that does not allow...

Yes farmers, but...... getting caught with it in your road going truck in the UK would normally result in a fine from HMRC and a follow...

I cannot help but think that there is an lost opportunity here for a new format of chart. Designed to compliment electronics and be...

A good explanation. I remember early DMM's could do some very strange things when the battery was low. Not a problem with analogue...

Because, the Hydrographic Office is withdrawing from the paper chart market. NV Charts, because of the thing that we dare not mention...

So why not offer PoD? Presumably this could be offered 'down the line' to anywhere with a suitable printer?

Too late? Yes, if you're suggesting the EA has its own direct works force to do everything and anything. Projects beyond a certain size...

Crank the engine with the stop lever at "stop". We've all done it :rolleyes: !

But only because Lat and Long are in Degrees Minutes Seconds. I think this is what started the OP's debate?

Litres per mile/km/NM is a simple conversion you can do in your head, it isn't a problem. Already explained above, NM and Degrees...

I'll guess your battery switches isolate everything beyond the batteries, you still had a live connection from Alternator to Battery...