UK boiler regulations

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Re: UK boiler regulations

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Bert,
on the off chance it might help, I live within 25 minutes easy drive of the Harwich ferry port, and have plenty of secure parking space for a vehicle & boat - along with spare bedrooms etc.
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Re: UK boiler regulations

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I wouldnt get a pressure vessel on a mamod, but by the time it large enough to be able to move you around, most boilers are going to be large enough to kill a person as well.

Daniel[/quote]

Just for the sake of completeness Daniel. In fact under a change to the model side of UK boiler testing, if you wanted to run your Mamod in public you WOULD need to have a cert. Now all small gauges must also be able to prove safe construction. Somewhat of an extra load on club testers.

I've gone up from one testable boiler, to six! (none Mamods)
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Re: UK boiler regulations

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Thanks RGSP for the offer. I might just take you up on that. I'll drop you a line shortly

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Re: UK boiler regulations

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Mike Rometer wrote:[quote="Dhutch]

First I have heard of this, what regs state this?

Mike

Daniel
Just for the sake of completeness Daniel. In fact under a change to the model side of UK boiler testing, if you wanted to run your Mamod in public you WOULD need to have a cert. Now all small gauges must also be able to prove safe construction. Somewhat of an extra load on club testers.

I've gone up from one testable boiler, to six! (none Mamods)[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]
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Re: UK boiler regulations

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AFAIK is was in the last update, along with the written schemes etc. A lot of G scale (45mm G) and 16mm (32mm G) clubs now insist on certs before a run is allowed.
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