Re: Onan shuts down under load without shutdown codes
Mark Pitt
After replacing the thermostat, water sensor, fan belt, coolant, and raw water pump, it turns out the problem was carbon buildup in the exhaust manifold. That’s been cleaned out and a new exhaust elbow added and all seems good now. Thanks to all for their suggestions.
Mark Pitt Sabbatical III,SM#419 Nantucket
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Re: Water hoses in engine room
Vic Fryzel
Thanks James & Craig. All great advice that I'm gonna use for this project. For folks in San Diego, I found San Diego Marine Exchange who is a Scandvik "dealer." They sell the ABA clamps for what seems like a pretty reasonable price if you buy a 10-pack. I'm still sorting out which sizes I'll need. Scandvik sells a cruiser pack for a few hundred bucks that seems to have a variety, but not sure how useful that is. Thanks! - Vic
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:12 PM Craig & Katherine Briggs via groups.io <sangaris=aol.com@groups.io> wrote: Hi Vic,
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Re: A question to the hive mind re Amel 54 (Sleipner side power) Bow thruster capacitor please.
Actually the capacitor may also help in reducing the sparking of the brushes and reduce the wear and tear on those things. So definitely recommend to replace. I can't tell you the value though as our Amel is too far away to see.
Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price. Final chance to order
eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
Sorry,
After the storm 2 weeks ago we were without internet for quite a while. I will be ordering these switches this coming week. Please confirm your order. I will pay for them and you can send me a check when you receive them. please reply to kimberlite@optonline.net Please send me a note confirming your order and make a shipping label that I can cut out of the email to attach to the package such as: Eric Freedman 345 New York Ave. Huntington, NY 11743 I have broken a few of these switches over the years. I have done this by reaching over the generator to retrieve something stored behind the genset. I received a quote from my Onan dealer and on Amazon for around $90- plus tax which is ridiculous. These are normally closed switches. They can also make the normally open switches if I get enough orders. I tracked down the OEM manufacturer and the cost is about $23- plus a one time set up fee of about $50- I plan on ordering 2 of these. They stated that they make this for ONAN. If anyone is interested please let me know and I can order them for you $33- each plus USPS of about $8.00. I will order the switches within a week. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite
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Onan Generator exhaust temperature switch - great price. Final chance to order
eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
Sorry, After the storm 2 weeks ago we were without internet for quite a while.
Please send me a note confirming your order and make a shipping label that I can cut out of the email to attach to the package such as:
Eric Freedman
I have broken a few of these switches over the years. I have done this by reaching over the generator to retrieve something stored behind the genset. I received a quote from my Onan dealer and on Amazon for around $90- plus tax which is ridiculous. These are normally closed switches. They can also make the normally open switches if I get enough orders. I tracked down the OEM manufacturer and the cost is about $23- plus a one time set up fee of about $50- I plan on ordering 2 of these. They stated that they make this for ONAN. If anyone is interested please let me know and I can order them for you $33- each plus USPS of about $8.00. I will order the switches within a week. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite
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Re: Ladder
Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Last year when I was in New Caledonia Marina I was alongside an SM that had fitted a very good fold down ladder to the stern, (not attached to the bumper) I will try and find my photos of it. Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl
On 22 August 2020 at 03:04 "james Hosford via groups.io" <jay.hosford@...> wrote:
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Re: A question to the hive mind re Amel 54 (Sleipner side power) Bow thruster capacitor please.
Scott SV Tengah
Try Brad at Imtra, the distributor in the US. They've been pretty helpful and responsive.
Norwegians (Sleipner) may still be on summer holiday. :) -- Scott 2007 A54 #69 SV Tengah http://www.svtengah.com
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Re: Wifi extenders and the bonding system
Scott SV Tengah
Arno,
I got it to work only with the help of my friend. I literally couldn't connect to the Mikrotik Wap AC to even try to set it up for a year! Having a Mac doesn't help. I believe your Badboy is the same as my old Wirie Pro - a Bullet with a custom firmware, which you access through a webpage. Same with the Mikrotik, but it's just far more complicated. To be clear, I've never used a Mikrotik for the WAN portion of my network. In other words, it was always for the internal wifi network. For that it's been great. My internal network is fast enough that I have one hard drive shared between multiple computers over wifi and data transfer is almost as fast as connecting the hard drive by cable directly. For connecting to remote access points (cafe/restaurant/marina/etc), I first used the Bullet/Wirie, which is exactly what you have. Then I used the Alfa Tube, which had a much lower noise floor. For whatever reason, I had a big problem with noise floor on the Bullet. As you probably know, it's not just signal strength, but it's signal strength relative to the noise floor, which determines how fast/responsive your internet will be. Moreover, the results you receive are dependent on another multitude of factors, so just isolating receiver sensitivity and transmission power to compare different setups, if all else is not equal, is not very useful. If the airwaves are congested where you are, the strongest received signal, defined by signal-to-noise ratio, won't help you too much. The nature of 2.4ghz transmissions is that many of the channels OVERLAP and some routers double their radio bandwidth to 40mhz in an effort to increase throughput, but that results in a higher likelihood of overlapping. So if you have someone else on an overlapping channel, you will have slowdowns. Further, the remote access point's connection to the internet is another factor. You can have the strongest, best receiver in the world but if your marina/cafe's access point has a dial up connection, the best speed you will ever get is dial up. Finally, be careful cranking up transmission power. First off, it only helps with uploading. Secondly, Badboy's claimed 36db must include the gain from the antenna. Otherwise, they're violating max power limits from the FCC and I believe they're based in the US. Thirdly, my networking engineer friend explained to me that many wifi routers are smart. If your boat is sending a very powerful signal out, the receiving router interprets that as you being something like a smartphone that is very close to that router. To save power for both the router and the "smartphone client", the router will then lower its own output power. Through experimenting, I find that if I encounter one of those smart routers, turning DOWN my transmission power will increase my internet speed. Finally, high transmission power will increase the likelihood for interference for other users - bad karma and also another reason why smart routers, in an attempt to be good citizens, will decrease their output power in response to a high power received signal. This wifi stuff is almost as complicated as maintaining a boat! Almost. -- Scott 2007 A54 #69 SV Tengah http://www.svtengah.com
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Re: A question to the hive mind re Amel 54 (Sleipner side power) Bow thruster capacitor please.
Ryan Meador
Hi Porter, The capacitor should be labeled. On one side of the disc, I expect you'll see some tiny numbers. If you can write them down and/or get a clear photo, that would help a lot for identifying it. Failing that, you'll have to measure it with a meter (looks impossible due to the damage) or get the specifications from the manufacturer. I concur with the tech -- it is a ceramic capacitor, most likely to reduce electrical/radio interference. I'd prefer not to speculate on whether it's safe to operate the thruster without it. Ryan and Kelly
SM 233 Iteration Boston, MA, USA
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 1:02 PM Porter McRoberts via groups.io <portermcroberts=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Yesterday while cleaning contactor and brushes and then reassembling the bow thruster, accidentally we tore this small wire and capacitor vs resistor which connected between the brushes Set “A” and Set “B” of the four sets A-D. It appears to be a capacitor of some kind, theorized by the guy in the electronics shop to offer some sort of harmonic filtering and reduction of radio interference, and thus non-essential to the function of the BT. It is a Sleipner “side power” bow thruster. No response yet from Sleipner.
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A question to the hive mind re Amel 54 (Sleipner side power) Bow thruster capacitor please.
Yesterday while cleaning contactor and brushes and then reassembling the bow thruster, accidentally we tore this small wire and capacitor vs resistor which connected between the brushes Set “A” and Set “B” of the four sets A-D. It appears to be a capacitor of some kind, theorized by the guy in the electronics shop to offer some sort of harmonic filtering and reduction of radio interference, and thus non-essential to the function of the BT. It is a Sleipner “side power” bow thruster. No response yet from Sleipner.
The electronics guy has a host of small capacitors, and it would be easy to wire one up, but which size? Might anyone 1) know the size?, 2) be able to confirm the non-essential nature of this small device? 3) have any suggestions in the absence of intel from Sleipner? Thank you very much! Porter McRoberts A54-152. Tahiti.
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Re: Furling main on Amel 60
Hi Bill,
Not surprised about the change to ProFurl. Reckmann may be good stuff but the price is eye-watering. If you look closely at the mainsail you will notice an block in the mainsail and a line going to the end of the boom. That seems the way most Selden masts are setup, but they use a winch for the outhaul. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: Furling main on Amel 60
Arno, I did not notice that but did notice the use of electric ProFurl furlers rather than Reckmann furlers on the genoa and staysail. Bill
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:42 AM Arno Luijten <arno.luijten@...> wrote: Dear forum,
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Re: Ladder
james Hosford
Ah thanks pictures I saw I thought it was fiberglass or fiberglass encapsulated wood. Oh well it was an idea
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On Aug 21, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Mark McGovern <mfmcgovern@...> wrote:
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Furling main on Amel 60
Dear forum,
Did anyone have a close look at the furling system on the new Amel 60 for the main sail. From what I can see they changed the way this works but the pictures are not very detailed. More specifically the way the outhaul works seems to have changed as the motor seems to have disappeared from the boom. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: Ladder
Mark McGovern
James, Assuming you have the OEM Amel bumper, the bumper would likely just rip off the back of the boat if you tried that. It's made from some sort of foam rubber and held in place by just two M8 bolts with some fender washers. The bolts are meant to hold up the weight of the bumper and keep it in place in a compression load (bumping into a dock, etc.). They are not meant to hold the weight of a ladder and person pulling down on the bumper. -- Mark McGovern SM #440 Cara Deale, MD USA
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Re: Cook top dimensions
Gerhard Mueller
Responding to Gerhard, yours seems a brilliant solution but from the photo I cannot understand if the system is gimballing or you are using it only in the fixed positionPaolo Since I don't have 220 Volt on board I can use the cooker only in the harbor. -- Gerhard Mueller Amel Sharki #60 Currently Kalamata, Greece
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Re: Cook top dimensions
Hi Paolo,
Thanks and apologies for the slow reply. The cooktop I am looking at is the Miele KM 7200 FR with dimensions of 574mm W, 504mm D and 48mm H.
Looks like this should fit well. Not cheap but quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. If I ever get back to my boat I'll post some photos :)
Cheers
Bryce
SM #467
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 4:58 PM +0800, "PAOLO CUNEO" <pc43ge@...> wrote:
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Ladder
james Hosford
Anyone modify their back step to accept the stock ladder in a down position. Send like it would be easy enough to add a socket to the bumper and make it a lot easier to get in and out with gear on.
Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Bow-thruster repair at anchor
Germain Jean-Pierre
Hello Charlie,
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If I’m not mistaken, the A50 has a different BT. I believe it is made by Sleipner. Congratulations on your 50. Jean-Pierre Germain, SY Eleuthera, SM007, NZ
On 21/08/2020, at 10:26 AM, Charlie Kopp <ckopp@...> wrote:
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Re: Bow-thruster repair at anchor
Thank you so much for this, Paul. I haven’t been very active on this group yet, but I was lucky to acquire SM#50 in the fall of 2017. I must admit the bowthruster has been quite a black box to me, and your video really helped to demystify it. That’s too bad about the new lid not matching up. Anyway, much appreciated. I hope someday I can add some useful content, too.
Charlie Kopp on SY Cloud Seven SM#50 Seattle WA USA
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