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Re: Miele Microwave on A55 not working
It is likely something serious, but I had the same issue with my Amel installed microwave. I opened it up getting the non-tamper screws out and discovered that when some of the internal spade connections were touched it came to life. I disconnected all of the connections, brushed-on some CorrosionX, reassembled it, and it lasted for years until we replaced it with one with more features. I know this sounds like a commercial for CorrosionX, but it's a true life example of micro-corrosion and solutions while living aboard with salt air, and CorrosionX. Best, CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550 www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com Yacht School Calendar: www.preparetocastoff.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html
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Re: Miele Microwave on A55 not working
I can’t help with the exact model but I’ve fixed a few microwaves in my day and it’s usually one of two causes, both easy for DYI although you do need to be very careful to ensure it isn’t plugged in and you discharge the large capacitor before poking around in there as it can carry a lethal charge. Most microwaves have a large internal fuse (15A usually) that can trip (often if someone accidentally put metal inside). The other is that the magnetrons fail. They are easy to replace as well (usually just a few wires). The other thing to check would be the door switch but it doesn’t sound like that as it failed mid cooking. Good luck!
Brent
On Jun 29, 2021, 3:05 AM -0400, Joerg Esdorn via groups.io <jhe1313@...>, wrote:
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Re: #attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
#attackedbywhales
#newboat
Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi Colin I still love my SM.Ocean Pearl but if I suggested to Yvonne a 50 she would say yes yes yes. But for me the systems on the SM, the ketch rig, the ease of sail control and the supreme sailing controlability in any conditions and the sea kindliness all combine to hold me. Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl
On 29 June 2021 at 19:48 Colin - ex SV Island Pearl <colin.d.streeter@...> wrote:
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Re: #attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
#attackedbywhales
#newboat
Ah-ha! That is a very interesting comment by Amel, and probably pretty well researched too amongst existing Amel owners too who no longer intend to circumnavigate. We too have found ourselves drawn towards some of the awesome features of the Amel 50 for a potential next boat. After enjoying a wonderfully safe, comfortable, and easy circumnavigation in a SuperMaramu 2000 despite some really tough conditions, we now found ourselves thinking more of doing local sailing mainly in the future, plus potentially the Med and then the normal "milk run" easier North Atlantic to the Caribbean, and then Pacific and home to Australia route next time which could be great in the 50. If we were doing the Indian Ocean again, we would be straight back in an SM2000! I do hope that Amel sees that video and does something about strengthening those rudders, and also considers the prop shaft support issue too. That said, we had a huge and fast whale come threateningly down on us like a torpedo from the rear just before rounding the north tip of Madagascar, and I think nothing but a very strong old steel boat could realistically deal with that! Fortunately, in our case, it was a false alarm and the whale dived down and headed out to our stbd side not hitting us. Colin Streeter Currently boatless and enjoying land touring home in Australia ex Island Pearl II
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:32 PM Danny and Yvonne SIMMS <simms@...> wrote:
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Miele Microwave on A55 not working
Our microwave went black yesterday in the middle of warming up some frozen food. It was quite warm inside and now doesn’t show any sign of life. Any suggestions?
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Re: #attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
#attackedbywhales
#newboat
Danny and Yvonne SIMMS
Hi all, Yvonne and I visited Amel at La Rochelle when they were fitting out the first 50. It was in the water at the dock and we were given a walk through. I raised with them that it appeared to have moved from the all on ocean crossing circumnavigator build of previous Amels. I asked if their target market had shifted. They told me that the target for the 50 was existing Amel owners who had done their major passages and wanted a new boat with all the great features of Amel but more suited for inshore sailing. Who am I to argue with that. There are hundreds of us out there. Kind Regards Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl
On 29 June 2021 at 15:44 eric freedman <kimberlite@...> wrote:
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Re: #attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
#attackedbywhales
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eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
Is that the New Amel 50?
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> On Behalf Of Arno Luijten
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 5:11 PM To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] #attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
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Re: Windlass ans BT batteries
Mike Longcor (SV Trilogy)
Hello, The Santorin may be different but the BT and windlass motors on our Super Maramu are 24V while engine start is 12V. Is your set up like this or is everything 12V? We have a 24V alternator (in addition to the 12V alternator) that provides charging to the service batteries while engine is running. Maybe this is your best option? The lithiums will have more capacity and do a better job of supplying the high power required for BT and windlass compared to a lead acid anyway - if that's what your start battery is. Cheers, Mike Longer SV Trilogy SM23 New Zealand
On Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 1:54 AM Loïc TAUZIN <loictaz340@...> wrote:
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Re: #attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
#attackedbywhales
#newboat
For those not seeing the link:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=haVHkHks9v4&feature=share ———————— Hmm, balance rudders on an Amel, not sure about that… It seems Amel changed the construction of the rudder(s) quite drastically. But they are not alone, Hallberg Rassy is doing the very same thing. The added beam at the stern of the boat makes this inevitable. From my personal point of view. I think everything under the waterline must be as close to bomb proof as you can realistically make it. So these modern hull shapes with twin rudders are posing a devils dilemma in my opinion. I found it also a bit uncomfortable looking at the size of the P-bracket that guides the propellor-shaft. I would have preferred a upside-down V-shape for that thing. This setup seems very fragile as well and begging for bent propellor-shafts I’m aware that these wide bottoms do give you nice sail performance but I’m not so sure if this new design is not conflicting with the prime directive of what Amel stands for. I guess time will tell… Cheers, Arno Luijten, SV Luna, A54-121
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#attackedbywhales #newboat WE SOLD THE BOAT! Now what??? Sailing Ocean F...
#attackedbywhales
#newboat
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Re: 24VDC to 12VDC converters: 0V connections
Randall Walker
Thomas, I found the switch it is like the one behind the DC panel in the galley. Really big switches that take up space I will be swapping these out for much smaller ones and labeling them for the next owner. Way to much time spent identifying wires. Randall A54#56 Grenada
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 13:40 Randall Walker via groups.io <sailingalbedo=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: 24VDC to 12VDC converters: 0V connections
Randall Walker
Thomas where is this wooden panel? You mention finding an on/ off switch. Randall A54#56 Grenada
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 00:21 Sv Garulfo <svgarulfo@...> wrote:
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Re: Inverter replacement
Arno, Your photo also gives all 54 owners a great view of the Secondary Saltwater Manifold that you helped design. More info here:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 5:51 PM Mohammad Shirloo <mshirloo@...> wrote:
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Re: 24VDC to 12VDC converters: 0V connections
Sv Garulfo
Thanks Arno, The only equipment officially connected to the permanent converter is the car radio (for station preset memory retention if I understood correctly). Maybe that doesn’t like floating voltage for some reason... The vhf is definitely transmission equipment so I guess the theory applies there. The B&G simnet network (for the analog displays) is an N2k implementation, powered in 12V, so again the theory applies I guess. Best Thomas GARULFO A54-122 Tahiti
On 27 Jun 2021, at 12:16, Arno Luijten <arno.luijten@...> wrote:
My guess is that these are isolated converters. So the input and output are not galvanically connected. This is typically required for radio transmitter equipment to prevent ground loops. This is where you can get all kinds of funny effects because of impedances of equipement relative to the minus/ground lead. Another example is NEMA-2000 supply that (officially) requires a isolated ground as well, so for this you need to use an isolated converter. It may be they found a problem with some devices not having a ground connected to the battery ground and therefore had to connect the two 0V lines together. Regards, Arno Luijten, SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: 24VDC to 12VDC converters: 0V connections
Sv Garulfo
Thanks Ruedi We also have an on/off switch for the permanent, but Amel relocated it behind the wooden panel on the starboard side of the chart table. Not sure why, it’s not easier/more difficult to access there... Cheers Thomas GARULFO A54-122 Tahiti
On 27 Jun 2021, at 09:58, Rudolf Waldispuehl <Rudolf@...> wrote:
Hi Thomas
On WASABI we have the same setup, except that there is a separate “Permanent ON/OFF” Switch under the converter (see picture). I suppose you have another ON/OFF configuration on the Permanent and therefore they bridged the +0 on input and output. Probably GARULFO do not have a ON/OFF Switch for the Converter Input and therefore the bridge makes your converter permanent as permanent 😉 The other 2 converter are just switched on when you push the green “INSTRUMENTS” button at the chart table next to the window.
Best and fair winds
Ruedi, WASABI , Amel-54 #55
Von: "main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io" <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> im Auftrag von Sv Garulfo <svgarulfo@...>
Hi all,
On GARULFO, and I suspect on other A54s and maybe SM, there are three 24VDC to 12VDC converters, marked “permanent”, “hydra/iscan v90” and “VHF icom”.
Of those, only the “permanent” one has the input +0V and the output +0V posts connected.
Does anyone know why that is? Why shouldn’t the other 2 be the same?
In one pic:
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Thanks
Best,
Thomas GARULFO A54-122 Tahiti
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Re: Mystery line/rope found in locker
Thanks all for the suggestion. This seems very plausible indeed. Regrettably the dinghy where this was intended for has died an ugly death and our current dinghy hangs happily from the new davids system I installed last year. So we will need to repurpose this.
Thanks again. Arno Luijten, SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: Inverter replacement
Mohammad Shirloo
Thank you.
Respectfully;
Mohammad Shirloo
+1-323-633-2222 Cell
+1-424-644-0908 Fax
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> on behalf of Arno Luijten via groups.io <arno.luijten@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 9:30:57 PM To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Inverter replacement Hi Mohammad,
I have altered the 230V switch panel so now all groups are supplied by the inverter. It does mean you need to think about the things you switch on simultaneously but with the original solution that was the case as well. As I replaced the A/C units with inverter units they do not suffer from huge startup currents anymore, also they use less power.. Two groups are excluded from the inverter, as you can guess, both battery chargers are exempt. The 40A charger can be used only if there is shore or generator power. Activating the 100A charger (when connected to shore power) will cause the Mass Combi to be disconnected from the shore power and start inverting. This is effectively the 60Hz to 50Hz conversion. So now we can run the clothes-washer in Saint Martin without using the generator. Enclosed is the Schematic Diagram of the 230V side and a picture that shows the new circuit breaker for the Combi Mass. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121 
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Re: Inverter replacement
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 04:33 PM, Danny and Yvonne SIMMS wrote:
Hi Danny, I’m not sure if I agree with you on this. The SM and A54 are very similar in complexity of the electrics when they left the Amel Yard. There are plenty of SM owners that also add a lot of complexity to their boat. I did not add complexity just for the fun of it. I did it because adding functionality or replacing broken functionality adds complexity most of the times. A good example where this is not true is when you change form NMEA0183 to NEMA2000. This actually makes things more easy as you need less cable to connect stuff. Adding Solar and/or Lithium will add complexity. Having more systems also brings in more need for supervising/monitoring equipment to spot upcoming problems. My goal with our A54 is to keep systems as simple as possible but the reality is the A54 is a highly technical vessel with lots of toys. My biggest beef with the electrics is that Amel changed several things during production (newer devices came to market) but never updated the user manual or the quite limited circuit-diagrams that are part of the documentation. So I had to reverse engineer several things to understand their workings. Typically when I change things I make a circuit diagram of the new situation. That helps me as well if I need to look into a system later. Cheers, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: 24VDC to 12VDC converters: 0V connections
My guess is that these are isolated converters. So the input and output are not galvanically connected. This is typically required for radio transmitter equipment to prevent ground loops. This is where you can get all kinds of funny effects because of impedances of equipement relative to the minus/ground lead. Another example is NEMA-2000 supply that (officially) requires a isolated ground as well, so for this you need to use an isolated converter.
It may be they found a problem with some devices not having a ground connected to the battery ground and therefore had to connect the two 0V lines together. Regards, Arno Luijten, SV Luna, A54-121
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Re: 24VDC to 12VDC converters: 0V connections
Hi Thomas
On WASABI we have the same setup, except that there is a separate “Permanent ON/OFF” Switch under the converter (see picture). I suppose you have another ON/OFF configuration on the Permanent and therefore they bridged the +0 on input and output. Probably GARULFO do not have a ON/OFF Switch for the Converter Input and therefore the bridge makes your converter permanent as permanent 😉 The other 2 converter are just switched on when you push the green “INSTRUMENTS” button at the chart table next to the window.
Best and fair winds
Ruedi, WASABI , Amel-54 #55
Von: "main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io" <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> im Auftrag von Sv Garulfo <svgarulfo@...>
Hi all,
On GARULFO, and I suspect on other A54s and maybe SM, there are three 24VDC to 12VDC converters, marked “permanent”, “hydra/iscan v90” and “VHF icom”.
Of those, only the “permanent” one has the input +0V and the output +0V posts connected.
Does anyone know why that is? Why shouldn’t the other 2 be the same?
In one pic:
Thanks
Best,
Thomas GARULFO A54-122 Tahiti
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