We bought a Marine Air (Airrr) in 2014. In winter, it can reverse its pump and provide heat. The plate reads: VTD12KZ-410A 230V/60/1 208-230V 60Hz 1 Phase Elec Data Above Based on 230V/60Hz BTU

Perhaps not the main, but for other interior lights it is OK. I instolled it in the cockpit. I like it. This improvement is inexpensive and easy to implement. On May 17, 2016 6:57 PM, "Bill Kinney

Yep your on a boat. Be happy it's an AMEL. Fair Winds Smooth Sailing To All Capt Richard RP Yacht Brokerage Newport RI We list sell and service fine yachts including Amel's Cell 603 767 5330

It's the nature of a worm gear set. Un driven they lock. Fair Winds Smooth Sailing To All Capt Richard RP Yacht Brokerage Newport RI We list sell and service fine yachts including Amel's Cell 603

Thanks everyone for the input. There really is nothing worse than your "10 minute" project taking 2 hours cause of a stubborn bolt/screw. Cheers and fair winds! Bill Maffei SM #195 It's all Good

Bill, Eric and Kent, thanks for all the suggestions. No new refrigerator gas has been added since I have owned the boat (three years). I agree with you that something is causing the rear unit to

Hi Bill, We replaced both of our AC units with Marine Air systems in 2014 while in St Augustine. The manual says they are rated for 230v and 60hz. We contacted Marine Air prior to purchase, and they

Hi Bill, As other posts have noted, there are lots of ways to skin a cat. I had a guy in Greece use a unique approach for one of the Flat Head bolts on my stanchion where the slot was chewed up from

Hi Antonio, OK, so you did remove the turnbuckle. Good. And I can see you drilled out the 8 rivets. When you say "When I tried to remove I removed turnbuckle rivets and all stop the way." do you mean

After 20 years, the compressor on our aft cabin AC unit has died. Cause of death is a failure of the internal check valves, so the motor runs, but doesn't pump refrigerant. Not an unusual failure

Derick, The frequency change from 50htz to 60htz will cause an electric motor to run 20% faster. So the compressor, the water pump, and the fan are turning more RPMs. If the sealed system has too

Derick, It is near impossible for us to remotely diagnose your problem. We have told you the most common problems that match your AC's symptoms. I suspect that something is causing the aft AC to pull

Thanks for the info James !!! Sincerely Alexandre --------------------------------------------

I assumed that the gear ratio is so high that it doesn't take much friction to keep it from turning? But that's just my guess. Kent SM243 Kristy

They don;t unfurl because of the worm drive gearbox. Worm drive gearboxes can only turn by turning the worm ...they cannot run "backwards" i.e. the worm wheel cannot turn the worm ...that's what locks

It is the engineering of the worm and wheel drive. Fair Winds Smooth Sailing To All Capt Richard RP Yacht Brokerage Newport RI We list sell and service fine yachts including Amel's Cell 603 767

Ok. Let's keep in touch JPG

When sailing closed hauled with the sail partly furled there is a substantial load on the furlers and they need must be locked some way, else the sail would unfurl An electric motor has very little

Hi Craig, Thank you for your help, in the picture you can see the turnbuckle on the forestay BUT only because I reinstall after trying to remove the forestay. When I tried to remove I removed