Ian and Judy, This is a very difficult question to answer since the truth is that it depends on your personal preference and the energy goals you are trying to accomplish using solar panels. We

Hi Ian & Judy We had Riza (Emek) make our davits and are completely happy with them as they are far nicer looking than anything else we have seen ever and the price was good too. I doubt you will have

Hi all solar users, We were planning to visit Emek in Turkey for one of their solar arches. Discretion being the better part of valour we have postponed that trip. We have so many photos of their

Andrew & Kent, I think mine is in a different place with access under the port berth, but I cannot get there right now...granddaughter, BeBe, is asleep on that berth. Will report back when the

Hi Kent It is bolted on the inside of the wall of the bow thruster compartment on the upper port side of the frame that supports the bow thruster assembly. Andrew SM 472 On 1 Jul 2016, at 13:46, Kent

Kent, I think I know where it is, but I can't get there right now to verify it...Andrew, would you explain the location. Bill BeBe 387

Hi Bill, Where is the bow thruster solenoid? Thanks Kent SM243 Kristy On Jul 1, 2016, at 6:42 AM, 'Bill & Judy Rouse' yahoogroups@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

Bill I can now answer my own question – the solenoid is Albright SW202N-14 (24 volt version) – I have found a supplier in the UK (http://www.forktruckspares.com/ ) – they are building one

Ian, Possibly you should get a local machine shop involved. I have successfully helped an owner with the "drop method" I explained earlier, and with the Amel tool method. I think the most important

Andrew, I know of one other owner who had the same problem with their bow thruster motor. They had Amel in Martinique ship the motor to Amel La Rochelle, who shipped it to some unknown place for

Mike, If you were to ask David Shepherd david"at"bruntons-propellers.com, I am sure that he would say that 1000 hours is about the time for a bearing kit. I think it depends. And I believe it

Thanks James. Interesting idea. This vintage SM has two steel bars as part of the bracket that holds the motor housing. Not sure these are on the SM2000 model. Makes it difficult to use a hammer (lack

Hi So I managed to find a local motor engineering workshop near Perpignan that specialise in repairing and reconditioning motors (lift motors, wind generators, etc) they have completely rebuilt

Bill and Ian, I don’t know if this will help or not but one way to provide a gentle and controllable amount of vibration to loosen rust and work penetrant in would be to use an orbital sander or

Thanks Bill, we are in St.Augustine Florida. I have no idea when the last servicing was done.We only bought the boat two years ago and there are no records. Yes, the locking pin was in. The special

After installing new engine mounts and reassembling everything we still had a modest vibration of the assembly while under power, increasing with RPM. After loosening the bolts that hold the Vetus

Ian, Your problem was caused by a small amount of saltwater water passing the foam and lip seals. When was the last time it was serviced? It should be serviced every two years. Do you use the

HELP! I am trying to service the Bow Thruster and following the procedures given in the files section and various threads. I have removed the band clamp, the four hex bolts and washers. But the shaft

Great, sorry I could not help directly. s/v Phantom Amel 54 #044

That is a really smart idea! Cheers, Veit SM 215, Atman On Jun 30, 2016, at 2:07 PM, Ann-Sofie Svanberg kanalmamman@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote: