Kent, Mine measure 5/8", but that's after 12 years of use. Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Congratulations Chris, Welcome to a great family! Sincerely, Alexandre SM2K #289 NIKIMAT Island Water World Marina, Sint Maarten, NA --------------------------------------------

Hi Bill , interested to hear of your AGM batteries . Are they 105Ah each ? Same dimensions as the normal ones that Amel fit ? Ian and Judy , Pen Azen , SM 302 , Santo Stefanie , Italy On 18 Jun

Hi all, I'm back on the trail of some new gasket material for my two under-seat fridge/freezer boxes in the saloon. I'm having trouble finding a simple D-profile of the correct size. I went back and

Duane, I have the injector pump overhaul manual on Kimberlite. I will be on board Thursday afternoon. If you will send me a reminder note I will see how easily the stop solenoid can be removed. If

Hi Chris Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the Amel club. Nice to have another Amel to be based in Australia sometime in the future. We are in Cairns now, and headed into Indonesia in July

Eric, Now that you mention it, I'm not sure about the 24 volts. You're right, it should be 12 volts. A fellow boater who's a EE volunteered to help. He pulled the shrinkwrap off the wire going to

John, Would have loved to see this refit going on. BUT...... I am back in AFG for the next year. Then purchase, then sail. :) Just getting research done. Last year I had purchased a Aston Martin DB9

Good deal Andrew, Having a "hard deadline" does help you stay on track and keep the years from slipping by, but don't let it push you into a purchase that you are not truly happy with. I found

On the old boat I had four 6V 220A-Hr batteries. Even the 12 caps to check was a pain, because they wen't easy to check or fill. On Harmonie we have Lifeline AGM batteries. Six years old now, and

There are two specifications when running a RO membrane. First is the pressure, and second is the flow rate. Neither should be exceeded. If you are processing fresh water the pressure will be MUCH

Been keeping up with these posts John, wish I knew you were in Charleston, dammit, was home for 2x weeks in May and looked at a Beneteau 473 there. I am from Pawleys Island. Going to get a SM for

You will find many conflicting opinions on this subject. I believe that you should never run a watermaker at pressure above the Filmtec rating, but more importantly, never above the production

Hi Chris, Congrats on Lena! My SM came with a mixed bag of electronics that don't interact with each other. Garmin chart plotter/AIS, Furuno radar and GPS. The previous owner installed a new

Once I get the aircon working, (amongst other things) I need to replace the Raymarine SL80c plotters' Radome/radar antenna. I need advice whether to search for a 2 or 4kw radar? (18 or 24") scanner.

I am pretty sure that the pressure needs to be lowered considerably when processing fresh water to avoid damage to the membranes. Perhaps Bill or someone else can clarify. James Alton SV Sueno,

I am not on board till Thursday afternoon. If you drop me a note then I will dig out my spare diodes and also try the start stop button thing. The diodes are very beefy Motorola diodes and are not

Chris, The Calpeda pump is a strong pump. I suspect the capacitor. When the AC is on and you put a screwdriver into the pump to turn it do you feel a small magnetic resistance? Just remove the 4

DUANE THE WHOLE ENGINE IS 12 VOLTS !!!!! Where did you measure 24 VOLTS??? Is there one or two wires on the solenoid? I am not on the boat till Thursday afternoon and would like to take a look at

Hi I have never used distilled water in any of my batteries. Boat, car or tractor. I don't use treated town water. Rain water, farm stream water and on the boat watermaker water. My lead acid