Hi Ruedi; In order for the sensor to be isolated ground, it needs to have 2 wires, since it cannot use the engine block as ground. If you use the serial number of the engine to order the part, a

This is one of my favorite expressions—hot water heater---- why would you heat hot water? It’s a water heater. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Hi Steve, Ah, the classic split and expanded heating element on the old orange isotemp ! I've got the same unit and I think I'm on my 4th occurrence of that problem. Once I struggled to fish out

Gary, we also have the same system as Scott describes, but are using firefly oases battery. Victron also make a isolation transformer that can have duel voltage input and will adjust the htz . We

Matt & Cindy, thank you for a great meeting. I happen to think this is an excellent way to stay in touch with the Amel community (I'm a new member as well). My goal one of these days is to sail into

Our rudder zincs wear as they should and the spurs zinc wears also. Given the cost of that Spurs and the minimal cost to buy the additional zinc, I opt to be conservative on this one and keep the line

Reminder: Zoom Meeting Presentation of the Amel 50 from La Rochelle When: Saturday, 16 May 2020, 20:00 to 21:00, (GMT+00:00) UTC Where:From La Rochelle, France aboard Amel 50 SPEED OF LIFE An

Gary, We faced the same issue you did. I want to make sure we have 220/50 at all times because while I'm very careful and am very unlikely to accidentally run the washing machine/dishwasher/microwave

Hi Gary, I tackled the hot water heater project yesterday, and replaced the heating element. The last time I did this job was mid 2014, and that time, the breaker would trip when turned on. I’ll

Hi Gary, It's been awhile, but I replaced the rotor bearing on my Northern Lights 6kw genset in situ with little difficulty. The rotor remains bolted to the flywheel as you remove the end with the

Hi Michael, I would like to get 1 for a spare as well. Please add me to your order. We can work out payment and if we could have you ship it to Texas that would be great. Regards Alan Grayson SM 406

Hi Mohammad I try to understand the issue with the single wire non-isolated pressure switch. I'm interested to buy one of these pressure switches for spare but don’t exactly know how to order. I

Hello Gary; We are looking into supplying the entire 220V panel from the battery bank by inverters, so we can run all boat systems from the battery bank. With new inverter/chargers there is the

Hi Stephen, I have not had that problem (yet) but I am curious about it causing a draw vs. tripping the breaker. I ~have~ had a fault to ground due to condensation from a tiny leak in the heating

Hi Oliver: I have been concerned about the generator rotor ball bearings for the last 15 years. As I recall the manual indicates this should be replace every 5?? of years or ?? hours of run time. In

Gary, Do you alsoplan to run the air-conditioning from the inverter? With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Tahiti, French

Hello, 1. My ONAN manual indicates that the ballbearings need to be checked for their tollerance. In regular maintenance schedule. Does anybody hold an instruction how to do that? 2. What are the

Hi John: 5 years ago I replaced the standing rigging on my SM Hull #335 using an ACMO supplied "kit". ACMO was a pleasure to work with, shipped promptly, packaged and handled the supplied materials

Thanks Craig. As great as it looks after 20 years, I'll try the gear oil again. We may sail up to Maine in July/Aug if Iris' new capn&crew are working out OK and the post-covid season allows. Hope to

While this is a tad late to the discussion, yes the ACMO turnbuckles are chrome plated bronze....and that chrome plating is my concern. I had Caribe Greement in Martinique replace Annie's rigging in