Hi, on a previous boat I found that salt is a great enemy of furler rollers.. Had one sieze up in mid ocean, couldnt move it either way. Un wrapped the headsail by hand, droped the sail and flushed

Mark: See this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amelyachtowners/files/Dessalator%20Technical%20Info Open the File name "Membrane Replacement" and also the one regarding O-ring

Hi Ian, Do you mean the mixer tap as fitted to the galley ? We have SM 302, June 2000, and the galley tap, which I suspect is the same as the heads basins taps, went AWOL. We replaced it with a bog

Has anyone found a supplier of parts for the Jado Gold'eram 7085 mixer tap fitted to SM's around 2003? Mine is leaking and needs some special heart shaped seals in the mixer unit. The Jado website is

Hi Kent,    We have an 80/L hr seafresh on our Santorin, and have had for 17 years. I changed membranes about 3 years ago.    I regularly inhibit, (some people call it "pickle") the watermaker

Thank you John and Richard. I'm on it like a duck on a June bug. (-: Kent

Hi Kent most hardware stores carry cartridge type filters and charcoal replacements. We put ours in two places one before the water maker and one to filter the water as it comes out of the tank which

Hi Kent, We had a similar problem with the salinity sensor built into the water maker, it stopped sensing that the water wasn't good enough quality. We now have a TDS Meter (Total Dissolved Solids

Kent: I just posted a pic in the photos section of my carbon filter installation. It was a very easy install. This link should take you to

Kent: The thing I like about you kent is that you are continuously striving to understand your boat. I admire that. You are most certainly welcome for the information. I have posted a lot of

Hi Kent and Gary, My experience with pickling and non-pickling is much the same as Gary's--I used to pickle but now just flush the membranes with fresh water for about 15 minutes and leave the boat

Hi, Gary, Thank you, thank you, thank you.  That really helps.   Does anyone know if there have been similar issues with the older 60 l/hr units like mine, or was this an issue only with the 160

Hi Kent: Others have review somewhat of the history of the Dessalator water maker but let me correct a few things. The time frame for discovering that the salinity sensor on the 160 l/hr watermaker

Pat there are also breaker up in the forward cabin port side ck those as well I'll ck If we have a fuse behind the meter and around the power supply. Those Sailor don't often go bad. Are you getting

John, Thanks for the info, now I know where to start looking. I am thinking there may be a fuse somewhere. I am thinking about going back to college with a major in electrical engineering and a

Richard, The windlass itself is working and is turned on. I am thinking my old sensor probably did not need to be replaced and I have a voltage problem, probably have since the old stopped working .

Hi again, John/Anne. Are the numbers you give below (800ppm when the Dessalator salinity monitor shows "good", and 100ppm a few minutes later) from your hand-held meter?  Does it confirm that your

This subject was the subject of many messages about eight years ago. I think it started when an owners unit failed and pumped sea water into the freshwater tank and thence into the guts of the washing

Pat on the port side there is a relay(s) ck power there (you do have the winches turned on right) there is also a terminal block there from which you can ck voltage to the relays and out once someone

Hello Patrick, The counter runs on 12 volts and the supply of this voltage is through one of the contact breakers located at the top of the bulkhead between the chart table and the hanging locker.