Juan, I have a full victron system except for the mastervolt 110 alternator. You can interface the charge disconnect from the victron BMS with the brown reg-on wire of the master volt alpha pro 2 or 3

Dear Amel fellow, On the subject of Safety, a few years ago in St Raphael, the boat moored next to my Super was badly hit by a strike, some of its cockpit instruments went outside boat and all wires

Be careful about comparing costs for an ACMO rig for a SM. A few years ago, the rig kit for a SM was 7k euro, and as of 1 Dec it was 10k euro. Those prices do not include VAT or Freight.

Scott, Dirt on the evaporator is not the same as reduced air flow. What it does is insulates the evaporator from the air, so the air blows through without being cooled. To the AC unit itself, it

Hi James, Those are very sensible considerations. I am also a big fan of Gel's, except for their cost and energy density as you point out. I have happily used them in many military projects over the

Thanks Bob, Having been in Turkey now for nearly 18 months we’re are starting to see the issues about bring stuff into the country. We have seen a number of cruising friends who have been stung by

I am using the Victron Super Pak Lithium batteries with the internal BMS along with a high quality German made Sonnenschien gel battery on my Amel. I like the internal BMS in each individual battery

We used Emik Marin, the Amel service center which is located in Göcek . I think the yacht-in-transit tax exemption process in Turkey is a bit complicated or involves using someone who knows the tax

Nick, On the subject of safety ... A couple of years ago when I started thinking about a hybrid solution, I frequently heard the risk statement "you can't mix chemistries" because apparently bad

Nick, I understand your desire to extract best value from your existing lead batteries, but I would strongly recommend you think about big lithium and small lead content as being the optimum longer

Clive, I used to build waveguide, slotted line , and rotary joints for different agencies. If you send a few hundred megawatt pulse down a rotary joint and there is .00001 ohms insertion loss. They

Thanks, I'll take a look and report back. The unit is only about 3 years old so I really hope it's not due for a refrigerant recharge already!! -- Scott 2007 A54 #69 SV

If you really want to be confused, explain how microwave signals move down waveguide (like in your radar) and why are the dimensions of the waveguide critical for different frequencies . Like s band k

Thanks Bill. I'll take a look at the evaporator. The filter seems fine. But if the evaporator/filter is clogged, wouldn't it be the same effect as having lower fan speed and therefore we'd be getting

Nick, I think if you were struck by lightning to the extent that the BMS is killed, the chargers would probably be gone, too. I agree that a weak point, at least in my Victron system, is that a BMS

Pat, I ran across an interesting issue that might be of help to you. Open the AC panel. You will note that there is a bus bar connecting the breakers. It is held on by just the friction of the

Fellow Amel owners, Since my post on the possibility of adding Lithium to a lead bank I have been following others with similar thoughts, specifically S/V Temptress and his you tube videos….I think

Hi Kent, Correcting the problem ... the key things are: 1. Use the correct Abs voltage. 2. Use a low tail cutoff current. it was difficult to find clear charge information from Crown. The attached

Victor, I understand. Bill CW Bill Rouse

Hi Bob, When you had the rigging shipped to Turkey, did you have it sent to an agent or did you provide ACMO with a Marina address to send it to. Kind regards Ross and Donna SV Intrepid Kiwi SM2K