Thanks Peter. As mentioned, ours too is 10mm but the paperwork from the rigging company Amel uses (ACMO) showed that it is meant to be 12mm. These were the shrouds that strangely failed in less than 8

Dear Faial, Mine is 12 mm from the top of the mast, 10 mm from the upper shroud and 12 mm from the lower shroud (for the main mast). Cheers Haldun Amanin A54 #164 Datca, Turkey

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Dear Faial, I think mine are 10mm for lower shrouds but I will measure when I’m next on board. I attach [ actually I could not attach as it was too big a message] herewith a copy of the Amel 54

Hello fellow Amel 54's! For information purposes, what is the diameter of the lower shroud on your Amel 54? On my one it is 10mm, and it gave way while in Easter Island. It has been replaced with

I now have my furler working with the motor. Assuming the bearing which bears the weight of the foil may be bad ,and that if the bearing revolves with what they sit in when the gears turn ,then it is

Bill, I have two laser therometers. I did not think to measure , if I had to guess it had to be 140 degrees or so. Thanks, Pat

Gary, I think the low pressure gauge was hardly registering . I am in brackish water ,so I can't use it until next fall. I was planning to get new filters, and I will for sure replace the capacitor.

Hello Derick, When you do get the cover off do notforget to take a photo of the wiring as if you get it wrong it will be a veryexpensive mistake. I did ! Good luck, Anne and John,

There are numerous capacitors in the Amel and from time totime one needs to check one when the motor is not performingproperly. Ebay UK has an amazing deal.If you enter the electronicssection and put

Thanks Bill and Gary for your responses. I have now run the by-pass and there is still no BP action, so I will investigate the BP start/run capacitor and whether the BP get 220V when the start switch

Pat, I have not recorded the temp of the LP pump, but have recorded the separate temps of the HP pump and motor. After 1 hour of running in the tropics, they are usually about 65-70 degrees and 98-102

Hi Pat: i wish I had hard data on the normal operating temp of the BP (low pressure pump) but it sounds like yours is probably running too hot. Was your feed pressure guage well within the green

Gary, I have only ran my dessalator once , but when I did I noticed the low pressure pump was very hot , you could not keep your hand on it . Is that normal to be very hot? I was wondering if water

Hi Derick: Regarding the BP pump relay with the blue relay override lever/button, go to the Files section on this site, locate the folder about Dessalator technical information. In that folder is a

Rink , The photos were interesting , I am glad posted them. I think I will take the gearbox off and do the same very soon. I wish you knew how they separated the pulley from the gearbox, but I'll

Hi Pat, Sorry for not paying attention to this discussion. I am afraid I can't really help you out with this. The photos were taken by the mechanics in Kusadasi when they serviced the furler. I did

Derick, I am sure that you know this, but do not run the system if the LP pump is not working. There is a two minute timer from the time you turn the switch until the control board turns on the HP

Hi all, Gary Silver posted some really nice instructions for how to diagnose problems with the dessalattor. I have a 160 L/hr dessalator that I am trying to fix. The red light goes on as soon as

Gary, Thanks for telling about the photos, It shows he was able to separate the gray pulley from the gear box on the boat without taking every thing ashore. I wish he would write how he separated