Hi Pat, was there a birthday in your family recently? Happy birthday. As to contacts. I have said this a number of times before. The sea environment is brutal and unless we protect our contacts we

Dear Amelians, I hope some of you can help me solving my problem. My 1994 Santorin is, as usual, equipped with a shaft alternator. Last year I made a check of the alternator because it didn’t work

Bill ,Are all those relays located in the black box attached to the engine? Do relays work intermittently ,or are they either good or bad ? I wish I better understood the complexities of the

Mark, Generally I just continued to try starting it ,until it did,sometimes I turned the main switches on and off ,thinking it may be a bad contact and it started sometimes ,but that could be

Bill, Good point. I guess the key would need to be in the startposition or the connection made to the starter relay. With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff -

Mark, I believe if that works on your Amel, the Negative Solenoid is defeated, bypassed, or not installed. The negative solenoid closes by the key action when the key is moved to "start." I think it

Pat, Here’s athought. When the engine doesn’t crank, use a remote starter switch to bypassthe panel. This connects to the solenoid on the starter (the small terminalmarked “s” and the pos

Pat, How is it resolved.Do you just try again and it works, or what? With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Tahiti, French

Bill, Sometimes the blower does not come on ,but more often it does come on ,however when I turn the key further to engage the starter ,nothing happens and the blower shuts off as well. That is why I

Pat, Intermittent failures can be such… fun. If I understand correctly, when you have this issue with starting, the blowers do not run as well. That narrows down the likely causes quite a bit.

For a couple of years I have had an issue ,where I turn the key and nothing happens, or the blower may come on and then turning the key further results in the blower going off. It seems to be a

Hi guys, the issue resolved. It was 10amp fuse on the positive poll of the alternator. thanks to everybody.

Hi Brains Trust, Thank you all for your swift and accurate guidance. A problem shared and all that. best regards Dean SV Stella A54-154

Bill, Yes, the way is very easy from the galley locker (behind the 230 v panel) to the engine room. You only need to remove a plywood in the cockpit locker (4 screws) Dominique A54#16 Envoyé de mon

To run the cables from the ceiling to the engine compartment you route them via the cabinet that holds the steering rack. From there there is a hole down into the cavity behind the watermaker panel

Dominique, That is the best way for any cable except the large battery cables. One note you can do is once, inside the cabinet above the galley sink, I believe that you can follow the route of the

It could be a lot of things. If the alternator comes on (Self-Excites) when you quickly raise the RPM to about 1500, it is the Excite circuit and possibly the relay or its connections. This relay

Barry and Penny, Wow, those are big cables! im taking the easy route over the ceiling for my data cables. best Dean SV Stella A54-154

Hello Dean, i removed all the ceiling panels but you need to remove only the panels with lights. Under the panels (fixed with Velcro) there is plywood with holes for the lights. Itis very easy to

Hi Dean, A small chisel and hammer, takes a few hours. What you see is what needs to be chiseled away, the tube into the engine room is full of foam. Once you have chiseled away the epoxy you can pull