Thanks, Mike.  I think I've got it now. Happy Sailing, Kent

Hi All,    Fundamentally, for twice the voltage you need half the current to get the same power (Ohms Law - W=IxV), and as the thickness of the conductor determines the current carrying capacity,

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Hi there, thought I'd weigh into this with a comment, (question) that my understanding of the reason for larger boats being fitted with 24 volt systems is that they require smaller cables than 12

I LOVE this forum! To all who have chimed in, Craig, Richard, Gary and Serge...Thank you for your input. My head is now in line with my gut and I am comfortable leaving the wiring as-is. Gary, I

Thanks for a good explanation we too will stick to the Amel supplied wire Regards Richard Piller [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi, I did change my Amel 220 v/ac cable to a twice as large section cable and also much longer (30m or 100f), the basic reason was that it was warm in a section that was slightly damaged on the

Kent we have been using that set up here in the US, Caribbean, and all over the Med. The prior owners used it all over the world without issue. If your getting a hot cable you may want to check in put

Kent: The multimeter I have is this: http://bluesea.com/category/6/23/products/8247 You can see my installation in photo #17 in the photo section under "Dessalator Water Maker Service

Kent and all: By way of explanation: 220 AC (alternating current): Picture a wave on the ocean (actually a sine wave). You measure the height of the wave from the trough to the peak and come up with

Thanks, Craig.  That makes very good sense for the 110 cable.  I'm still not sure why we can get by with such a small 220 cable compared to what's recommended in the US, and why it makes a

Hi Kent - Please see my comments inserted in your post below: Craig

Hi All.    The brushes for the 12v and 24v motors are, (I'm not certain but I believe), a standard metric size. Good news if you are leaving the US, not so otherwise.    I have, certainly, had no

Ornella,  From memory, you have to drill out the welded stainless end cap and then slide out the pin. I'm out of the water at the moment so I'll check tomorrow.  Mike. Santorin (sloop) Akwaaba

That sounds like a pretty nice setup, Richard.  Will consider that when my current charger/inverter bites the dust.  So you are using the same small diameter wire (~7/16" dia) that  Amel installed

The pump is self priming, we have also done ours recently, works like a charm. just make sure the pressure setting is not too high. Typically from previously having rainwater tank systems on the land,

We replaced our fresh water pump with an on demand pump and did away with the tank altogether. It has worked well for years now. We also installed a carbon filter before the pump so we are sure that

Kent, we did away with the "Amel plug in solution") we installed an 1800 Watt inverter working off the 24 volt batteries and ran a wire from the inverter to the 110 volt box. We took out the 110

Oh, forgot to address your ? about the 110 circuit. It was added by Amel at the original owner's request and goes through a110-220 transformer before going to the chargers.  I have to physically

Hi, Craig.  There are 3 A/C-Heating units that my info says use 5.4 A each in heater mode, the water heater info says 3.2 A.  So if I'm running all of it at once, I'm up to ~20A, plus what the