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Nick,
Ahh, so it has finally cooled off in Greece. But what a nice October we had this year eh? As you have already suspected I am sure that the difference in the flow of the oil is just the viscosity has increase from the temperature. This is the same reason that changing engine oil with the engine warm, much easier. In the future if you have the same problem, just put some gentle heat on the unit such as a 100 watt clamp light or a small thermostatically controlled heater (in a pinch a hair dryer, but keep an eye on these things, not rated for continuous use) . No need to get anything really hot, just bring the oil up to 100F or so and it will be much thinner and should flow. It might take hours of gentle heating to accomplish this, especially if the 54’s have fibreglass cases on the lower units of the bow thruster which does not conduct heat very well. Hope you also had a good season in Greece this year.
James SV Sueno Preveza, Greece Also now high and dry..
On Nov 10, 2019, at 9:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io < ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
Nick
Amelia AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Re: Desperate plea for an alternator/charging problem - Amel Euros 41, 1976, MD21a engine
Andrew Eaves <andyeaves@...>
Hi John Thanks for the offer and advice!
Sorry for the delay, yes an auto electrician found it in 20 mins. It was the alternator bulb/lamp. What usually comes on when your alternator is faulty in a car, but I never knew this bulb was in the circuit as it never had worked. Lesson learnt here now. Still one alternator to repair and batteries would benefit from being changed. Also to my knowledge this system is now just 12v, I haven't found any 24v lying around anywhere yet.
Thanks for your help, learning curve here!
Regards
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eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
Hi Bill ,Here is how the genset fan is wired: green yellow in the cable to the fan green yellow Blue in the cable to the blue on on the fan Red from the cable to the fuse. Then one side of the capacitor and the brown wire from to the fan connected together to the other side side of the fuse.
The brown and the capacitor wire are connected in parallel to the fuse Black wire from the fan connected to the other side of the capacitor. Fair Winds,
Eric
Sm 376 Kimberlite
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Re: Bow thruster Gear Oil
Hi Bill;
I have to give credit to the yard guys at Manoel’s boat yard in Malta too as we came up with the idea together.
Off course it is OK to publish. Glad to make a small contribution to years of benefits we have reaped from yours and other Amel owners’ shared experiences..
Happy Sailing;
Mohammad & Aty
B&B Kokomo
Amel 54 #099
On Nov 10, 2019, at 11:16 AM, CW Bill Rouse via Groups.Io < brouse@...> wrote:
Mohammad,
I just revised my page in the Amel Book to include that PEARL of sage advice from you. Let me know if it is ok to publish.
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019, 12:24 PM Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt= yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Ingenious!
~~~⛵️~~~Matt
On Nov 10, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Mohammad Shirloo < mshirloo@...> wrote:
Hi Nick;
We made a fill plug by drilling a hole in the center of an all thread the same size as the drain plug. We just attach a clear hose with the same ID as the OD of the all thread and attach it to a nipple drilled and installed on the lid of
the gear oil bottle. We then attach the gear oil bottle inverted to the SS lifeline above the bow thruster. The oil simply gravity feeds from the bottom up. Leave the cap on the bow thruster oil fill reservoir open to let the air escape. It takes a few hours,
depending on temperature, but you are sure that you have zero air and it is hassle free while you focus on other tasks. Just check the reservoir once in a while to be sure it does not overflow.
Happy Sailing;
Mohammad and Aty
B&B Kokomo
AMEL 54 #099
Nick,
I filled mine from the top, with the drain open, then used a dinghy pump to pressurise the reservoir until clean oil came out the drain. I did need a few periodical top-ups but never had any problem
with the bowthruster.
Cheers,
Paul
S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
Hi Matt,
That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil
would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there?
Amelia AML 54-019
On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt@...> wrote:
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing
the drain plug.
This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top.
I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed
to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Cheers
Paul
Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
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Re: Bow thruster Gear Oil
Mohammad,
I just revised my page in the Amel Book to include that PEARL of sage advice from you. Let me know if it is ok to publish.
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019, 12:24 PM Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt= yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Ingenious! ~~~⛵️~~~Matt On Nov 10, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Mohammad Shirloo < mshirloo@...> wrote:
Hi Nick;
We made a fill plug by drilling a hole in the center of an all thread the same size as the drain plug. We just attach a clear hose with the same ID as the OD of the all thread and attach it to a nipple drilled and installed on the lid of
the gear oil bottle. We then attach the gear oil bottle inverted to the SS lifeline above the bow thruster. The oil simply gravity feeds from the bottom up. Leave the cap on the bow thruster oil fill reservoir open to let the air escape. It takes a few hours,
depending on temperature, but you are sure that you have zero air and it is hassle free while you focus on other tasks. Just check the reservoir once in a while to be sure it does not overflow.
Happy Sailing;
Mohammad and Aty
B&B Kokomo
AMEL 54 #099
Nick,
I filled mine from the top, with the drain open, then used a dinghy pump to pressurise the reservoir until clean oil came out the drain. I did need a few periodical top-ups but never had any problem
with the bowthruster.
Cheers,
Paul
S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
Hi Matt,
That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil
would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there?
Amelia AML 54-019
On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt@...> wrote:
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing
the drain plug.
This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top.
I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed
to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Cheers
Paul
Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
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Re: black wire on the genset exhaust fan
Eric,
There should be two things spliced in series to the load (brown) wire; fuse and the capacitor. The capacitor is likely closest to the fan (blower).
Hi Bill, Thank for the Photo. It was hard to make out but does the black wire and the brown wire from the fan connect to the the capacitor and then the red wire from the powered cable on the other ?ide of the capacitor. Best, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite
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Re: Bow thruster Gear Oil
Matt Salatino
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On Nov 10, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Mohammad Shirloo < mshirloo@...> wrote:
Hi Nick;
We made a fill plug by drilling a hole in the center of an all thread the same size as the drain plug. We just attach a clear hose with the same ID as the OD of the all thread and attach it to a nipple drilled and installed on the lid of
the gear oil bottle. We then attach the gear oil bottle inverted to the SS lifeline above the bow thruster. The oil simply gravity feeds from the bottom up. Leave the cap on the bow thruster oil fill reservoir open to let the air escape. It takes a few hours,
depending on temperature, but you are sure that you have zero air and it is hassle free while you focus on other tasks. Just check the reservoir once in a while to be sure it does not overflow.
Happy Sailing;
Mohammad and Aty
B&B Kokomo
AMEL 54 #099
Nick,
I filled mine from the top, with the drain open, then used a dinghy pump to pressurise the reservoir until clean oil came out the drain. I did need a few periodical top-ups but never had any problem
with the bowthruster.
Cheers,
Paul
S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
Hi Matt,
That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil
would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there?
Amelia AML 54-019
On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt@...> wrote:
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing
the drain plug.
This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top.
I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed
to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Cheers
Paul
Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
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black wire on the genset exhaust fan
eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
Hi Bill, Thank for the Photo. It was hard to make out but does the black wire and the brown wire from the fan connect to the the capacitor and then the red wire from the powered cable on the other ?ide of the capacitor. Best, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite
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Re: Bow thruster Gear Oil
Nick Newington
Hi Mohammad,
That sounds like a good plan. Thanks.
On 10 Nov 2019, at 17:14, Mohammad Shirloo < mshirloo@...> wrote:
Hi Nick; We made a fill plug by drilling a hole in the center of an all thread the same size as the drain plug. We just attach a clear hose with the same ID as the OD of the all thread and attach it to a nipple drilled and installed on the lid of the gear oil bottle. We then attach the gear oil bottle inverted to the SS lifeline above the bow thruster. The oil simply gravity feeds from the bottom up. Leave the cap on the bow thruster oil fill reservoir open to let the air escape. It takes a few hours, depending on temperature, but you are sure that you have zero air and it is hassle free while you focus on other tasks. Just check the reservoir once in a while to be sure it does not overflow. Happy Sailing; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo AMEL 54 #099 Nick, I filled mine from the top, with the drain open, then used a dinghy pump to pressurise the reservoir until clean oil came out the drain. I did need a few periodical top-ups but never had any problem with the bowthruster. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 Hi Matt, That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there? Amelia AML 54-019 On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt@...> wrote: I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing the drain plug. This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top.
I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing. Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it. I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity. I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing. Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick? AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Cheers
Paul
Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
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Re: Help with 220 Volt Genset exhaust fan Super Maramu
Eric,
I found the following photo. I had cut the original capacitor from the wiring bundle, installed a wiring junction block, and new capacitor. The reason I did this is because the capacitor controls the speed of the blower and the capacitor was out-of-spec, slowing the motor. If you look closely at the BLUE circle, you will see that the original white capacitor wires (at least 1) was spliced to a black wire. I hope this helps you.
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Amel Yacht Owners School
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:07 PM CW Bill Rouse via Groups.Io <brouse= gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: Eric,
The fuse and the capacitor should be spliced in series to the load wire which should be brown. The blue wire is return (neutral). Green/yellow is earth.
I am not sure where the black wire goes, unless it is a jumper.
That fan (blower) is exactly the same fan (blower) on your Climma AC.
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Amel Yacht Owners School
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:33 AM Thomas Kleman < lorient422@...> wrote: Hey Eric- just changed my blower so this is still fresh. The line ahead of the transfer box is energized by the genset running (on SM 422). The hot line goes fuse, capacitor, then fan. I'm not sure about your black wire.....if that's a 4th wire coming from your fan, we don't have one so can't help there.
As an aside, due to charger overheating, we installed Hella 24 volt fan in ceiling light block over genset, pointed at charger. Switch is by watermaker panel. It resolved my charger overheating issue where new blower had made no difference.
Tom and Kirstin
SM2K 422
L'ORIENT
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Re: Bow thruster Gear Oil
Hi Nick;
We made a fill plug by drilling a hole in the center of an all thread the same size as the drain plug. We just attach a clear hose with the same ID as the OD of the all thread and attach it to a nipple drilled and installed on the lid of
the gear oil bottle. We then attach the gear oil bottle inverted to the SS lifeline above the bow thruster. The oil simply gravity feeds from the bottom up. Leave the cap on the bow thruster oil fill reservoir open to let the air escape. It takes a few hours,
depending on temperature, but you are sure that you have zero air and it is hassle free while you focus on other tasks. Just check the reservoir once in a while to be sure it does not overflow.
Happy Sailing;
Mohammad and Aty
B&B Kokomo
AMEL 54 #099
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From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Paul Dowd and Sharon Brown via Groups.Io
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 6:59 AM
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io
Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Bowthruster Gear Oil
Nick,
I filled mine from the top, with the drain open, then used a dinghy pump to pressurise the reservoir until clean oil came out the drain. I did need a few periodical top-ups but never had any problem
with the bowthruster.
Cheers,
Paul
S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
Hi Matt,
That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil
would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there?
Amelia AML 54-019
On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt@...> wrote:
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing
the drain plug.
This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top.
I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed
to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Cheers
Paul
Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
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Re: Help with 220 Volt Genset exhaust fan Super Maramu
Eric,
The fuse and the capacitor should be spliced in series to the load wire which should be brown. The blue wire is return (neutral). Green/yellow is earth.
I am not sure where the black wire goes, unless it is a jumper.
That fan (blower) is exactly the same fan (blower) on your Climma AC.
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CW Bill Rouse
Amel Yacht Owners School
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Address:
720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:33 AM Thomas Kleman < lorient422@...> wrote: Hey Eric- just changed my blower so this is still fresh. The line ahead of the transfer box is energized by the genset running (on SM 422). The hot line goes fuse, capacitor, then fan. I'm not sure about your black wire.....if that's a 4th wire coming from your fan, we don't have one so can't help there.
As an aside, due to charger overheating, we installed Hella 24 volt fan in ceiling light block over genset, pointed at charger. Switch is by watermaker panel. It resolved my charger overheating issue where new blower had made no difference.
Tom and Kirstin
SM2K 422
L'ORIENT
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black wire in the genset exhaust fan
eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
We are just getting ready to head south from NY to the Caribe (BURRR) and that is one thing that is holding us up. Fair Winds, Eric SM 376 Kimberlite
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io [mailto:main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io] On Behalf Of eric freedman
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 11:33
To: Amel Owners
Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] The Black wire on the genset exhaust fan Thanks Tom, I kind of figured that out the red wire, I just don't know what the black wire connect to. Possibly someone with a hull number closer to mine knows how the black wire connects. Fair Winds,
Eric
SM 376 Kimberlite Hey Eric- just changed my blower so this is still fresh. The line ahead of the transfer box is energized by the genset running (on SM 422). The hot line goes fuse, capacitor, then fan. I'm not sure about your black wire.....if that's a 4th wire coming from your fan, we don't have one so can't help there.
As an aside, due to charger overheating, we installed Hella 24 volt fan in ceiling light block over genset, pointed at charger. Switch is by watermaker panel. It resolved my charger overheating issue where new blower had made no difference.
Tom and Kirstin
SM2K 422
L'ORIENT
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The Black wire on the genset exhaust fan
eric freedman <kimberlite@...>
Thanks Tom, I kind of figured that out the red wire, I just don't know what the black wire connect to. Possibly someone with a hull number closer to mine knows how the black wire connects. Fair Winds,
Eric
SM 376 Kimberlite
Hey Eric- just changed my blower so this is still fresh. The line ahead of the transfer box is energized by the genset running (on SM 422). The hot line goes fuse, capacitor, then fan. I'm not sure about your black wire.....if that's a 4th wire coming from your fan, we don't have one so can't help there.
As an aside, due to charger overheating, we installed Hella 24 volt fan in ceiling light block over genset, pointed at charger. Switch is by watermaker panel. It resolved my charger overheating issue where new blower had made no difference.
Tom and Kirstin
SM2K 422
L'ORIENT
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Re: Help with 220 Volt Genset exhaust fan Super Maramu
Hey Eric- just changed my blower so this is still fresh. The line ahead of the transfer box is energized by the genset running (on SM 422). The hot line goes fuse, capacitor, then fan. I'm not sure about your black wire.....if that's a 4th wire coming from your fan, we don't have one so can't help there.
As an aside, due to charger overheating, we installed Hella 24 volt fan in ceiling light block over genset, pointed at charger. Switch is by watermaker panel. It resolved my charger overheating issue where new blower had made no difference.
Tom and Kirstin
SM2K 422
L'ORIENT
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Paul Dowd and Sharon Brown
Nick, I filled mine from the top, with the drain open, then used a dinghy pump to pressurise the reservoir until clean oil came out the drain. I did need a few periodical top-ups but never had any problem with the bowthruster. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> On Behalf Of ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io
Sent: 10 November 2019 10:43
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io
Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Bowthruster Gear Oil Hi Matt, That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there? Amelia AML 54-019 On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io <helmsmatt@...> wrote: I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing the drain plug. This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top.
I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing. Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it. I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity. I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing. Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick? AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Don’t know if it will help. Have you tried rotating prop by hand to get the shaft and gears turning? It may move the oil a bit. Ian
On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:42, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io <ngtnewington@...> wrote:
Hi Matt,
That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there?
Nick Amelia AML 54-019 On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io < helmsmatt@...> wrote:
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing the drain plug. This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io < ngtnewington@...> wrote: I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
Nick
Amelia AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Nick Newington
Hi Matt,
That does make sense but this is not the first time I have changed the oil. I did it when I bought the boat in June 2017 in Grenada WI. As I remember, I just drained it and filled the reservoir. It was hot and the oil would have been thinner. It was quite cool this time and the oil more viscous…any other thoughts out there?
Nick
On 10 Nov 2019, at 14:03, Matt Salatino via Groups.Io < helmsmatt@...> wrote:
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing the drain plug. This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt I On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io < ngtnewington@...> wrote: I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
Nick
Amelia AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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Re: Antal 120x18 Composite Fibre jib block
karkauai
Oops, I just noticed that my iPhone changed a word. Correction: I RINSED my job blocks ( the large ones that lead to the winch) in warm water.
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Matt Salatino
I may be speaking from ignorance, but many lower units require removing the vent plug, and filling via a squeeze bottle from the drain plug, until oil seeps out the vent, installing the vent plug, an then quickly installing the drain plug. This way, you fill from the bottom, and air is pushed out the top. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt
On Nov 10, 2019, at 8:15 AM, ngtnewington Newington via Groups.Io < ngtnewington@...> wrote: I recently hauled out and decided to drain the gear oil from the Bowthruster, the oil was good and not cloudy but after two years needed changing.
Then after replacing the oil drain screw filled up the oil reservoir with 90 weight gear oil. The problem is that the gear oil will not flow. There is obviously some kind of air lock. I managed to get about 250ml in by Blowing into the reservoir, i.e. pressurising it.
I have now left the boat for the winter and maybe the oil will work its way down by gravity.
I looked for a bleed screw to let the air out but found nothing.
Does anyone know if there is a air vent bleed screw? Or is there some trick?
Nick
Amelia AML 54-019 ashore at the Bazimakoplou boat yard Kilada Greece
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