Hi Bill, On our older SM, we have a single 100 amp Mastervolt charger which works well, and yes, we upgraded the wiring size. The charger does draw about 10 amps when it is putting 100 amps into the

John, Thanks for the input. That is pretty much the way we use ours. I believe Amel's rational for installing a small charger to use a the dock was a 100 Amp charger can draw almost 10 Amps @ 220VAC

James, Great news about your boat, sad news about your heart attack. I hope you get better Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool.com 720 Winnie

Longbow, in the Corpus Christi City Marina was extremely fortunate. At the last moment the eye of the storm turned and hit Rockport 25 miles away. Rockport, a lovely little place, was almost

I can not comment on the saltwater toilet pumps specifically, because my boat has manual toilets, but I am not aware of any diaphragm pumps that have a secondary seal backing the diaphragm. The case

Bill, I do not know enough about pumps. But why should a diaphragma pump have risk of flooding the boat if the diaphragma rupture if the pump house itself is intact? My two original saltwater pumps

Back in April you were kind enough to send me your design for a snake to clean the path from the sea to my sea chest on my 1976 Meltem. At that time, I took the better part of an entire day to

Considering state of copper stipe after use , it's allways in the deepest zone of the bilge . Grey waters are made of soap emulsion + grease , oil etc ...grey waters are always 8 to 10 pH , it

Same here, did not go with the 100 Amp charger being concerned with the wiring size. My vessel came with the 8 house batteries and the 30 + 50 Dolphin. I don’t know if vessels that were delivered

Bill, I agree , and I can't see anything special about them. Could be another case of exaggerated prices , being that its for a boat. I have friends with planes , they tell me its even

Hi Bill K, I have a smaller bank of 6 AGMs with a Mastervolt 40 and a Dolphin 30. I run them both for the high amp portion of a charge then finish with the Dolphin. It works fine, both are

Hi Mawgan. Are you sure you filled the system completely. It takes a while for the oil to work its way down. Looks like its full but after a little while it settles and the header tank is

Thanks Bill and Vladimir for these comments. Before going to stainless steel I considered the following: 1- I own Pilgrim since 7 years and live onboard 6 month a year in winter. She is now 27 years

Hi all, Just changed the stern brass and seals due to milky oil in the C drive. All went well and followed the procedures posted exactly. However the oil seems to be leaking. Filled up again and

I extended the forward head water laine and connected it to the fresh water system of the boat. Salt water pump is now resting in a bin somewhere…. Jean-Pierre Germain SY Eleuthera, SM 007

Hello Bill K, I have a vintage SM. Hull 007! … as expected, both my units went to the big battery charger in the sky … I replaced with one 60 amp Cotek and a Mastervolt 50 amp. Like Ben, I

Oops, I meant to say the factory outlet and switch are in the starboard locker; the Shurflo itself is on the factory location, a port shelf outboard of the watermaker pre filters and above the anchor

Shurflo Pro Blaster II 4258-163-E09 24V 7 Amps Max 5 GPM 60 PSI When we bought hull No. 350 five years ago, the factory wash down pump (located in the small starboard locker, adjacent to the deck

A couple of related things. These are probably not solutions to your problem but might be helpful in future searches. A couple of days ago my anchor wash pump was stuck, just flipped the breaker when

Bill, Both my Dolphin units died, one at a time. I replaced the smaller one with a 30 A Promariner Pronautic 2430P The larger one with a 24V 100A Victron Skylla. I have AGM batteries also and their