The fresh water system. One-way valve is brand new. I have traced the Caleffi valve and it goes to a manifold that leads to the expansion tank, fresh water flush (water maker) and then ultimately

Hi Kent, Did you chip away the fiberglass away from under the stanchion in the locker. My backing plate was expanded and totally rusted . It was preventing the wire from moving. Once I removed the

James, Let me see if I can help you. Your boat originally came with either 8 or 12 batteries which were Group 31. Someone replaced the 31s with 27s??? Remember, 2 each 12VDC 110 amp/hour batteries

Bill Which pump are you referring to? Cycling ON is sometimes leakage of the one-way valve. The pressure gauge is easy to find and replace. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander

I'm about to replace my group 27 wet cells with group 31 AGM's. My bank has 8 in parallel connected on the negative by twos with copper plates. Since the AGM's are a little wider, jumpers will

Hi Amelians I hope everyone is having a good season, wherever you are. I am replacing the bow navigation light fixtures, and need some advice. I can't budge the cable that goes from the port bow

Hey Everyone - I have an issue where my H2O pump cycles on which tells me there is a break in pressure somewhere. I have begun tracing the lines to find the source. I have a Caleffi Mixing Valve

Here's a primer on the difference between start and run capacitors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMd9QkinXz4 Duane

Here's an interesting thread on using 50hz motors at 60hz. http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=1224 Duane Wanderer, SM#477

Makes sense. A run capacitor should last 40k hours or so. Start capacitors less so. I must just be on the lucky side that none of the many motor driven things I have repaired ever needed a capacitor

About Climma capacitors , we are in Colombia with a AC failure . Specialist that come , explore unit and test capacitors , nothing but after extraction of compessor oil ( 50 g in the cooling gaz

Bill, It may be just the numbers. For instance a SM2k has about 20 capacitors that will completely fail within 10-20 years, and all of them will begin to get out of spec in a few years. A start

Hi Bill, Remember the our boats are meant to work at 50 Hz we often plug into 60 Hz. The motors run faster and the capacitors definitely do not like 60 Hz. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super

Can anybody explain how I have gone my entire life working around household, industrial and marine equipment, and never replaced a capacitor on a motor, yet it seems to be a routine failure we talk

Duane, See the attached: Page from Amel School Book Part 3 - Mechanical.PDF This is the trouble shooting guide that I have always used. That fan switch is a push button switch. All push button

Duane; We did not have to pull the refrigerator to access thecompressor. On ours, there is an air intake grill that can be removed and accessthe compressor and the compressor controller. Is the

Mohammed, 1. The compressor is running based on using a long screwdriver as a stethoscope. 2. I'll check on the voltage issue you noted and see what I find. Did you pull the frig out and attach at

Mark, Thanks for the reply but the seal is well adjusted. I checked both with the dollar bill test and an infrared thermometer looking for cold spots. Duane

I did do the dollar bill test and it seemed firm at all points.

Hi, I just use a 35 dollar capacitor tester about every 6 months on every capacitor on Kimberlite. I always find a few that are low or too low to be operational. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel