Hi Gary, The detail you go to in caring for your batteries intimidates me. I bought our 12, 6 volt wet cell lead acid batteries from West marine in Newport Rhode Island in July 2009. I top the water

Good afternoon Gary, Always a pleasure to read you! Mine is 289, so older than yours. I just look at the specs of the Trojan SCS225 http://www.trojanbattery.com/products/SCS22512V.aspx I don’t

Hello Kent, Compare to the news you had this is nothing… After the 3 days power outage in Puerto Rico, I had a good idea the batteries needed to be changed, was just not enough margin for

Hi Duane: As with all things plumbing trial and error is the rule. With a new bobbin and new O-rings that leaves only some sort of damage or contamination of the O-rings, or the bore into which the

Bill, Based on advice from Mark at Balcen (Desallator rep) I replaced the white endcaps while installing the new membranes. The white endcaps had some cracking issues. The new ones were black.

Hi Alexandre: I don't recall the Serial Number of you boat, but mine (SN 335) accepts 8 , group 31 batteries for the house bank. I am in Puerto Rico and just purchased 8 Trojan SCS225 deep cycle

Duane, Eleven years ago I had the same problem with leaking at the interconnect bobbin and it was the end caps. The previous owner only used the boat for 2 weeks every 2-3 minths and would pickle the

Hi Alex. Sorry about the bad news. What batteries are you going to buy? Kristy is SM243 and has the smaller battery compartment with room for 9-Group27 batteries. These typically are 90 AH

Well, it seems the first time is always some complication. The watermaker is leaking at the interconnect bobbin when doing the freshwater rinse. The only reason it seems to me is if the bobbin was

Good morning Kent, Bill, Patrick, James, Danny, Eric, Ann, Alan, (hope I didn’t forget anyone) Thanks every body for your reply. In unpleasant moments like this one, the forum feels like a family

Vladimir, The installation instructions cover that, saying that if you need a longer tool you should use a pipe of the correct diameter. Also, you will have to remove the flange of the second sleeve,

Eric, That is an interesting and creative solution to replace part of the veneer, thanks for sharing. While the idea of having the slider on the bench to work on sounds appealing, your method

Good morning Eric, I would love to see the pictures as well! Sincerely Alexandre uster@... uster at rocketmail dot com --------------------------------------------

Yes ....us as well... Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

I agree with Bill. I had a similar occurrence and a suspect battery just before leaving Mindelo (lower resting voltage than the others) No time to check it before crossing to Antigua. Rather than

That is what I have done. A square shape slots in on top of the slider, and then two new key ways put in lower down the slider track to lock the slider in a lower position. This new panel stores

Hi, We have had the same type of experience and in both our cases it has been one or two of the batteries that have been compromised. If you messure the voltage you would most likely find lower

I made myself a two part plexi glas slider that will fit into the companionway when the original slider is in the down position. It is not lockable but gives light in the cabin. So I have the wooden

I am away from my boat and would very much appreciate it if a member could let me know the dimensions (height, external & internal diameters) of the oil filter for the D3 volvo engine on the Amel 54

Just for info. This filter is KN 33-2060 (6"11/16 x 6" 3/16) is available on ebay and at Kmart for US$41.99, less than half of the price charged by Volvo.