Hi Bill, This has saved my bacon twice. I mounted it by the Amel name plate on the companionway. http://www.borelmfg.com/products_alarm.htm Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Thanks, all! I was not looking to install one, just get a feel for the setpoint. A minimum setpoint of -200 mbar gauge (80 inches of water) tells me what I need to know. That's a significantly

Karen, I just ordered mine from Amel, $60,62 euros each, adaptor included (ex-Vat & shipping). Hasn't arrived yet. As far as I know, they are are made by Elettrotec – Italy

Hi Mark, Thank You, I did not see the spec sheet before. That will work nicely. I just have to remember to turn it off when I am on board. Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Eric, I didn't really see it specified anywhere in the eBay listing but if you scroll through the pictures you will see a schematic showing a 16amp switch. It also looks to be identical to this

Hi Mark, Where did you find the Amp rating? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Eric, It's appears to have a 16amp switch but you never really know with a ~$9 eBay timer. If you are concerned, you could always have the timer control a relay and have the relay control the

Hi Mark, I was just thinking of running a additional wire to the hot side of the fresh water pump, with a switch in the circuit. I would leave the pump circuit breaker off and when the timer is

Yes, and let me add a warning about a potential mistake...I made it when I first did this. Mark McGovern is correct about the solenoid that he says I used, but it was not the first one I used. The

Eric, This programmable timer is very similar if not identical to the one that Bill Rouse has posted about using for this purpose: http://www.ebay.com/itm/224040425984 You also need a 24vdc solenoid

Karen, I do not have the precise vacuum, but I imagine that Amel probably adjusts the vacuum switch when it is installed. Here is the information I have in my book. The source of this information was

Hi, Some of you use a timer to activate the flush mechanism for the watermaker. What model unit do you use? Fair Winds Eric Amel Super Maramu #376

Bill, While sailing back from Bermuda on a starboard tack ,my gen set shut down several times,I found that there was no water in the strainer,taking off the cap allowed it to fill. What do you think

I believe it is a vacuum activated switch as I remember doing to some work on the A/C unit that required the seacock to be closed. When I fired it back up with the sea cock closed it activated pretty

Would an automatic vent from a central heating system help? Something like this: https://www.toolstation.com/reliance-automatic-air-vent-push-fit/p74735 Would need to find one that is seawater safe.

Matt, Obviously great minds think alike. That is the approach I am most seriously considering. The devil is in the details but I’m thinking it’s the right direction to go. Bill Kinney sm160,

How about a vent hose that ends high in the engine room, close to deck level, centered in the boat? This would allow the water level to stay at outside sea level. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

Those of you who have a newer SM with the switch that triggers the alarm for a clogged seachest: Does anybody know the pressure setpoint of this switch?

Mark, That certainly addresses the problem of air in the seachest. Unfortunately, those of us with older SM models don't have that option since the washdown pump does not draw its water from the

Thanks as always for the tips, Bill. On the short life of the generator impeller, I have much experience, and a tiny bit of advice. After we bought our boat about ten years ago, the generator would go