Dean, Thanks I will order a pair. I checked the Lifeline technical data and general information and they say nothing about balancing. They do talk about not mixing old with new, but we all know that

A post like this, just isn't complete without a photo/photos of the subject item, being demonstrated.....

It is for you to put your feet on when the boat is heeled over and you need to sit on a toilet. It anchors in the wooden floor grid. Keith Bikini - SM2k #282

Indeed, both the foot rests and the water tank gauge impressed me so much when I first viewed an Amel that I figured that a lot of other things were equally clever and well engineered. And that has

Joel, If nothing else, this is a great reason to buy Amel. You made my day. Thank you, -- Slavko SM 2000 #279 Bonne Anse in Portoroz

These are foot rests that encourage one to be able to better brace themselves when using the marine toilet. They fit into the teak grate over the shower sump. Anecdotal rumor suggests Captain Amel was

Dear all! just my small contribution to the endless battery discussion: after 10 months we came back to Soleil Bleu in September and all batteries were completely dead. None of them had more than 7

Ann-Sofie, Great, thank you. Would never figure it out. Very much appreciated. All the best, Slavko

It is to get a foot support when you are sitting on the toilet and the boat is healing. You attach in to the teak floor (don’t lnow the proper name of it) Regards Ann-Sofie at S/Y Lady Annila,

Dean, I was looking at S12-116 AGM. This is what I can get here. Price is 413 euro, and S12-128 are 438 euro. I am not sure if 12-128 would go in to battery compartment on SM 2000. I need to measure,

Slavko, I researched Rolls batteries last year and my choice was the S12-128 model, but this was driven partly by the fact that they are drop-in replacements for my existing Zenith AGM's. Rolls

Nick, I would recommend balancers as I have personal experience of AGM getting unbalanced, and I believe this should be avoided. Especially since the balancer is cheap. Victron suggest their balancer

I found this wooden part in front and aft head. Any idea what is this for and where it is mounted. Sorry I feel stupid but can not figure out where to use it. Thank you. -- Slavko SM 2000 #279

Sorry to add some more about batteries. Previous owner replaced batteries 10 years ago with Victron AGM . So far I did not have any problems but I know from my previous boat that they much overdue for

Sorry to go on about batteries…… I have 8 Lifeline AGM batteries set up as four pairs of 24v. So the four pairs are in parallel. I set them up as I found the original and as Amel must have set

Scott, I would definitely agree that changing from Lithium to Lead is highly unlikely, for anyone. I started this comparative investigation because I'm impressed by the Lithium system which came with

Dean (Scott), I did a full upgrade to lithium about a year ago and am now adding to my battery capacity which is currently 400AH with another 500AH in preparation for world cruising next year. Lots

Second update: I measured the pump flow rate on the original flojet with a hose and bucket and it was 6.5 liters per minute. I measured the flow rate on the brushless set at 25% duty cycle and it was

Dean, At least with my batteries, they are passively balanced. Most are. That means they don't balance between cells (even if I had a 12v system because recall that a 12v battery is 4 lifepo4 cells in

Hi Alan, Thanks for your contribution to the pro-AGM argument. We've chatted about the benefits of battery balancing before and we are in full agreement about its value in a series-string based