Brent, The Climma A/C compressor timers are staggered in a SM. As i remember it, 10, 15, & 20 seconds. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School

Eric, are the timers on the three cabin air conditioners for staggered starting that you referred to part of the later version SM design or something you retrofitted? It’s an awesome idea as three

Hi Jose, Your usage of the chargers makes sense, particularly given that one is dumb-ish. I don't think most of us need two on a day-to-day basis; I might add a second for redundancy and just not use

Ryan, as Peregrinus, Ipanema has I a semi-dumb (30 amp) and a smart (60amp) charger, which use together when charging batteries with the generator. When the batteries are accepting less than 60 amp

Looking at the wiring on Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376 it appears that you can draw 25 amps from the genset or shore power without any problem. I don’t know where the 16 amp figure comes

Alex, His name is Maarten and he speaks English, French, Dutch, and Spanish. Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Ryan, I bought 100 feet of 10 gauge round black rubber coated wire from Home depot about 8 years ago. It is rated at 30 amps. I hooked it up to a 50 amp USA twist-lock plug and use only the red,

Ryan; TheACs draw about 4-5 A at 230V. So with all three running and the charger andother systems you will exceed the 16A. At the recommendation of Bill Rouse of ExBeBe and now AmelSchool.com (had

Hi, welcome to the group. The grease dripping out of the bottom of the gearbox is most likely from the forestay although after 20 years if it has not been replenished there would not be much left.

Hi Alex, Here is a note I received from my friend Marten in Bogota. He is a Dutch engineer who repairs circuit boards. Please contact him directly and use my name. Fair Winds Eric

Good afternoon Peter, Following Olivier’s recommendations I installed a Galvanic Isolator, here is the illustration: http://www.nikimat.com/galvanic_isolator.html Sincerely,

Interesting that so many marinas as so limiting on power. Is it possible to run all three air conditioners on 16A? I've never measured the draw. My SM has a shore power cord and main breaker sized

HiRyan; Wehave a 100A and a 40A charger aboard. If the batteries are being drained toproper levels for optimal life, the 100A charger will only be at max output for10-15 minutes before the charge

Oliver, It was very kind of you to take the time to answer my question about whether balsa core was used in the vertical sides of the roof where the side windows are installed. Thank you very

It's been a while since I've studied this, but I don't think this is electrolysis in the typical sense (even though in most cases people misuse that word to mean "galvanic corrosion"). Galvanic

Ryan, We've run both Mastervolt chargers at the same time for years (100A & 30A). No, if the chargers are properly set to charge at the voltages recommended by the battery manufacturer, it is

Hi All, I had some work done on the bow thruster. When the person finished up and left this was left on the forward berth. I queried a few people but they had no idea. So I put the question to the

Hi Kent, Did you try contacting Budget Marine in St Maarten? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

Peter, I have one end of this grouper permanently attached to the bonding at the fuel fill bonding clamp. As soon as I pull into a marina I always drop it over the side. I had to rig a line to the

At first glance, I thought it could be dangerous to use multiple smart chargers because they could get into different states, but after thinking through all the possible combinations, I've convinced