Hello Reudi; Sorry for the late response. The underwater installation was fairly straight forward with a bit of planning. The step on the keel acts as a great work bench to store the required tools. T

Hello David and welcome to the Amel Family; The advice of most knowledgeable Volvo mechanics that we have run into, has been to run the engine at 2000-2200 RPMs (about 80% max) for 1-2 minutes at the

Hi Pat; We had a leak at one of the HP hose connections a couple of years ago. Luckily the smoke detector that we had installed in the engine room alerted us to the water mist, before the leak got wor

Hello and Welcome to the Amel Family Roland and Paul. You will find the people in this forum an amazing group of people that will go out of their way to assist other fellow Amelians, and their knowled

Hi Bill; We did change out our tender to a 3.4 meter HighField last season and it does fit on the aft deck without interfering with the Mizzen Traveler. The end of the pontoons do project a bit into t

HI Nick; I like your out of the box thinking. We think about batteries in very simplified terms. Voltage, current, charge and discharge rates, etc. However, batteries are more complex and one of the r

We only flush and sterilize the membranes with our fresh water tank, which is only filled with only desalinated water. In your situation, I would most likely purchase and use distilled water to steril

Hi Doug; We dealt with a check engine error message last season that was related to the turbo boost pressure, so I did spend some time reading up on the function of the Variable Geometry turbo (VGT) t

Since we are on the subject of Bowthrusters, I would like to buy all necessary switch and sensor spares for our A54. Can someone please provide source and part numbers for purchase in the U.S.? We did

We flush the bilge several times with water and dish washing liquid once or twice every season and we do not have any issues with smell. I pour dish washing liquid in the bilge and leave the water hos

Hi Stephan; We were on a tight schedule to get to our winter berth. I did re-install the cap under water to protect the sensor. We were getting erratic speed readings afterwards. We will be hauling ou

Does anyone know the function of the rubber cap? Is this for prevention of damage or growth on the main sensor, or does it have some other functional role? Respectfully; Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Am

HI Bill; I was thinking of using a sealant that would set under water. Any recommendation for the sealant? I may have something on board. I have to check. I do have some epoxy that will set under wate

Our speed sensor was a bit erratic after a 3 week stay in Venice. I dove in it today to clean the rubber caps with my diving gloves. The rubber cap came off of the forward sensor and I was able to cat

Hi Reudi; I agree. I was just trying to point out that this chaining of inverter/charger approach has the possibility of almost matching the generator output with units that are manageable in size and

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Hello Ian; My knowledge of the LN175 and Dolphin charger is limited, so I will not be of much help there. I can share with you our current approach for our charging and inversion plans, as we make the

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We ran into this issue in Montenegro. The harbor master was unwilling to allow us to “navigate” from the customs dock to our winter berth (about 500 yards away). None of our ASA sailing and US sailing

Hi Ruedi; We are currently in the Med and, in my opinion, Lithium is not a huge advantage in our cruising style here. Also our AGMs that we installed in 2018, have been working better than expected an

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Hi Ruedi; There are electrical schematics in the original AMEL operator’s manual in the Appendix section, that came with the yacht, that show how they are wired. Attached is the schematic for the K1-K

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Hello Joerg; Do you mind sharing the name of the Mastervolt dealer in Spain you worked with? How was your experience with the dealer? Mohammad and Aty B&B Kokomo Amel 54 #099