Bill, Are the colors you used representative of the actual wire colors? -Yes. The purple wires marked F5 and H2 reverse the polarity of battery positive to the linear actuator motor (LAM) (i.e., one p

Ever wonder how the BT Actuator works? When I had the circuit board out of the BT Actuator Control Box, I traced all the wires back to the locker above the sink. I posted a photo of the circuit diagra

I was hoping for a "gee, just do this and Voila! ees all better!" But as long as there isn't a bigger problem causing it, no big deal. Thanks Bill, Duane

Hi Eric, Thanks for your reply. I meant to say the outside bottom of the freezer. You can reach underneath it from the deck locker to stbd. The seals are in good-enough condition, they are on my long

Hi Bill, It's on the outside bottom of the freezer that is just forward of the washing machine. I have tools in the below deck locker (between the washing machine and the drawers on the aft end of the

I'm having a lot of condensation on the bottom of the freezer. It's winter here in Georgia with humidity in the 60 to 85% range, and temperatures in the 50's and 60's. Water temp is right there as wel

After taking the control box apart and tracing all the wires down, I finally figured out that we had two problems. First the "UP" limit switch was dead. But then after replacing it the actuator that r

Looking at the Bow Thruster wiring diagram in the Files section, there are four control wires going to the Thruster Linear Actuator. Two are marked "lev" and two are marked "tem". I am guessing "lev"

I received the new limit switch today and still no joy. This is confusing since, in diagnosing the problem (bow thruster would not retract), I borrowed a new limit switch from another Amel SM (JOY), p

Bob, I posted in https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/files/Bow%20Thruster%20Maintenance/ in the FFV.pdf file the manufacturers sheet for the linear actuator switch. I believe ours is t

A fellow Amel owner here in GA loaned me one of his spare sensor and bingo! The sensor was the problem and now I'm looking for replacements. Maud on Friday said she would let me know on Monday if they

Dan, Thanks for the informative reply. I had tried to upload a spreadsheet with our SG readings in it, but Yahoo was acting up. I tried again in this reply, but it won't upload the attachment. The ave

Is the motor and drive that raises and lowers the thruster and thruster motor a jack screw arrangement? Duane

Paul, Where did you buy the sensor? Duane

Paul, By the way, to check if it's the pulley wheel, put it back together and stay next to the high pressure pump. When the grating noise starts you'll be able to tell if it's the bendix bearing. Your

Paul, You have a failing "bendix bearing". This is pressed into the large pulley on the High Pressure pump. It's made to lock up in one direction and slip in the other direction (so that when the 240V

Nick, I have the 53' Super Maramu. The limit switches on my boat don't have buttons. They must be sensors that work on a magnetic basis. Duane

We left the dock today with this series of events: 1. Deployed bow thruster. Tested to port and stb. All OK. 2. Left dock using thruster and went to fuel dock. Along the way I toggled the thruster to

Thanks everyone. Duane

I have the DEKA Marine Master Group 31 wet cell batteries.