Hi all, Would anyone know where I can find an idiots guide to re-charging a friogboat fridge whcih uses R134A refrigerant? Cheers, Paul Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98

Thanks Mohammed. I believe its probably cable connectors as its 10 years old now - I'll be having a look at them in the coming days. The white box I refer to houses the generator electrics. Cheers, Pa

Bob, After thinking long and hard about the two different approaches (your's and Amel's), what I did was to not drop the thruster but to simply disconnect all the electrical connections and dismount t

Hi all, I'm seeing voltage drop to my Onan 11KVA genset to the point that the starter won't turn enough to start the generator. The drop seems to be mostly between the input to the white control box a

Porter, Yes absolutey. Sometimes you need to do a job you haven't done before and get lots of various advice, sometimes conflicting. They probably will all work in one way or another. I'm open to any

Bob, Looks like the attachment didn't upload. I have now uploaded a file "Bowthruster flex coupling replacement.pdf" Paul

Hi Bob, Amel has sent me their work instrucition for doing this, which I have attached. Interestingly they do not say to lower the bow thruster first, and also their procedure looks to be quite a bit

Many thanks Bob, I'll give it a try. Paul

Joel, Thanks.On further investigation I may have answered my own question. It looks like the flexible coupling is accessable from inside the boat. I'd still be interested in any advice in how best to

Hi all, My sidepower bowthruster has lost the linkage to the props and just spins. According to the manual a probable cause could be rope getting sucked in which causes the "flexible coupling" to brea

Eric, No it didn't. I've since been told by the Dessalator guy in Spain that it was a brass plug that just screws in to block the hole. It's probably in case you want to connect the supply from the ot

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Hi and thabnks to those who replied. I have since dioscovered that water is coming out of the pump from an aperture opposite the high pressure outlet. It looks like there is a thread in this and I ass

Hi, I have a Dessaltor 100 duo and I'm seeing very erratic pressure to the point where its unusable. In the past I have remedied this by replacing the pre-filter, but this time it has not solved the p

Barry, Anytime will do, I won't be back there until May (crewing in the Antugua Classics). Much appreciated and will pass on the good will of course. Cheers, Paul Ya Fohi, Amel 54 #98

Barry, I just replied to your post but don't see my reply so here goes again. Yes please I would much appreciate if you could send me what you can spare. The address is: Paul Dowd 95 Hanover Terrace B

Barry, Fantastic, yes please could you send me whatever you can spare. Not sure how to pay you for them though as I'm in Dominica at present. Maybe we can work something out. The address is: Paul Dowd

Hi, I am looking for a UK dealer who can supply me with brushes for my Reya water pump. Any info most appreciated. Paul Ya Fohi, Amel 54 #98

Thanks to all who made suggestions. It turns out that it was in fact the pulley wheel. Strange that it should break gradually. Cheers, Paul Ya Fohi, Amel 54 #98

Duane, Thanks. I'll give that a try. Cheers, Paul Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98