Dear Forum, After some refresh/upgrade activities for the navigation equipment I'm left with several parts that are functional however no longer needed. Before putting this stuff on e-Bay I would like

Hi Bill, I’m interested as well (SV Luna A54-121). Can they also offer an alternative for the Primary manifold? Kind regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121

Hi Wolfgang, Some observations from me about your plans. I own an 54 as well. I extended the mastervolt installation substantially this year and I’m planning some more changes. First of all you do not

Scott, It’s clear you are a big fan of Lithium batteries. And of course there are huge benefits to them. But you keep repeating the benefits and ignore the drawbacks. Those are (still) price and compl

I more or less went the same route. I also added an electronic insulation transformer, a new Alpha Pro II alternator controller and an AC monitor. You do not need the service tech password for adjusti

They should report it to Noonsite.com, let the world know what scam they are running over there. Arno Luijten, SV Luna A54-121

You can also consider buying a smaller genset. We have the 11kVA Onan and my biggest problem running it is creating enough load for the beast to keep it happy. If your interest is just to charge the b

Hi Scott, According to the specs the CCA for the Firefly is 720 Amp. So the BT should be fine having 5*720=3600 startup amps available. I don’t buy this generator story as your 100 amp battery charger

Hi Randall, I'm not exactly sure but I think the current price-point is around USD 400 each and you would need 10 in total to get similar capacity as for 12 AGMs. The weight of these batteries is slig

For those in the vicinity and that also think Lithium is still too much complication for their needs, we are currently doing a group-purchase of Firefly Carbon Foam batteries on St. Maarten in the Car

Hi Stefan, Actually the B&G version got some pretty bad press. I have no first hand experience so I cannot confirm. If your plotter supports video-in you could consider this one: https://echopilot.com

Hi Bill, I was able to order that cog/gear from Maude/Amel. Kind regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121

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Hi Thomas, Ice crystals would occur if the filling of the system was not done properly. There is a filter in the system that binds any moisture that may be left at filling time. Normally they replace

Hi Scott, Don't get me wrong. I'm not against Lithium. I'm just trying to bring some nuance to the many über-happy stories about Lithium. These things are bloody expensive and people should know what

Hi Scott, Typically good BMS-es can measure at 0.01 resolution. So even at lower SOC you will be able to see differences. Charging up to 100% can be postponed longer with continuous balancing. Active

Hi Paul, This Best Lithium BMS still uses passive balancing and it does not say if it only does top-balancing. So from that perspective it's not a great BMS. Arno

Hi Dennis, This is one of the problems I have with many BMS systems, if not all. They use passive top-balancing, meaning they can only balance the cells when full and do this by dissipating the energy

Hi James, I'm aware of the differences between balsa and Divinycell, particularly the difference in adhesion to polyester. However Hallberg Rassy and many others have been using Divinycell since the e

Hi Bill, Thanks for your wise words of advice. This is actually hitting on one my least favorite aspects of an Amel, the usage of balsa-wood in the deck core. This should have been abandoned in favor

Hi Joerg, I don't want to annoy you but how long is the warranty on your installation? This whole "do leave the batteries at 100% for extended periods" is to preserve the batteries in 5-8 years time,