Hi David, Because of your remark I just remembered something about this. When I repopulated the PCBs with new LEDs I also replaced the resistors. When you buy this package from Amazon: https://www.ama

Sorry my bad. There are just too many of these things. You cannot use the constant current source I mentioned earlier. This one should work, depending on your LEDs of choice (total current of LEDs mus

Hi David, The problem is that the blue lights are switched via resistors. Blue LEDs are by their nature very sensitive to overvoltage. You should supply LEDs ideally with a current source instead of a

Hi Soraya, I operate them every moth or so. Not much more you can do other then spraying them with Corrosion-X. But the reality is they do get bad as these are pretty standard chromed brass seacocks.

Hi Thomas and Soraya, Do you know the distance between the mast head and the connection point just above the door to the guest room? Regards, Arno Luijten

Hi Nick, Check the Anchor Winch(es). They are susceptible for these problem given their exposure to salt. Regards, Arno Luijten SV Luna, A54-121

Hi Ken, About the current draw from the batteries. Don’t forget you are running 6 pairs in parallel. So each battery only has to supply 80 Amps to get to 400 Amps. 80 Amps is not excessive, even for a

Hi Bill, I don’t agree with your statement you can do without a STW sensor if you are not racing. In my current location (Caribbean) this may be OK but my former cruising grounds (Western-Europe) it w

Hi Scott, I’m pretty sure this thing is NOT supposed to output 24 volts. You may be able to check this on the website of Frigoboat. Regards, Arno Luijten, SV Luna, A54-121

Hi Jamie, I’m surprised you measure 24 volt. When I did the same I measured exactly half the voltage of the 24 volt system (about 13 volts when you are on shore power). Did you measure under load? The

Hi Scott, Hope you are doing well. I've looked into this problem as well. I tried to find an alternate waterpump but the 12 Volt/1-1.5 Amp requirement is not easy to satisfy. Replacing the motor with

Your stove may be thermostatically controlled. If the sensor is not working anymore this could be the result. I'm not sure if you can replace only the sensor. It may be an integral part with the regul

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Hi Ulrich & Randall, Our Amel does not have the dive compressor. However the 230 Volt plus is still installed in the port lazarette. It's one of those blue, big ones like for shore power plugs. I'm a

To add to Bill's remark, the Ballooner and the Gennaker are NOT the same sails. I believe the Ballooner to be a bit less "baggy" compared to the Gennaker. This enables it to be furled together with th

Hi, Relax, the furler swivel is just as it should be. To enlighten you, the swivel is developed to fly two headsails simultaneously. Actually the Genua and the Ballooner (that is wat Amel calls it). I

Hi Eric, I live on St. Maarten and at present the way they want to “see” things happening for people that want to evacuate their boat from St. Maarten is that they will allow people to fly in from abr

Hi William, This is not unique for Amel. Oyster, Hallberg Rassy and other do the same for the bigger yachts. If you have 18 meters or more of mast the halyards become very, very long. As you rarely lo

On the topic of Bilge Pumps, what I find a bigger worry is the main bilge-pump can fail because of bad working valves. These are small rubber flaps inside the pump that start their career flat but ove

Hi Jeroen, Most owners have flooded the forward bilges when refilling the watertank. It’s a bit of a design flaw as there is actually an overflow to the cavity of the companion way hatch and from ther

Hi Jeroen, Access to the area under the shower requires extreme agility. You can also remove the airconditioner to get slightly better access. The floorboard just in front of the housing of the A/C gi