Hi Bob, Last time I did it....8 years ago ?? I used 5/16" which is pretty close to 8mm. I remember it was quite difficult to compress the three rings enough to get the nut to start. I eventually took

We have a variable speed Marco pump and initially installed it without an accumulator. I wasn't sure whether our water hoses would comply with the "flexible piping" that Marco mention. So I put in a s

Agree with this. We have 12 X 6V AGM batteries wired in 3 parallel strings of 4 batteries in series. Each string has its own balancer for 4 batteries (generic bought on Alibaba). The batteries are app

Hi Kent, I think the answer is here.... " There has never been water found in the bilge until a boisterous sail last night, tacking into a 20kt wind. Found at least 10-12 liters there. It's only barel

Thanks Bill, When you say "late model SM", do you have a hull number range in mind? We are 437, so I guess we are "late model". Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Mark, Unless someone changed it, the SM shore power cable is 16A not 32A. Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Hi Paul, In reverse order I write -ve when I mean negative.... Current through the bonding wire....you can disconnect the wire, put your multimeter on the lowest current range (you probably will need

Hello Slavko, Would you get it in the lazarette? I doubt it. We have a 2.6m Highfield RIB and we store it upside down on the aft cabin roof under the mizzen boom, bow facing aft. It JUST fits. We had

Hi Mark, Yes, it would seem that you have a very slight leak between the -ve and the bonding. When you say that the MASSE - light doesn't come on, have you observed it in the dead of night with no amb

Hi Martin, Many Amel boats have been modified (ours included) and perhaps this binding wire was for a piece of equipment that had a metallic connection to saltwater, but that piece of equipment is no

Hi Paul, I think things have gone a little awry in this discussion. The positive and negative sides of your battery bank should float i.e.NOT be connected anywhere to the bonding system (the green/yel

Paul, You don't mention anything about what kind of regulator you use (used) with your solar setup, if you used one at all. You imply that panels in series are not efficient, but I'm guessing your 2 x

I think that most wind generator enthusiasts are enthused without much information on how they perform in the real world. The curves of the Superwind 350 and the D400 show pretty much the same output

Hi Danny, So can you tell us how many actual amps you see at those different wind speeds? Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

Great tale ! Thanks Mark. I replaced the transmission heat-exchanger on Elyse a few years ago on the advice of an engineer when I was going to replace the just rubber boots. He said, wisely it seems,

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That's not quite true.....BSP 1 1/2 is 11 TPI and NPT 1 1/2 is 11.5 TPI, NPT is a tapered thread, BSP comes in parallel BSPP and tapered BSPT. NPS is the parallel version of NPT. You can force an NPT

That is SERIOUSLY IMPRESSIVE ! Thanks Eric Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

We have a D400, and while it's not particular;y noisy, doesn't vibrate, it certainly doesn't put out much power. It came with the boat so for the meantime it stays. The only time I have ever seen any

We have a "Files" section already..... Cheers Alan Elyse SM437

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Hi Dan, Yes we have 3 x 200W panels wired in series so they start early and maximise the MPPT;s ability to deliver good current to the batteries Another advantage of series wiring is the smaller gauge