Hello! Has your autopilot's electric motor failed? If you have heard of people's motors failing, I'll buy a new one on the spot, but I've only ever heard of clutch, belt, and bearing failures. My auto

Maybe your Alpha Pro manual can throw light into the subject? We have an Alpha Pro 2 installed since 2013. Its start time is user-programmable from 0 to 60 seconds. You can also set it so it does not

With regard to Yes, this is a risk. One way to reduce the risk is to have a MasterShunt in the battery box. This is what we did. When a MasterShunt is present on the MasterBus, the Alpha Pro regulator

With regard to: This may depend on one's boat and its wiring. In our case, when we went all-MasterVolt in 2013, I wanted to install an inverter-charger. If I recall correctly, with it came fancy advan

With regard to the brown wire and a Mastervolt Alpha Pro regulator: the On/Off control of the regulator _is_ the brown wire. In fact, if the brown wire is not interrupted at installation time via an i

Hull Nr. 350 also has two wires on this sensor: two whites and two blacks. See the photo on post https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/conversations/messages/33964 The original sensor is

I don't know if the 54's native pump has special characteristics compared to a 53 pump, but I would be remiss if I did not point out that when we bought hull Nr. 350 in 2012 it came with a Shurflo wit

With regard to the "genetics" of the 50: 7 watertight compartments Retractable bowthruster Painted Amel furling mast Watertight engine room accessible from the bridge only Large aft lazarette Semi-enc

For pre-planning purposes, we keep an eye on Ventusky. It's just so easy to use and, and least here in the Med, quite accurate. We bought the "Pro" version for $3 (lifetime). On Ventusky, switching be

Jeppe, Very, very interesting that Amel built most of the saloon and forward cabin pass through/ducting even on those boats that neither have forced air nor heating from the factory! Since the hard pa

We had an Eberspächer Airtronic D5 installed in La Rochelle three years ago. This is the brand and model Amel ordinarily installed on SM's where the buyer requested heating. This install is easy on ma

David, With regard to putting AIS on the N2K net: Yes, the Vesper is a great solution, probably the best out there, due to its smart software that can filter unneeded information, provide anchor alarm

Hello Craig and all others, Many, many thanks for all the valuable input. Regarding the possibility of the nuts coming loose, yesterday the Yanmar dealer told me they are creating "a washer" (via an o

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I would like to thank all who responded, but in particular Jeffrey Kaus and Bill Kinney and Trevor Lusty: you were in the right track. Failed oil cooler. However, the transmission oil cooler by www.ej

While re-aligning engine to C-Drive, one hole was found elongated. As the part is not available, the Yanmar dealer proposes drilling new holes, which sounds reasonable, but it'd be nice to know if the

Duane, What is the reason for the recommendation? What problems are likely to arise from not replacing this pump? Thanks in advance, Peregrinus SM2K N. 350 (2002)

I know someone who installed a frequency converter transformer in his boat. It cost significant money, space volume and weight. Of course, an equivalent outcome can be achieved as follows: 1. Have a b

Bill, If your battery chargers can accept 120V/60Hz, and assuming you wire the connection correctly, you could plug in. For example, we have Mastervolt battery chargers which are able to use 120V/60Hz

Duane, We do the same: we took a couple of otherwise unused "out" wires from a B&G chartplotter and got them "in" to the Raymarine autopilot head. This way, the Raytheon T-300 computer can sail to a w