Do you have the electronic pressure sensor? On my 6E, there's an Led on it that shows when it is triggered by "a need for water" and tries to start the pump. If the light turns on when you need water,

We have used a variable speed Marco UP-6E on our A54 for over two years. Without the accumulator, it died within 3 months, with an accumulator, it has lasted almost two years and is still going strong

Ian, When you say "the alternator picks up the -ve from a case connection", do you mean alternator case? If so, there's a small chance that the alternator is isolated. Did you check continuity between

I think the confusing bit is that I have the capability for midpoint monitoring on my Victron battery monitor and they still told me that with the Smart Lithium batteries, I should NOT connect the mid

FWIW, my Victron batteries (Smart lifepo4 12.8v) documentation explicitly states "Do not interconnect the midpoints". See drawing on bottom of page1. FYI the gray lines are the data cables for the BMS

The engineers in the group or a marine electrician (ha!) will have to give their opinion, but I think all you need a relay that has a coil that is capable of handling 240vac. The relay would be contro

Nick Did you ever consider using a relay and running the pump off your 24v system? That is assuming it can handle 26-28v. Presumably when you're running AC you're either plugged in, so your chargers a

Joerg, Avoiding charging the batteries to 100% during normal use is a completely different conversation than whether to leave batteries at high SOC or 50% SOC during wintering/long term storage. I kno

Good to know. For those with the Mastervolt 24v-110amp alternator and Alpha Pro II or newer, you can sleep reasonably well knowing that it can handle outputting high current for an extended time. When

Thanks for the video - too bad the less informed still don't understand that lithium-cobalt and lifepo4 are not the same thing. Let's hope for the sake of currently produced and future Amels that insu

Arno, This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. -Scott

Reudi, My AC pump works on inverter just fine. We got rid of the Amel transfer switch when we upgraded to the Victron Quattro which has it's own "smart" transfer switch that can limit input current an

Arno, Like you, I have spent lots of money making this thing work. I have sort of given up after spending around half of what you spent. It sounds like you were more determined that I was! Now it's wo

Joerg, My understanding of the ideal SOC for storage is based on two things: (1) I read the objective, peer reviewed research literature which all seem to point towards longer life at around 40-60% SO

Bertrand, The readout comes from the little LCD panel below the tach. At least it does on my D3-110C. I presume your tach has an LCD panel, too?

Joerg, I would be surprised if the MV software doesn't allow you to stop charging at a certain SOC vs having to guess with voltage. I can implement that on my less well integrated Victron system. Agai

I was only asked for a cert of competency a handful of times. Croatia was the most stringent and I watched an American skipper kick and scream that his state's safety course should be accepted and how

I have Tengah in a LLC. Only issue in the last 30+ countries was in Montenegro. They refused entry unless we had a letter from the LLC giving me permission to operate the vessel. We wrote one and they

Amel started connecting rigging to bonding with the 2009 A54s. My 2007 A54 did not have bonding and rigging connected until I installed a new VHF antenna as the braided shield on the coax is connected

Paul: Third reason - if my starter battery dies, I can easily substitute one of my lithium batteries to start the 12v motor. Dominique: How did you wire the BP-200? Were you able to find a wire that p