thanks for the advice on the gen set, I will start checking connections again. On a different tack, my fridge is somehow generating water/condensation? which in turn is flowing into the bilge. I am presently in the caribbean so ambient temp may be an issue. Has any else had a similar problem, I checked the small pipe which collects water from under the ice box tray and it seems fine Thanks in advance Patrick sm 385
I had a similar problem (hull #335) since the boat was new in 2001. I had Amel trouble shoot it in La Rochelle and Guadaloupe without success. We periodically had water in the bilge area under the companionway. I originally thought it was from condensation on the coils at the bottom of the fridge because there was always a lot of frost on those coils when we were in the Caribbean. I had a refrigeration expert wrap them with insulation to solve that problem yet the water continued. There is a drain in the bottom of the fridge (a small white plastic plug centered in the bottom stainless tray of the fridge that connects to a drain that runs out the back of the fridge) but also the bottom stainless pan in the fridge isn't sealed around the edges. Water came from either of those two sources. The drain hole in the bottom of the fridge went to a small nipple on the back of the fridge (similar to the once from the freezer compartment hose that you already checked) but my nipple had no hose on it and just emptied onto the floor behind the fridge whereupon it ran into the bilge area beneath the steps to the cockpit. We finally traced this due to an odor problem. I used 3M 5200 and layed a bead of sealant along all seams in the panels in the bottom of the fridge as well as sealing the drain plug shut. No problems since then. Use some masking tape to mask straight lines along the parting seams in the corners where you lay the bead of 5200 as it will run and be a cosmetic nightmare otherwise. I believe the main source was the drain without a hose attached. Why Amel didn't T that drain into the drain line from the freezer compartment area is a mystery to me. I chalked it up to a production error.
