Is the boat in the water, and you don't want to pull it out? If so, just get
one of those small pumps operated by a drill motor, and a couple of lengths
of tubing for it. Use a cordless drill, or a corded drill off an inverter,
and pump into the bilge. Those little pumps are about 7 bucks at home depot.

--Mike

"Bill Andersen" wrote in message
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How can I test the automatic function of my bilge pump/switch?
I installed a 750 GPM West Marine bilge pump conrolled by an
Automatic/Off/Manual switch.
The pump works in the Manual position. How can I check it in the Automatic
position?
I didn't wire the Automatic function correctly the first time: I flooded
the bilge at the wash rack (trailered boat) and the pump didn't work, even
though the switch was in Automatic. I selected Manual and it drained the
bilge quickly.
I really don't want to have to trailer it to the wash rack and flood the
bilge again if I don't have to.