Subject: Bilge Pump Switch
From: (Larry W4CSC)
Hmm....There's a big Rule switch in Lionheart's deep bilge way down
out of reach. It's gonna be a pain in the ass to change when it
happens.
Can you remount it on a L shapes piece of plastic or aluminum there the pump is
attached to the short part of the L and the long part of the L can be used as a
handle to pull the pump up out of the bilge?
bilge pumps should NEVER have an OFF position!
Oh, I don't know, the lowest pump probably should. Comes in handy if you have a
fuel leak. :-)
The AC and all the sinks dump into the bilge on this boat so
everything goes through the bilge.
That will make for a stinky boat and lead to pump/switch failure.
The alarm floatswitch wasn't hooked to the main bilge pump, which I
also found strange.
Why would you want it going off every time the main pump comes on to empty out
the aircon/dish water?
I'm not sure how much it will pump, but
there'd have to be a BIG hole in the hull before it couldn't keep up.
It's more like a firepump!
Do the math, I bet the hole is smaller than you think. :-)
Capt. Bill