On Sun, 08 May 2005 08:42:43 -0400, Larry W4CSC
wrote:

"Roger Long" wrote in
news
Does anyone have any experience to report with the new solid state
bilge pump water sensors such as the Johnson Ultima? Sounds like a
good, no jamb, no cog, idea to me.


Ever try putting the float switch in a little cage made out of plastic
screen? It keeps the crap out of the switch float.

Put a hook in the top of it with a line you can pull on if your bilges are
deep. Our bilge pump is so far down you can hardly see it, much less reach
it.

I have a pump that reaches down into the deep bilge with a suction
hose. My main bilge pumps are pretty easy to get to.