On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:59:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Sep 22, 9:46*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:22:38 -0700, "mgg" wrote:
You have bypassed all of that by installing an electric pump that's wired to
be on when the key is on. I'm not saying that you're gonna blow up tomorrow,
but I sure as hell wouldn't leave the key in the "on" position for long
before starting. I'm confident that you can find a schematic online to wire
it properly, and from reading your post, I'm sure you could do it.

Both Mike and Gene make good points regarding safety. * I've seen a
few gasoline fires on boats and they are not a good thing. * One of my
old sailboats had a gasoline engine with an electric fuel pump, and
also the gasoline generator on my old Bertram. * Both had the fuel
pump wired in series with the oil pressure sender so that the pump was
guaranteed to be off if the engine was not running.

Gentlemen, all points are taking well into consideration. I have a
murphy switch and can install it accordingly. I will be installing it
a well as an ignition relay that will kill the power to the pump in
case of engine shut down. it's not hard to do. . I made this
preliminary post so that I could see how it would operate, and it did
function as desired. I'm also going to change out the key switch with
"Bat", "Ign" and "start" , and do away with the button switch.

believe it or not, I am more of a forward thinker than what some may
think.

?;^)

Well, I'm impressed with the whole project. Yes, there are some safety
issues to be overcome, but you'll do that.

Me, I would have put the boat in the marina and said, 'Charlie, fix
it.'
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John H