I have had so many of those rule pumps fail on me, I went to a pair of gusher diaphragm pumps, mounted up high and dry, with hoses to the bilge. I ran a rule float switch to one which failed that first year. Now I have sea choice float switch that has been working for 2 seasons, going on 3. So, I have one gusher with an automatic switch that I can turn on manually, a manually controlled gusher and a manual whale pump in the cock pit, all installed out of the bilge. I have a goal to keep the bilge as empty as possible. The PO found the bilge a great place for a wire chase....
Danny From my Android phone -------- Original message -------- From: M Bod via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 05/26/2014 11:18 PM (GMT-05:00) To: C&C list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Bilge pump installation - was Re: Bilge Pump Cleaning Rich, Thanks for the heads up. I was just online tonight looking at bilge pumps. My CS 30 doesn't have an automatic bilge pump, just a manual. I feel like I should add an automatic pump, but I wonder what size. My boat has a very flat bilge with no 'deep' spots at all and maybe 4" space under the floor boards. What size bilge pump is appropriate? (And will fit) Suggestions? Would you the the 'integrated electronic' switch or the old fashioned float? And suggestions on installation? I gather I should have it pump out near the transom above water level (maybe Y it onto the drain from the manual pump?) Do you 'direct wire' it to the batteries and bypass the panel? Mark On 26 May 2014 23:34, Rich Knowles via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > My bilge pump and I had a small altercation this weekend. It’s a 2000 gph > PAR unit that I have had on the boat for at least 10 years. It has never > given me problems until it recently decided not to pump any water. The motor > ran just fine, and I could see the water in the bilge being stirred around, > but nothing was being sent overboard. It acted as though it had an airlock > with the impeller only partially submerged. > > I dismantled it and found that the small slit that acts as an air vent at the > top of the plastic impeller housing was completely plugged. This prevented > any trapped air from escaping from the pump body. Once I cleaned the crud out > of the vent slit, it performed as new. Good for another ten years, thank you. > > Just a note to tuck away in case anyone has a similar “failure”. > > Rich Knowles > INDIGO LF38 > Halifax, NS. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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