I installed a big 2000, but doubt it pumps 2000GPM, more like GPH on it's best day.
----- Original Message ----- From: "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "Gary Nylander" <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net>, "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 10:55:22 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Bilge pump installation - was Re: Bilge Pump Cleaning Some bilge pump; 500 gallons per minute...fight fires with that baby -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander via CnC-List Sent: May 27, 2014 11:46 AM To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Bilge pump installation - was Re: Bilge Pump Cleaning I wired a 500 gpm Rule pump straight to the panel (through a connector under the dinette seat). The pump comes with long enough wires that any connection is completely up in the (dry) seat area, but I still used Anchor connectors with built in heat shrink. So far, so good. I expect it will fail for some reason (way down under the mast step) so am planning another diaphragm pump with a hose down there. I've done this before. The pump itself just craps out. I worry little about the fact I have to turn it on and off, as I live less than a block from the boat and it is in an active yard - they will call if there is any problem (plus I draw five feet and am in about six feet of water at low tide, seven to eight at high). And.... there is not enough room in the deep part of the bilge for a pump and a switch - I have found the automatic 'all in one' pumps seem to die earlier than manual ones. Just replaced the Whale Gusher (I think OEM) after 33 years - you would think those things would be durable - this time, I will use it every so often - it was virtually welded together from corrosion. Gary 30-1, 1980 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wally Bryant via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Bilge pump installation - was Re: Bilge Pump Cleaning > Dennis had a good call with heat shrink and painting with liquid > electrical tape. I took made my heat shrink about two inches longer than > the connection, and injected marine silicone inside with a syringe. When > the shrunk, silicone gushed out the ends. It has been wet often. > > Maybe I'm just lucky, but my 12 year old Rule pumps and float switches are > still doing fine. I have a little 500 as the primary pump, and a big one > that stays up on a platform about six inches off the bilge, just in case. > The 500 does get clogged up with bilge gunk, and I just replaced it > because they can't be taken apart and cleaned out. One thing I do is > take a garden hose to 3/4" adapter and flush the hose out with high > pressure dock water. I'll also backflush the pump with the garden hose. > > Most of the float switches I've seen fail are really due to bad wiring. > I've seen plain crimp connections just sitting in the bilge, and it's no > wonder the wire rots out. The worst, if you can believe it, was just > wires twisted together and covered with electrical tape. No kidding. I > found that down here in Mexico, as the sport fishing boat was sinking at > the dock. The guy came back to town, and when I told him that I'd saved > his boat he didn't even say thanks. Power boaters. (It probably didn't > help that I said whoever did the wiring ought to be taken out and shot.) > > Wal > > > > you CnC-List wrote: >> I ran a rule float switch to one which failed that first year. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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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