Do you have a solar charger if you're on a mooring? The water witch saved my boat last season. I don't know how long it was pumping, but I was on shore power so my batteries remained charged (have solar power as well for when I'm not on shore). Had a bigger leak and when I got to the boat I could hear the water pouring in and the pump coming on and on again. So an automatic bilge pump can even save the boat with a bigger leak
------------------------------ *From:* CnC-List <[email protected]> on behalf of David Knecht via CnC-List <[email protected]> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:45 PM *To:* CnC CnC discussion list *Cc:* David Knecht *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Automatic Bilge Pump? Recommendations? I am curious about the logic of this. My boat is on a mooring unattended for days at a time. I have a manual bilge pump that I turn on if necessary. If I am not on the boat and a serious leak develops, the pump would run until the battery is dead and then the boat would sink. So under what circumstances would you expect an automatic bilge pump to save the boat? Perhaps a slow leak? Also, I normally turn off all the boat power when I leave. If you have an automatic switch, do you have the switch wired directly to the battery, or do you leave you electrical system on when you are not on the boat? Dave Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT On Mar 8, 2017, at 3:31 PM, Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: Remarkably, my boat was not equipped with an automatic bilge pump, but instead has an external pump located near the nav station operated by a circuit breaker switch. I recently purchased a Water Witch for the bilge and a three-way switch for for the circuit breaker panel. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ CnC-List mailing list [email protected] http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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