, 2016 5:53 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Joel Aronson
Subject: Stus-List Automatic bilge pump switch help
I replaced my automatic bilge pump switch with a waterwhich. When the when the
switch activates the bilge pump, the bilge is pumped relatively dry. However
when the pump shuts off water flows
Of Dennis C.
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Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 7:28 PM
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Cc: Dennis C.
Subject: Re: Stus-List Automatic bilge pump switch help
Despite the "conventional wisdom" against check valves in bilge discharges,
I've had one in Touche' for a decad
In my 33ii
Had been thinking of using my rarely-used shower pan drain pump and connecting
it to a diverter valve which would select between the bilge and the shower.
Would plumb a hose and wire a float switch in the bilge, with a solid state
relay by the existing switch in the head, wired in
That's what I use for a check valve too. Nobody
ever blamed us for being conventional and no mention of wise either. :)
I have a Whale low profile stuffed way down below
the mast as well. It dries the bilge much better than the old system.
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/whale-pumps--super-sub
I bought a check valve from Grainger plumbing five years ago a d wouldn't look
back. Keep your bilge clean and you won't have a problem. Installed right
next to bilge pump so access easy.
Raise switch a little, put in che Ck valve. Done.
Bill Walker
CnC 36
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Raising it doesn't help. Just more water in the bilge. The pump is a Whale.
Joel
On Saturday, January 2, 2016, Sailnomad via CnC-List
wrote:
> You can do one of the following:
> - Raise the mounting of the water witch.
> - Use a smaller diameter, or shorter hose
>
> Check valves are designed fo
You can do one of the following:
- Raise the mounting of the water witch.
- Use a smaller diameter, or shorter hose
Check valves are designed for preventing instantaneous backflow.
Pretty much all of them will eventually leak the water back into the bilge,
so you will still cycle, only with a long
Despite the "conventional wisdom" against check valves in bilge discharges,
I've had one in Touche' for a decade and a half with no issues whatsoever.
I think the secret is the type of check valve one installs. Jabsco, Whale
and Bosworth make check valves for bilge discharges. I have this one:
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: Saturday, January 02, 2016 17:52
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: S Thomas
Subject: Re: Stus-List Automatic bilge pump switch help
While it would not be my choice, if you do decide to install a check valve,
install it where you can get at it. They do stick shut sometimes, and for no
obvious reason
thought to
check the check.
Steve Thomas
C&C27 MKIII
Port Stanley, ON
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From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List
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Cc: Joel Aronson
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 16:52
Subject: Stus-List Automatic bilge pump switch help
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Bill Coleman C&C 39 Erie PA
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From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List
Date: 01/02/2016 4:52 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Joel Aronson
Subject: Stus-List Automatic bilge pump switch help
I replaced my automatic bilge pump switch with a wa
Can you raise up the Water Witch switch so it is
several inches above the water that drains back into the bilge?
We recently installed the same switch in a Catalina 400 to
eliminate the problem you have. The advantage of the Water Witch
is that it keeps ru
I replaced my automatic bilge pump switch with a waterwhich. When the when
the switch activates the bilge pump, the bilge is pumped relatively dry.
However when the pump shuts off water flows back into the bilge and so the
pump is running in an endless loop. I see my alternatives as installing a
ch
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