Mine works that way -- but it's connected through a fuse block that is then connected through a protected cable to the house battery positive bus bar (rather than connecting straight to the battery). It will work regardless of the house bank battery switch's state (On or Off).
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:21 PM, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > I thought the auto bilge pump was wired straight to the battery terminals…in > that case I believe what I said is the correct way to do things…that way the > float switch activates the pump when the water level is high even when all > other circuits on the boat controlled at the panel are off…
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