Yes, you should have a bilge pump. Whale makes a perfect pump for your boat. See: http://ca.binnacle.com/p2230/WHALE-SUPERSUB-SMART-BILGE-PUMP-650-GPH-SS5212/product_info.html The pump also comes in an 1100 gph version. A wiring diagram is included that shows it both directly connected to a battery through a fuse for automatic operation, and through a switch for manual operation, a standard way of hooking up a bilge pump.
Rich > On May 27, 2014, at 0:18, M Bod via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
