Mark, the Whale I noted has a built in switch. Rich
> On May 27, 2014, at 18:35, "Dr. Mark Bodnar via CnC-List" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for all the advice. This is a great resource (thanks Stu). I've read > some of this info scanning different online sites - but this list gives quick > feedback on how and why. > > That Whale sub pump is exactly the one I was looking at. Plus a switch. > > I will take the wiring advice - heat shrink and silicone etc. > > Any thoughts on the discharge? > I've read some people discharge through the galley sink drain - which would > keep the hose run short and easy --- but then I'd have to leave that seacock > open.. > > The other option is to Y the discharge to the current manual pump discharge > (or one of the above waterline cockpit drain hoses) - but that would need > 18'+ of hose. > > Mark > > - > > There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. > - George Santayana > >> On 27/05/2014 10:51 AM, Wally Bryant via CnC-List wrote: >> 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
