Do you have a backflow valve in the discharge line? Until I put one in, the water in the hose would flow back in and start the pump again. My line from the pump to the back of the boat was about 15 feet long.
Fred Hazzard S/V Fury C&C 44 Portland, Or On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Michael Crombie via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I had a cycling problem with my bilge switch as well...it would take > forever to switch off. It finally fried itself after a season. When I > installed my new one (different make and directly on the bottom the bilge > like you did), I had the same problem! But then I played with the angle of > the pump and set it so that the float end of the pump was slightly higher > than the pump end. This will give you a clean shut-off. I just used a shim > under the pump base to achieve this. > > Mike > C&C 33 mk II > Toronto > Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. > Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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