I learned the hard way--its the old un-tinned wire. I wouldn't downgrade the pump size!
Bob Bob Boyer S/V Rainy Days / Annapolis MD 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 email: dainyr...@icloud.com blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame > On Mar 22, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > The bildge pump seems to have stopped working, again! I suspect that it has > to do with some of the older wiring becoming corroded and causing a higher > resistance. I had this happen before. I'm planning on replacing the Rule > 500 with a Whale Gulper 320. I recognize that the capacity is probably on > the low side but compared to zero, 320 is a lot and it beats a bucket. The > gusher is a single diaphragm pump, can pass debris and has a rated suction > lift of 10'. So this means I can mount the pump above the water and have the > suction hose run into the deepest and most confined space of the bildge. > Hopefully getting the pump out of the water will help prevent corrosion. > > Anybody have any thoughts or personal learnings? > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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