Dwight:
I don't remove the bilge pump and switch during winter storage...what's
the point when you winterize it/flush/fill it, and the line, with
antifreeze and then "above the floor boards" ...."leave the bottom end
of the pump submerged in the same mix"? Mine is submerged in the
antifreeze in the bilge without removing it.
Actually, that is not true......my bilge is mostly dry....there is the
occasional backflow of antifreeze from the line but that I sometimes
soak up with a paper towel.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2015-03-23 9:26 AM, dwight veinot via CnC-List wrote:
One additional thing that I do; remove my bilge pump and switch to
above the floor boards during winter storage and flush the pump with a
50/50 mix of ethylene gycol and water and leave the bottom end of the
pump submerged in the same mix...I think that helps to keep the pump
in good shape for next season
Dwight Veinot
C&C 35 MKII, */Alianna/*
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
d.ve...@bellaliant.net <mailto:d.ve...@bellaliant.net>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Thoughts on bilge pumps.
First, I'm rewiring a boat that has one of those auto switch
pumps. Every 5 minutes or so it whirs and stops. Drives me
nuts. Can't imagine sleeping on a boat with one of those installed.
How I wire a bilge pump. First, install a Rule 43 3 way bilge
switch in a convenient and protected location. Power it from one
of the battery connections on the back side of your main battery
switch. I usually connect it to the house bank. If you can find
it, Ancor make some nice 14/3 AWG bilge pump cable. Run that or
two positives and a single negative to the bilge.
Use a round Rule pump of your choice and strap an Ultra Safety
Systems Mini Bilge Pump switch to it.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Safety-Systems-Switch-UPS-06-12/dp/B00CGJS4PQ
You will have a very nice and very reliable bilge pump system.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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