Actually, I would like to know as well, and would install a cheap version, but I've not found on, but have not looked very hard. Why? Because I want to know how much my boat leaks and if a trend is happening I don't know about. Am I getting a lot of water in the bilge when it rains? When the water tanks are filled? When I'm motoring?When we moved Astralis from the slip to her current home, we were we 10 minutes out of the slip when I went down below and saw the light on the bilge pump switch glowing. I tracked it down to a cracked and leaking exhaust hose all the way back where the hose attached to the hull outlet. Had we had a counter when we surveyed the boat, we would have caught it right away.Ok, I'm a bit over the top, but things like this make me feel better...Bruce Whitmore 1994 C&C 37/40+Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message --------From: dwight veinot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 12/13/19 7:31 PM (GMT-05:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Bilge cycle counter You know man. Tell us all please And does it matter: wet or dry on these older sailboats. A wet bilge is a wet bilge. Hard to avoid on most 1970’s designs so probably possible on most older C&C designs. Actually a wet bilge is not that hard to live with on my boat the way i enjoy sailing. On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 4:52 PM Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:I, like many of us, am sometimes off the boat for days/weeks. I'd like to track the bilge cycles to indicate a problem.There are several options.Buy a nice purpose built bilge cycle counter like the one from Water Witch for $80 or so Replace my existing bilge switch with the Watch Witch ePanel switch/counter for $180Buy a cheap non-marine 12 vdc counter for $5 The Water Witch counters provide 14 day, 7 day and 24 hour counts. That could be more helpful the cheap unit's single count from when you left the boat. I like the more expensive options but at the same time.................I guess I have 3 questions.Do any of you use a cycle counter and do you find it helpful?How would one wire the cheap counter? I suspect you just parallel it off the back of the switch across the "auto" out and the ground. Each time the float switch activates the counter would see voltage and count.Does anyone have a better simple elegant solution?Dennis C.Touche' 35-1 #83Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________
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