FWIW, The previous owner of my boat wired the bilge pump to a fuse to the hot bus. There is a float switch but no manual switch to accidentally turn it off. I close all the seacocks before leaving the boat and the shaft gland doesn't leak except when I first launch. It drips very little then and stops after a few days. The yard's diesel mechanic told me not to tighten the gland unless that drip continued for more than three days. He was right. I check the temp by hand on long runs.
Chuck S > On March 13, 2020 at 4:23 PM "Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > I don’t have and never have had an auto bilge pump. I would have to let > the boat sit a month or two for water to be a real issue and that comes from > rain down the mast. > > I have a carbon face seal on the shaft that does not drip. > > > > > > Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > www.dellabarba.com > > > > > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill > Coleman via CnC-List > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 3:47 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Stuffing box leak rates > > > > Jeeze Charlie, > > > > This really surprises me. If I thought I had forgotten to leave my > bilge pump on, I wouldn’t be able to sleep till’ I got up and went down and > turned it on! > > Couldn’t you just check all your electrical connections to the pump, make > sure it is fused properly, and whatever else would make you feel comfortable? > I have never heard of a bilge pump causing a fire, but I know Boat US states > that around 70 to 80 % of their major claims come from a boat sinking or > flooding at the dock or on mooring. > > > > I have had the PYI system for 23 years, and can’t imagine going back to a > dripping seal . . . > > > > Bill Coleman > > Erie PA > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of > Charlie Nelson via CnC-List > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 10:27 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: cenel...@aol.com mailto:cenel...@aol.com > Subject: Stus-List Stuffing box leak rates > > > > My stuffing box leaks at the dock about one 'drop' per ~ 18 seconds. > > > > For fire safety reasons, I never leave my bilge pump on when I am away > from the boat so this leak rate plus possible other leaks lets water > accumulate in the bilge. > > > > What do the listers consider an acceptable leak rate when at the dock? > > > > None at all, 1 drop per minute, etc. ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charlie Nelson > > Water Phantom > > 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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