No one gives them much thought until they fail to operate and then. The type of boat.
Installing The Bilge Pump Boatus Magazine Boat
Why does my bilge pump keep running. I had my boat on the water every day for 8 10 hours last week bilge never ran. Wiring to bilge pumps and float switches should be tidy and well organized. Dreams do come true. There is no reason for it to be running this long as it clearly is not taking on water while sitting on a lift. Now the pump works but does not shut off. I have never been able to keep a dry bilge but with that fix i do not think it matters much if one pays attention to engine room ventilation to keep the humidity down.
Once in a while i will raise the engine hatch a few inches but more often i will run the bilge blowers for a few hours. Clean out any offending debris and see if that fixes the problem. Pierced all three wires. Just one boaters ideas. Is there anything else i can do. After some tracing i found that the valance that was installed three days earlier was installed with a 2 12 inch screw.
If the pump is running but no bilge water is being discharged carefully remove it from its mounting base and check for debris both in the pump intake and in the base itself. This past week it rained heavy and water pooled on the cover over the cabin area. I also cleaned the float and float chamber. Go to top. Bilge pump keeps running. Pistol pete 1303 pistol pete 1303 waaaaay too many.
Id get 1 2 gallons of water out the drain at the end of the day but that could be from people on and off the boat in the water coming back in fully soaked. The bigger the bilge pump you buy the higher your chances of survival if hull damage indeed occurs. Water was so heavy the only way i could get the cover off was to allow it to drain off the cover onto the floor in the cabin. I dont want my battery to die or the pump to burn out if it keeps going like this. Ensure that any cable connections are well made using proper butt connections covered with adhesive lined heat shrink to keep water and corrosion at bay. It was letting a low current pass through and run the pump at a low rpm.
Bilge pumps are the unloved cousins of boats. I just bought a 2003 210 ss a few weeks ago. Also check the impeller itself to make sure it hasnt shattered or come loose from its drive axle. 1431 june 2013 edited june 2013. On my mayfair marine bilge setup the pump cartridge is separate from the float switch. Posted june 25 2012.
Your concern here should not be the pump operation its operating as designed but the amount of water youre getting. First time posting here. Still the pump keeps running. My research found a broken wire and a blown fuse. My rule mate 1100 pumped stopped working. A few weeks ago a friend called me with the same problem.
What did the contractor do. And as far as the bilge pump running during a 4 hour outing it does not run. This obviously meant that the float switch while technically still working must have had a compromised seal in the electromagnetic activation switch. Also look for bits of debris that may have jammed the small plastic impeller inside the pump which is often visible. 1 share on twitter share on facebook. The screw went into the wire run and hit the bilge pump cable going to the bridge dead on.
Our engine hatch has a very shallow trough that. Posted 11 18 2009 0415 pm et us. Tikihut2 sarasota fl member posts. Outlined below are important considerations every boat owner should make before buying a bilge pump for their boat. By deputydoug june 25 2012 in boat talk. Now the problem is that the bilge pump is still running today and my boat is on a lift.
When i disconnected the float switch the pump stopped running and the light behind the dashboard toggle switch went off. Is the float sensor for the bilge pump stuck or something. Reply to this topic. I fixed the wire and replaced the fuse. It should be noted however that for long distance travel human lives are at stake and in the situation of danger help would take time to arrive. Many boat owners keep an extra bilge pump on hand or replace their bilge pumps with larger ones.
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