Must have been an 80's thing, our Ticon bilge
pump never did fire last year (our first). While winterizing, I realized that there was no float switch to be found, yikes! When installing the switch this spring I found that my
pump was indeed wired thru the panel (like yours) Double Yikes! Until I can get around to correcting it, I have left the battery and breaker on, but I can see a direct (fuse protected) hot lead from the battery going in at next visit.
Who in their right mind would hook up a safety feature that requires a switch to be thrown to make it active??
Funny thing is, I had just assumed that that breaker was there for manual over-ride to the auto function, as it was in our previous Hunter.