Bilge wiring

[Cruisingdad]

I would wire the switch to be independent of the bus bar or anything else. I would pull directly from the bank, fused. That would go to a switch at the panel with a on/off/auto. That would feed the bilge pump. Simple installation.

- CD

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[sailaway21]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

On my friend's boat there are a couple of bilge pumps that are two wire and have a built-in float switch. No way to manually override the float switch if it goes bad. She's going to replace them sometime...just hasn't yet.

Thanks, Dog. I suspected I was missing something. It doesn't have to be a design weakness if the owner is willing to install a seperate manually operated electric pump but, with two already......

[alan_21_us]

To all -

Thanks so much for all the advice. I will pick one and go for it. I am leaning towrds Cruising dad's versions.

I think I will buy the switch and give it a try. My first rewire on any boat.

Alan

[jbondy]

And add an event counter so you will know how many times the pump has been activated since the last time you checked. Something like:

West Marine: Counter-Bilge Pump Product Display

There are many.

[sailingdog]

a wise suggestion.