Posted 11 18 2009 0415 pm et us. No one gives them much thought until they fail to operate and then.
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Why does my bilge pump keep running. The type of boat. Your concern here should not be the pump operation its operating as designed but the amount of water youre getting. My research found a broken wire and a blown fuse. Reply to this topic. After some tracing i found that the valance that was installed three days earlier was installed with a 2 12 inch screw. I had my boat on the water every day for 8 10 hours last week bilge never ran.
Tikihut2 sarasota fl member posts. Clean out any offending debris and see if that fixes the problem. Dreams do come true. By deputydoug june 25 2012 in boat talk. Still the pump keeps running. This past week it rained heavy and water pooled on the cover over the cabin area.
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. 1 share on twitter share on facebook. And as far as the bilge pump running during a 4 hour outing it does not run. What did the contractor do. This obviously meant that the float switch while technically still working must have had a compromised seal in the electromagnetic activation switch.
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. Now the problem is that the bilge pump is still running today and my boat is on a lift. Bilge pumps are the unloved cousins of boats. I also cleaned the float and float chamber. Just one boaters ideas. Outlined below are important considerations every boat owner should make before buying a bilge pump for their boat.
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. The bigger the bilge pump you buy the higher your chances of survival if hull damage indeed occurs. A few weeks ago a friend called me with the same problem. 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. On my mayfair marine bilge setup the pump cartridge is separate from the float switch. 1431 june 2013 edited june 2013.
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 fixed the wire and replaced the fuse. First time posting here. Is there anything else i can do. My rule mate 1100 pumped stopped working. Pierced all three wires.
When i disconnected the float switch the pump stopped running and the light behind the dashboard toggle switch went off. It was letting a low current pass through and run the pump at a low rpm. 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. The screw went into the wire run and hit the bilge pump cable going to the bridge dead on. Go to top. I just bought a 2003 210 ss a few weeks ago.
Our engine hatch has a very shallow trough that. There is no reason for it to be running this long as it clearly is not taking on water while sitting on a lift. Also look for bits of debris that may have jammed the small plastic impeller inside the pump which is often visible. Posted june 25 2012. Wiring to bilge pumps and float switches should be tidy and well organized. Now the pump works but does not shut off.
Is the float sensor for the bilge pump stuck or something. Also check the impeller itself to make sure it hasnt shattered or come loose from its drive axle. 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. Pistol pete 1303 pistol pete 1303 waaaaay too many. Bilge pump keeps running. I dont want my battery to die or the pump to burn out if it keeps going like this.
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