Close Call almost put her on the bottom

[Piscator]

I installed a second bilge system this past winter as a backup to lessen the chances of a failed switch, for a few hundred bucks its more that worth it!!!
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[Cohenfishin]

Originally Posted by Piscator

I installed a second bilge system this past winter as a backup to lessen the chances of a failed switch, for a few hundred bucks its more that worth it!!!
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I was planning on doing the same for next year myself... I went out last weekend and just happened to open the bilge to do a float test because I haven't tested it since the beginning of the season, and when I opened the hatch there was 6" of rain water and sure enough the switch was bad( thank god I checked it) so I cut out the switch and hard wired it. So next year I'm going to put one pump on a float switch and on hard wired to a rocker on the console as back up. Well worth the extra 100$
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[Piscator]

Originally Posted by Cohenfishin

I was planning on doing the same for next year myself... I went out last weekend and just happened to open the bilge to do a float test because I haven't tested it since the beginning of the season, and when I opened the hatch there was 6" of rain water and sure enough the switch was bad( thank god I checked it) so I cut out the switch and hard wired it. So next year I'm going to put one pump on a float switch and on hard wired to a rocker on the console as back up. Well worth the extra 100$
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Make sure it has its own exit fitting, they need to be separate and not hooked up to the same hose.
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[Cohenfishin]

Originally Posted by Piscator

Make sure it has its own exit fitting, they need to be separate and not hooked up to the same hose.
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yes definately.. Wouldn't be a good idea to pump water back into the bilge through the primary pump when using the secondary...
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[Piscator]

Originally Posted by Cohenfishin

yes definately.. Wouldn't be a good idea to pump water back into the bilge through the primary pump when using the secondary...
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Sorry, what I was trying to say is make sure each bilge pump has its own house goin to its own bilge thru hull fitting. They both can be tied to 1 single bilge thru hull fitting
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