chandalen
New Member
- Aug 7, 2011
- 367
- Boat Info
- '83 Sundancer 270, Humminbird 593c
- Engines
- Twin merc 305, with new SEI 106 drives
The bilge pump is hooked up to constant battery power (of course).
I was wondering, should the midship pumps also have constant battery power as well?
My bilge has a switch and a float to activate on dedicated always on power.
My midship has a switch only and BAT 1 or 2 needs to be ON.
My forward pump has a float which will activate if BAT 1 or 2 is ON.
This sound normal?
I ask because the constant 12v supply to the bilge corroded and the main bilge didnt activate... thus my boat was sitting very much lower in the water after a rain storm and a lot of water in the bilge. If the forward pump had a dedicate power supply the boat would not have taken on as much water.
However running a line to the pump would be... fun... SO in the interum I ran 2 lines to the bilge to make sure it will always have power.
v/r
I was wondering, should the midship pumps also have constant battery power as well?
My bilge has a switch and a float to activate on dedicated always on power.
My midship has a switch only and BAT 1 or 2 needs to be ON.
My forward pump has a float which will activate if BAT 1 or 2 is ON.
This sound normal?
I ask because the constant 12v supply to the bilge corroded and the main bilge didnt activate... thus my boat was sitting very much lower in the water after a rain storm and a lot of water in the bilge. If the forward pump had a dedicate power supply the boat would not have taken on as much water.
However running a line to the pump would be... fun... SO in the interum I ran 2 lines to the bilge to make sure it will always have power.
v/r