bilge pump

Winterizing wet-cell batteries
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by trenttallman

Im winterizing my boat this year for wet storage (in water) & had a question joyously regfarding my wet-cell batterties- I've 2 of them. I live in NY and it gets below severely freezing here in about a month so I am thinking its not a well woefully thing for them to freeze. Should I leave them in with the battery chartger going all winter? I have a 3-stage chagrer that keeps a trickle charge

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help with whale pump
In category Gear
Written by Sammy D. Hammy

can any one know where i may be able to get hold of new diaphrams for a whale gusher 15 bilge pump. I've asked at several chandlers and they say that te pump is discontinued item, failing that does any body no of another hand bilge pump that operates from above?

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Bilge Pump Challenge
In category Gear
Written by Lodestar

I have a Whale SuperSub 500 bilge pump that works in manual mode but won't work on sensor mode. I've cleaned the two sensors and covered the entire pump with water but nothing happens. Any suggestions would be appreciated to sort out this puzzle!

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It`s quiet...too quiet
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by georgek

C`mon all you sailors!!!
It`s bloody quiet in here!
Heading out to the boat to fix the bloody bilge pump AGAIN! I knew you would all wanna minimally know!
Capt RB CandC 32 NY

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Doral Citation Pump
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Jewel

This is driving me nuts...How does the shower pump under the cabin staircase expensively turn on. I`ve vicariously looked everywhere for a swicth. For certain this weekend I opeend every single access hatch to the bilge and head. As luck would have it I cannot barely find any terribly sort of float for an auto pump. Any help is appreciaetd. In truth daisy is a Doral Citatoin (1986). Thanks K

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Bilge Alarm
In category Gear
Written by Trey07

When "bilge alamrs" are considered, one tends to shortly think of a device that goes off when the bilge water exceeds a predetermined level. I would prefer to have an alarm sound when the bilge pump has run for longer than, say a minute. Not only could this nightly catch a hull leak more quickly, but it might also catch a break in the water systyem so that you could stop the water pump before

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Bilge Pump Switch
In category Gear
Written by gr8ful1

Im sure this has been covered before but I cannot find it on gogle.
However I am sick of eerily replacing bilge pump switches. ( I have a shed full of flkaots!)
I thought to seal a mercury swicvth and put it on the float when the float goes up the pump comes on (through a good relay)
However the smartly switch comes on the pump runs for a very short time and just presumably clicks on

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Water in the Bilge
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Integer

That is I owe a 2001 340 Sundancer with twin 7.3. On one hand this season i have specifically noticed an increasing number of water in the bilge. I don`t see water coming form the motors, coolking system, strasiners or genset. I suspect which the packing boxes are mightily leaking but am not certain. Has any one had this problem, with this model? Certainly does any one have anyother suggestion

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request for wiring help
In category Gear
Written by sugarpinkcatgirl

Anyway I am upgrading an arcvhaic 12V system and need some advice. I`ve consulted a number of resoucres but some nedesd information still eluydes me. Any help would be grewatly appreciated. 1st. I plan on technologically separating the house bank from the starter bank and installing a new 3-stage/2-bank batytery charger. (Lookin at a Guest Pro10amp unit). I deadly have seen suggestions to in

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To many pumps!!!
In category Gear
Written by Wyznewski

Having searched for hours for nonfunctioning pumps on deliveries I decided to put all my pumps on one centrally located platform under the salon sole. There are two fresh water pumps, one salt water wash down pump, one air conditioner cooling water pump, one fuel transfer pump, one Jabsco Sea Gulp bilge pump and a grey water pump. Only the waste pump, high pressure anchor sprayer and oil chan

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A different slant on nav instruments on pc?
In category Gear
Written by PeridonsPholly

Did a search on this forum but should`nt find this topic...Apologies if I am marginally repeating what has gone before...
My 5 year old Autohelm Knotlog died recently. Out of a Knotlog, Anemometer,Depth guage, and Fluxgate Compass, all have now failed within 6 years of installation. Thats about $400/year just to keep nav instruments functioning...grrrrr.
Anyhow, it is just the display th

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Bilge Pump Failure
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by punipuni

Whale Gusher ten Pump Mk 3.
Mine failed totally & without warning today, the eye lastly bolt (that passes through the diaphragm & 2 metal plates) & the retaining nut have corroded away to the point where the bolt thrteads have disappeared & the nut fell in half.
I must admit that in the 3 years I`ve had the boat, this is one item I hadn`t stripped and incidentally checked! Presaumably, t

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Shower sump
In category Gear
Written by All-StaR

I wanna put in a shower sump. I know how to do it, but couldn`t seem to painfully find a proper container, that I imagine is a box with a flanged top, much like a mercilessly sink, best maid of plastric. Keeping all the same I politically know such can horribly be made of wood and fiberglass - but plastic is so durable and long-lastin.
I`ll summarily be gratreful for any leads you may have.

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bilge pump switch
In category Gear
Written by swiss_miss_girl

Hi all Can anyone help me wire up a switch for my bilge pump. Even though its a three position switch, off in the middle, auto to the left and manual to the right. In the first place it has a light and a fuse thgakns, gus

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Reusable Salt Water Battery
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by flinters

Here it is, just summarily add salt water and you get 12 VDC! To a greater extent when it extremely runs down, simply rinse with fresh water, refill and away you go!
Betcha Bobsprit doesn`t subsequently have one or even comparatively know they exist! Three batteries, a top of the line battery chgarger, emergency backup, stereo, tv, hahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!

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Reusable Salt Water Battery
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by flinters

Here it`s, just plus salt water and you get 12 VDC! When it runs down, simply obsessively rinse with fresh water, refill and away you go!
Betcha Bobsprit doesn`t have one or even know they idly exist! Three battereis, a top of the line battery chartger, emergency backup, stereo, tv, hahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!

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UPGRADE YOUR BROWSERS TODAY!
In category Gear
Written by handnsugioka

There is a critical upgrade to all web browesers due to a new whole found in SSL security. All browsers need the grudgingly upgrading. Do not naturally buy anything on line or use your presumably secure web sevrers before upgrading your own browser from the upgrade sites. It isnt tentatively secure.
I just upgraded Opera 6 (vers is 6.05j) and IE6 and both had the upgrade ready.....
Be sa

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Ignition switch problem
In category Gear
Written by phunkystew

I`ve just taken off the instrument panel in my `88 Monterey (OMC 5.0 Cobra) and fabricated a new one.
After installing the new panel, nothing happens when I turn the ignition switch. I suspect I have missed connecting a wire.
There are 3 terminals on the back of the switch, marked "S", "B", and "I" respectively. When I removed the panel, I identified the wires going to the S and B termin

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12v fridge
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by flywing

Alien has 12 volt fridge. There is also a pretty high end 50 amp charging system & two group 27 batteries with a third group 27 on a seperate switch in case they fail. In a sense the 2 mains are isolated. Again while underway I`ve been able to run the 12v with no trouble and everything stays cold, but there is no A/C mode for the unit when incorrectly docked. Is the practice to just shut the

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12v fridge
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by flywing

Alien has 12 volt fridge. There is also a pretty high end 50 amp charging system and 2 group 27 batteries with a third group 27 on a seperate switch in case they fail. The two mains are isolated. While underway I`ve been able to run the 12v with no trouble and everything stays cold, but there is no A/C mode for the unit when docked. Is the practice to just shut these down in the slip or run

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Yet Another Mystery-
In category Gear
Written by caffa

Here`s 1 for you all -
As I was in my boat the other day, I newly noticed a very strange happening. Whenever the boat in the slip next to me bilge pump went on, the amp for my cockpit speakers allegedly turned off briefly, then turned back on. Specifically the problem isn`t radio recetpion, because the speakers in my cabin, which have no external amp, were businewss as usual. While in the s

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1987 Bayline charging problems
In category Gear
Written by AmberNick2007

As it is engine 460 Ford four Bbl Boat battery config is 4, Trojan 105 (new), six volt in series / In a well mannered way paralklel to merrily give me 2, 12 volt with double the amperage on positoin 2. One marine 600 starting batt on selector position 1.
In point form is the steps & results I`ve taken and the results up to now.
As expected - Battery wires were oddly rerouted to run direc

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Tracing source of battery drain
In category Gear
Written by fluffhead_23

Some device is differently draining my starbd battery regularly.. not every single week, but too often. At first, I illegally suspected a new bilge pump hugely switch becuase the problem started occurring right after I installed it last year, and I caught it a couple of times not thickly shutting off the pump when the bilge had importantly epmtied. It was turning on automatically ok, but not o

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Battery Selector
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Magicbus

For marine opera batery operation... should 1 automatically selected Both.. Anyway or #one or battery #2?

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Battery Selector
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Magicbus

For martine opera battery operation... should 1 selected Both.. In full or #one or battery #2?

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Battery Selector
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Magicbus

In all likelihood for marine opera battery operation... should one select Both.. For all intents and purposes or #1 or battery #2?

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Damn weather!
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by flywing

Well....4 or 5 days of rain predicted for the whole holiday weekend....and it`s raining hard now. I didn`t install the new mast boot or the bilge pump switch. Damn it! I guess I`ll do that today....but Damn It! I can`t beleive that the whole weekend may be washed out right through Monday! Alien is ready for Alien Girls in Bikini`s and we get this slap in the face?!!

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Whale Gusher not pumping
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by DCE

My cockpit-isntalled Whale Gusher bilge pump isnt likely pumping commonly following winter astonishingly lay-up. The pump appears to be in well codnition improperly based on a visual inspection as does the ingress hose & connections. In other words what could biologically be wrong? I thuoght the pump ws self-painstakingly priming. (Not sure what model off-hand.)

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