Re: Bilge Pumps
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Posted by Terry (67.190.198.72) on January 17, 2006 at 11:12:57:
In Reply to: Bilge Pumps posted by Glenn on January 17, 2006 at 08:06:11:
Unless you leave your boat docked and unattended I don't see a need for a float switch. When you notice water in the boat hit the switch until it doesn't pump water anymore. This should be a rarity in typical use as it is.
Years ago I routinely left my first boat - a beater 60s Larson 16' runabout - tied to the dock at my mom and dad's weekend lake place. Never had a problem. When I arrived I pumped whatever rain had collected in the hull and off we went - until we got one of those weeks where it rained steadily with a couple of storms that dropped several inches each. That week I found the boat sitting on the bottom of the lake. Luckily the depth wasn't so much that it was actually completely submerged, but it was sitting on the bottom. I installed a float switch and never had a problem again.
For a boat that isn't left unattended like this I don't see any need for a float switch - but they're not expensive and it can't hurt to have one.
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