The bilge does not come on when i flip the switch. It came on with the engine off and the switch off. Any ideas why this would happen? 1998 Pre 2200 IWT
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The bilge pumps usually have 2 power inputs. The first would be the dash switch when you want to manually turn it on. The second would be direct from the battery (or auto side of a switch) thru a float switch that will turn it on automatically if there is enough water in the bilge to trip the float switch, i.e. sitting at the dock with no one in the boat, engine off and a small leak develops. More likely it would come on automatically when you take water over the nose. The factory pumps have the float switch built into the same housing as the pump. There are usually 3 wires on it - brown, white & black. The black is ground. The brown & white are the manual & automatic lines, but I'm not sure which is which. Sounds like your dash manual circuit is out, look for a blown fuse or loose connection.
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Originally posted by R&T Babich View PostThe bilge pumps usually have 2 power inputs. The first would be the dash switch when you want to manually turn it on. The second would be direct from the battery (or auto side of a switch) thru a float switch that will turn it on automatically if there is enough water in the bilge to trip the float switch, i.e. sitting at the dock with no one in the boat, engine off and a small leak develops. More likely it would come on automatically when you take water over the nose. The factory pumps have the float switch built into the same housing as the pump. There are usually 3 wires on it - brown, white & black. The black is ground. The brown & white are the manual & automatic lines, but I'm not sure which is which. Sounds like your dash manual circuit is out, look for a blown fuse or loose connection.
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Knock on wood, mine is still running, always have my ballast pump back up though...."I feel sorry for people that don't drink, when they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're gonna feel all day" - Frank Sinatra
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When using a ballast pump as a backup, I worry that in a nasty situation, the time (and added confusion) required to fetch the ballast pump, get it plugged in, and start it pumping over the side might be, erm, too long and involved.
Any downside to adding additional built-in high-capacity pumps as a precaution (other than cost of course)? Does anyone else see a need or am I just being overly paranoid?
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bilge switch on... no bilge
Originally posted by dogbert View Postx2 on the blown fuse. Also check to make sure you don't have a loose ground on switch.
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Originally posted by Duncan View Post...Any downside to adding additional built-in high-capacity pumps as a precaution (other than cost of course)? Does anyone else see a need or am I just being overly paranoid? ...
Some info: http://www.yachtsurvey.com/bilge_pumps.htm
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