[C320-list] Back-up for bilge pump

[Chris Burti]

Our older versions used a Jabsco diaphragm pump mounted in the locker under
the nav table seat with a pickup hose through the port stringer into the
bilge and the output hose running under the galley cabinets. Catalina used a
float switch which was not particularly durable and many of us have replaced
them with electronic versions. There was a Mainsheet article on this subject
in the past year.

You could add this pump as originally installed and mount your switch 3/4 of
the way to the top of the bilge, so that it would not kick in until the
water level rose above the Rulemate. The Rulemate came out decently in the
following review.

http://www.powerboat-reports.com/sample/bilge.html

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:20 AM, <Mikeleavitt1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Can someone refresh my memory on putting in a back-up bilge pump for  the
> factory (dealer?) installed  RuleMate 1100?
>
> There's not much room in that bilge for anything else, but I will not live
> through another season with the uncertainty associated with the RuleMate,
> and I  recall about a year ago a thread re: installing a back-up.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Leavitt
> Rochester, NY
> "Tootsy"
> C320 #1105
>



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Chris Burti Farmville, NC