[C320-list] Bilge pump cycling excessively

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

The PSS, like everything else on the boat is a tradeoff.  It allows you to have a totally dry bilge but then some of the new packing material does as well, or very darn close to it.
If I remember right they recommend that you replace the bellows once every five years which is a big deal if you are not on the hard for the winter.
If you have the older model like mine you have to burp it after the diver does your hull to make sure there is no trapped air.
Fore some this is like asking folding or feathering...
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred LEcuyer <fred.lecuyer at live.com>
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:48:00 
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bilge pump cycling excessively


OK, thanks for the input, everybody. We just put the boat in the water a few weeks ago and the stuffing box had just been repacked. This past weekend we just finished a five day trip and I tightened the stuffing box but maybe not enough. I wanted to be sure to keep things cool. I had thought about a PSS dripless seal but was talked out of it. Opinions?

 

Fred
 
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:35:10 -0400
> From: clburti at gmail.com
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bilge pump cycling excessively
> 
> Place a small spacer block or a few washers and longer screws to raise the
> switch. This should eliminate the cycling from the lift return flow. I would
> caution against a check valve as that is potential source of problems for
> both failure and blockage.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Fred LEcuyer <fred.lecuyer at live.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyackone else has seen this and has a solution.
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> > Our bilge pump cycles on way too frequently. When the pump goes on, it
> > pumps out all but about 1.5 inches from the bottom of the bilge. Then some
> > of the water that it pumped leaks back into the bilge and as more comes in
> > eventually from the stuffing box, the cycle starts again. I'm guessing
> > there's not much more than one pint of water before the pump goes on again.
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> > Does anyone know if there is supposed to be a check valve between the pick
> > up hose and the bilge pump?
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> >
> > Fred
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> >
> > First Light
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> > Hull #926
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