[C320-list] Bilge Pump and Ice

[Chris Burti]

Try leaving the cover off the settee and the floorboard loose if you
aren't already doing that.



On 2/14/11, Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The bilge pump in our 320 (2001, #847) is behind the port settee, not
> down in the bilge as it was in my previous boats.  The boat is in the
> water this winter, with agitators to prevent ice in our slip.  This is
> the second winter I have had the boat in the water here in Kansas.
>
> The problem is that bilge pump struggles to run and then trips the
> breaker.  I'm not overly concerned, since we are not getting much water
> seeping into the bilge.  I'm not sure where water is freezing, whether
> in the pump itself or the lines.  I've got an electric heater in the
> boat that kicks on at 38 degrees, but that is not helping.  It is not
> getting enough heat to the bilge pump or hoses.
>
> Do any of you have the same problem?  Have any of you solved it?
>
> I'm thinking there must be some sort of heated strip to put up there to
> keep the hoses from freezing.
>
> Thanks,
> Dean Vermeire
> Moonstruck II (#847)
>

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Chris Burti
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