[C320-list] Bilge Pump and Ice

[Dean Vermeire]

Good advice, and I already do that.

I forgot to mention that our marina really doesn't allow running 
heaters, etc., which is why I haven't cranked it up more.  I've started 
looking at electric pipe heating tape, but would probably need to change 
out the hoses to be safe.  I suppose a light bulb up by the pump would 
be an option.


On 2/14/2011 12:53 PM, Chris Burti wrote:
> Try leaving the cover off the settee and the floorboard loose if you
> aren't already doing that.
>
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> 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)
>>