[C320-list] Electric Bilge Pump Inline Filter - Good Idea?

[Arthur Miller]

Concur with Jeff, I have no filter on hull #680.  I put a screen  over the the suction hose, which is easy to get to in an emergency. 
Art

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On Nov 3, 2015, at 4:37 PM, "Jeff Hare" <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> There's no filter in ours either.
> 
> I sort of feel like a screen on the end of the pickup hose would be a good
> idea.  It would be easy to give it a shake or a wipe down to clear it.
> Without a screen, debris that is too large to pump through can clog or jam
> the pump, requiring disassembly to fix.  Not what you want when you're in
> need of a bilge pump.  I'm not sure I'd want any kind of actual filter
> assembly however.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
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> Subject: [C320-list] Electric Bilge Pump Inline Filter - Good Idea?
> 
> All:
> 
> 
> 
> My electric bilge pump failed to move liquid and so I have removed it on
> this last day I will be at the boat before spring - having also installed
> the winter cover today. Research, including looking at photos posted on the
> group website reveals that some C320 came as original with a filter between
> the bilge and the electric pump. 'Waltzing Bear, too' never had one.
> 
> 
> 
> This leads me to wonder why Catalina discontinued the practice on the C320
> by the time 797 rolled off the line. The question, is there some good reason
> for NOT installing a filter between the pump and the bilge come spring when
> my pump will be working again?
> 
> 
> 
> Brian Amirault
> 
> 797 Waltzing Bear, too  
> 
> 
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