[C320-list] High Water Alarm

[Ken Geiger]

 If one has WIFI on the boat either all the time of just at dock, there are sensors and monitors that will alert your cell phone of water where it is not wanted.  Mostly used for house security.  HD also has 9V detector/110 Db alarm and more

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/categories/building-materials/electrical/home-security-and-surveillance/alarm-systems-and-sensors/water-leak-detectors.html
keep us posted.  

Ken GeigerNorthern Dream #765 2000soon to be back on Georgian Bay
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 11:56 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] High Water Alarm

Thanks for the ideas and suggestions.  This is a very knowledgeable group!

Tom Grass

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 6:35 AM ptormey at 4square.net <ptormey at 4square.net>
wrote:

> You could BUT the high water alarm needs to trigger only when the pump
> fails to keep up, so it should be mounted higher.
>
> Pat Tormey
>
> ________________________________
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of
> Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:47:44 AM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] High Water Alarm
>
> Tom
>
> What if  the high water situation is because of a bilge pump failure? I’d
> have something quite independent if I was you
>
> Also can buy (or make) a bilge pump counter which will tell you how many
> times it has run since last reset. Potentially very useful
>
> Graeme
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 18 Mar 2021, at 02:37, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We are looking at installing a high water alarm on our C320.  West
> Marine
> > sells a specific unit that sounds a horn when the water reaches a certain
> > level; this is a separate circuit from the bilge pump wiring.  Our boat
> > also has a light that comes on when the bilge is running (in AUTO mode).
> > Could a horn be hooked up to the light circuit to sound when the bilge is
> > on?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom Grass
>
>