[C320-list] Bilge float switch
Mark Cole
boatnboot at me.com
Wed May 11 09:22:33 PDT 2022
Dave;
Two different gauges are ok. The light gauge is just the switch leg. The heavy gauge is the power leg. There is much less current running through the switch leg.
Mark
Fiddler’s Green #8
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> On May 11, 2022, at 9:10 AM, David Prudden <dprudden at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I’m in the process of replacing the float switch in the bilge. The wire that comes with the new switch (and the wire in the dead switch) are 14 gauge wire but the pump wiring I think is 8 gauge. Is this ok to have 2 different sizes?? I always thought they had to be the same size.
>
> Thanks,
> David Prudden
> #787, Teachers Pet II
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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