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I have a direct wired BP, and it has drained a battery, more than once. 
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But I have a wooden cockpit that wasn't designed well for heavy rain. I run an inline fuse holder right off one house terminal. I also have a check valve and the overboard outlet is way above the waterline.
If you don't have a rain water problem Gene, as Steve says, I wouldn't wire it directly, instead off it's own switch(you can leave it on). The float switches can stick while sailing. I have a signal light wired in that alerts me it's running.
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- Battery selector switch idea.
- Safety switch?
- Can you relocate your switch?
- As Brian and others have suggested, proper disconnect is really the way to go.
- I must be missing something?
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- You should, beyond a fuse, be able to kill the power delivered from the batteries to ALL devices downstream
- SG thank you for your input
- All devices... what about bilge pump?
- A fuse that is above the cockpit sole would be a good idea.
- I have a direct wired BP, and it has drained a battery, more than once.
- Mechanical Bilge Pump Switches SUCK! IMHO
- I have a direct wired BP, and it has drained a battery, more than once.
- Gene, I would install a switch and a fuse
- Alarm and counter too...
- Yes, definately an alarm. When things are going
- In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so.
- In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so.
- I look at a counter as a necessity
- Yes, definately an alarm. When things are going
- Alarm and counter too...
- A fuse that is above the cockpit sole would be a good idea.
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- boat is a Coast 34
- I must be missing something?
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