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Yes... I've noticed that when swaping out the speedo impeller...
In Response To: In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so. 
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() any bilge pump to empty that steady ingress of water would be rather lame.
On the flip side, if you could quickly plug the leak (if you were even aware of the leak... hence the NEED for an alarm) an electric bilge pump would work far easier than my Gusher pump in the cockpit. Oh the Gusher is a good pump, but if you have your hands full with other situations... It would be nice to just flip a switch or have something running automatically.
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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.
- 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.
- Yes... I've noticed that when swaping out the speedo impeller...
- You're probibly right. I'm an advocate of
- 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...
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- boat is a Coast 34
- I must be missing something?
Truly, it's