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Shower water into the bilge?
In Response To: An audible alarm works for me... ()
We tried to make a dry bilge but it can't work for the same mast reason (keel stepped mast allowing rainwater to enter).
I would think that shower water has the potential for a nasty bilge. Why not a sump pump or just let it slosh in the pan until you pump it overboard with a manual switch & pump. I always liked the idea of a manual switch and pump as you can turn it off at the main panel and tell guests that their shower is over when water is over their toes. It was about 2 gallons for our shower pan and a kind of mandatory water conversation method for guests that tend to use a lot of water for showers.
I guess the flip side is that it's simple and soapy fresh water in the bilge might be better than salt water and oil.
Messages In This Thread
- 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.
- 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?
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