The other day I was at the boat and there was a little water in the bilge that
was lower than the float switch. I raise the float switch by hand and it will
start the pump and clean out most of the water still standing in the bilge. On
this day something different happened, the water pump kicked in but the water
was shooting out of the pick up hose. I pulled the hose out, the hose is mostly
pvc under the floor boards, and at the end there is a piece of wire reinforced
rubber hose about 8 inches long attached to the pvc pipe. I had never seen this
before as it sits under the permanent section of the floor boards. There was a
piece of black tape attached to the end of the rubber hose that slides over the
pvc pipe. I am assuming that this is the end of the bilge pick up system.
Anyone on the forum have a similar arrangement or understands why the black
rubber hose? Better yet, does someone have a system that they would recommend.
I was thinking of adding a plastic bilge strainer.
Tom Vincent
Frolic II 36' cb C&C
Chesapeake City, MD
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