Not necessarily. It all depends on what your intended use is and your level of
comfort.
For instance, I once left Sundowner un-attended in Puerto Rico at anchor. What
was initially intended to be few weeks un-attended, turned out to be 18 months
due to unplanned divorce and my son’s custody battle here in Rhode Island.
Granted, I went to check on things every 6 months for 1 week at the time. But
even at that, I consider myself very lucky that Sundowner was still there 18
months later and after 2 hurricanes went through the anchorage. Bilge pumps
and their wiring are deeply etched into my brain. I spent many sleepless
nights thinking about them and I will forever look at them from a different
point of view.
Petar Horvatic
Sundowner
76 C&C 38MkII
Newport, RI
From: Burt Stratton [mailto:bstrat...@falconnect.com]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 11:20 AM
To: 'Petar Horvatic'; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: RE: Stus-List Metallurgy
I don’t have an electric automatic bilge pump. I just have my Whale gusher. I
have never found much water in the boat even after extended time on the
mooring. Usually just a short turn (maybe 10 pumps) at the pump handle empties
it out. Am I crazy?
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Petar
Horvatic via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 11:13 AM
To: 'Joel Aronson'; cnc-list@cnc-list.com; 'Wally Bryant'
Subject: Re: Stus-List Metallurgy
Aluminum plate + stainless fasteners + bilge water = electrolysis at its best.
And add to that a very crappy, and inadequate float switch and rule pump lead
wires (if you happen to have those), and it gets even more fun.
Petar Horvatic
Sundowner
76 C&C 38MkII
Newport, RI
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson
via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 10:20 AM
To: Wally Bryant; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Metallurgy
My switch is held to a piece of VPC pipe using zip ties. Hard part was figuring
out how far up to drill thr holes for the ties.
Joel
On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Wally Bryant via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
Tom - I did something similar, but made it out of prefab fiberglass from
McMaster-Carr. I used little fiberglass blocks epoxied to the hull. This was
an early project (14 years ago... yikes!) and I'd do it better now. However, I
can replace the little bilge pump without pulling everything out, since it's
hose clamped to the bracket. That's turned out to be a good idea.
<http://www.wbryant.com/StellaBoat/Projects/bilgepmp/bilgepmp.htm>
Wal
Tom wrote:
I am planning on mounting my new auto bilge switch to a plate then lower the
plate into the bilge and mounting it to the side of the bilge. Much easier
than trying to mount to the bottom of the bilge.
My question is if I use an aluminum plate and mount it with stainless
fasteners, will I have any corrosion issues?
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