Bilge Pump Alternative

[Bozboat]

Old Bilge Pump by design kicks on when bilge water is nearly three inches deep

New Pump by design kicks on when water hits 3/8 inch deep

Here is a link to a youtube test video

I will test it over this weekend and let you know how it works.

I have ordered a whale non return valve that will keep the water from flowing back after the pump is turned off or cycles off.

Edited May 25, 2011 by Bozboat

[Bozboat]

Does anyone use a non return valve in the line out of the bilge pump?

here is a link to one, I may add

http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Whale_LV1219_Non-Return_Check_Valves.html

[Ndawg12]

Does anyone use a non return valve in the line out of the bilge pump?

here is a link to one, I may add

http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/Whale_LV1219_Non-Return_Check_Valves.html

To keep maybe 12oz from draining back?..... Maybe I see your point now though, the backflow might trigger the pump again and it will just continue to run Maybe that's why the factory's trigger at higher point...? For my ballast fill lines I used a 3/4" brass check valve from Lowe's for $9.

Edited May 27, 2011 by Ndawg12

[Cdoogles]

How did it work?

[Ndawg12]

How did it work?

Great, I worried about the pressure required to open the valve and it was alot less than the PVC check valves. Just have to make sure you mount it horizontally and buy a couple cheap barbed fittings.

Lowes 3/4" cv

[Bozboat]

Tested the Whale pump this weekend, rough windy two days on the lake, one minor bow dip into a wave. Overall fairly dry bilge when I pulled the boat out on day two. Pumps much lower than the Rule.