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1978 13' Sport Bilge
OldFatDog
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Posted on 08/22/16 - 6:08 AM
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The teenie tiny bilge, with drain plug, measures about 4.4 x 4.5 of clear space. Does anybody have a recommendation for a pump with a float switch that will fit in this space or what does anybody use? I occasionally leave the boat at our community dock over the weekend and when it rains (which it always seems to on those weekends) I have to go down to the dock to turn on the current pump etc.
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sunnydude
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Posted on 08/22/16 - 1:08 PM
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You can find many that perform a cycle where they turn on at set intervals, if they detect resistance then they stay on until resistance is gone. No need for a separate float switch.

 
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Posted on 08/22/16 - 6:06 PM
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When I had my 1976 13' I had Dri-dek tiles on the whole deck. I zip tied a bilge pump to the tile above the bilge. It was a manual pump but one with a float switch would have worked too.

 
NCWhaler
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Posted on 08/23/16 - 7:50 PM
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Overnight, who cares as it is self-bailing? Longer- it takes more time to clean the boat than to have put it back on the trailer, which takes all of five minutes.

I do not leave my Whalers in the water anymore. #soggywhaler

 
OldFatDog
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Posted on 08/25/16 - 6:19 PM
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With the 40hp Johnson on it the bilge drain is below the water level so it isn't self bailing in this instance. I will probably do as dburton does and mount the smallest footprint pump with an integral float switch just above the bilge if it will not sit down in it.

 
butchdavis
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Posted on 08/26/16 - 6:28 AM
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Wal-Mart sells a small Johnson bilge pump that easily fits in the sump. It comes with a check valve which you can discard during assembly if you don't want to use it. You can buy replacement "core" assemblies to repair the pump if you need them. I replaced an old Rule pump in the sump with the Johnson. It needs a float switch to operate so I was able to reuse the Rule switch already installed next to the sump.

I don't like having an on/off switch on a bilge pump so I wired it directly to the nearby battery. If I want to pump out any water before the switch floats high enough to activate the pump I just reach behind me and lift the float until only a little remains in the sump.


Butch
 
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