DaleM
Member
I'm trying to chase down something that doesn't make much sense yet. I have a minimum amount of water in my bilge back around the rear bilge pump - maybe a cup or two but nothing that's enough to kick on the float switch. What happens is when I'm underway the green bilge pump indicator lights up for X period of time and then shuts off. When I get back to the dock I check the bilge and nothing looks any more/less wet then it did when I checked the last time. I'm pretty sure the rear bilge if running will light up the helm indicator.
I had to replace my sump box pump. In doing so I found out that the sump appears to connect to the galley and head sink drains to pump overboard. I checked this when I was trying to adjust the float switch level to keep the pump from cavitating by constantly running water into the drain of the shower. That's when I noticed water coming out the galley sink through hull. The engine room pumps I believe drain overboard on the stbd side. I'm not comfortable having someone lean over while underway to actually see if water is coming out when the light is on.
SO - Thinking about this this morning - could the sump box pump be what trips the light to come on? Unfortunately I'm not at the boat to be able to manually turn on the sump box pump to see if I get an indicator.
Could there be enough water in the various hoses that are draining back to the box? Seems unlikely because there is a check valve. Could it be the AC condensate is filling the box with residual water in the pan/line and causing it come on based on the angle of the boat on plane? OR - does the sump pump have no connection to the bilge light and everything that's happening is coming from the engine room pumps?
I had to replace my sump box pump. In doing so I found out that the sump appears to connect to the galley and head sink drains to pump overboard. I checked this when I was trying to adjust the float switch level to keep the pump from cavitating by constantly running water into the drain of the shower. That's when I noticed water coming out the galley sink through hull. The engine room pumps I believe drain overboard on the stbd side. I'm not comfortable having someone lean over while underway to actually see if water is coming out when the light is on.
SO - Thinking about this this morning - could the sump box pump be what trips the light to come on? Unfortunately I'm not at the boat to be able to manually turn on the sump box pump to see if I get an indicator.
Could there be enough water in the various hoses that are draining back to the box? Seems unlikely because there is a check valve. Could it be the AC condensate is filling the box with residual water in the pan/line and causing it come on based on the angle of the boat on plane? OR - does the sump pump have no connection to the bilge light and everything that's happening is coming from the engine room pumps?