[C38] installing a bilge pump

[Steve Smolinske]

Tee's are not approved per abyc you also need a manual/automatic switch.  On peregrine I ran the through hull out the port side just under the toe rail.   It is visible and audible when discharging.   This way anyone at the marina might notice your pump running and investigate when you are gone.   It alerted me to the failed rudder packing gland last year only because while I was driving I noticed it coming on every twenty minutes. My two manual pumps discharge under the transom for one and the other also on the port side next to the automatic discharge.   I'm surprised you were able to get insurance without  one.  

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> On Jul 20, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Max soto <maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bruce, I have two bilge pumps installed with automatic switches (1500GPH and a 2500GPH) and separated thruhulls...   
> I had a problem on my last boat with the setup that you are describing...  There was a tee joining the electric and manual bilge pumps discharge lines. 
> There was also a check valve, so water from each  line won't find its way back to the bilge, and the check failed, so, the electric pump ( which was the one used 99% of the time) wasn't able to pump out the water... 
> Noticed when water was above floorboards..
> 
> Don't be afraid of the drill!
> Regards,
> 
> Max Soto A.
> +506-8312-1367
> Alajuela, Costa Rica
> 
>> On Jul 15, 2015, at 13:40, Bruce Brown <bbrown at usc.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> We want to install an automatic submersible bilge pump on our '83/'84 C38 "Out of Film" to supplement the manual pump.  We've gone 25 years without an automatic pump but figure our luck is bound to run out sometime.  Has anyone done this?  We were hoping to avoid making another hole in the hull by teeing the outlet hose into the larger outlet hose of the manual pump but realize this may not be practical.
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>> 
>> Bruce Brown
>> 
>> "Out of Film" 
>> Channel Islands Harbor
>> 
>> From: Listserve <listserve-bounces at catalina38.org> on behalf of Larry Malmberg <larrypi at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 9:58 AM
>> To: 'Catalina 38 Listserve'
>> Subject: Re: [C38] Hi
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>> Thanks Charles, for some reason I didn’t have the correct address for the list.  My bad.
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>> Larry Malmberg
>> 7231 Boulder Avenue #507
>> Highland, CA 92346
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>> From: Listserve [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Charles Finn
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 3:01 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [C38] Hi
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>> Larry,
>> I checked just for you and it is working fine.  Lots of traffic lately!
>> cf
>> On 7/9/2015 3:25 PM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
>> listserve at catalina38.org
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>> or maybe it is acting goofy again
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>> From: Larry Malmberg [mailto:larrypi at earthlink.net] 
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 11:58 AM
>> To: Steve Smolinske
>> Subject: Hi
>>  
>> Steve, what is the proper address to put something on the Catalina 38 list?  Seems like I may have the wrong address to send messages to.
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>>  
>> Larry Malmberg
>> 7231 Boulder Avenue #507
>> Highland, CA 92346
>> 909-208-1847
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