angus99
Guru
I want a dry bilge, so I’m installing a paint roller tray under each stuffing box to collect the drips that I can’t seem to stop without tightening the packing gland fitting to the point of over-heating. (I have Duramax packing and it still leaks when I back off the gland to cool things down, so I suspect the shaft may be grooved inside the stuffing box.)
Power is available from a nearby fuse block and I envision these automatic pumps will be energized all the time. With that in mind, do I need an on/off switch for each pump? Any ABYC standard covering this? If I need to de-energize them for any reason, I could simply pull the fuse out of the fuse block. When I haul the boat, I’ll disconnect the entire house bank, so parasitic loads should not be an issue.
Power is available from a nearby fuse block and I envision these automatic pumps will be energized all the time. With that in mind, do I need an on/off switch for each pump? Any ABYC standard covering this? If I need to de-energize them for any reason, I could simply pull the fuse out of the fuse block. When I haul the boat, I’ll disconnect the entire house bank, so parasitic loads should not be an issue.