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Old 06-23-2021, 06:51 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by kapnd View Post
Why?
I can see mounting the float switch a little higher on a backup pump, but wouldn’t you want to pump the bilge water down as low as possible?
Yes this is what I did. 2 pumps.
The "3rd" pump was the shower sump, if it ever got that high.
2 bilge pumps were enough to satisfy my risk analysis.

There was a built in manual diaphram pump that I tried once and it functioned.
But seriously, rather than use that manual pump I would rather have spent my time launching the dinghy.
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