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Old 02-21-2022, 05:04 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Boatcrazy View Post
FWIW...We use 3 water witch switches in our system. We have a deep bilge, so I mounted the primary pump on the bottom of a PVC "L". then attached that pumps output to the 2nd PVC"L", and attached the water witch switch to that "L". I added a 3rd "L", with a backup pump and a dedicated water witch switch, and then a Johnson Hi Water alarm higher up that tree. All 3 "L"s are zip-tied together, along with the wires, and the discharge hoses attach to the top of the respective "L". I pull the system out 1/year to clean, and have had no issues/problems for the past 8 or 9 years. I also added a Bilge Pump counter (by Water Witch!) to the primary(bottom) pump. Makes it easy to monitor how many times the pump runs. I'm a fan of the Water Witch switch...will never buy another float sw again! But you do need to keep them a little clean(an oil coating will not let them work normally, from my experience).
Do you happen to have any pics of that setup? I'm struggling with understanding!
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