[alberg30] Dreaming of sinking!

[David Swanson]

From: David Swanson <zira at mindspring.com>

Shawn -

I tried this with a small pump & float switch, but the damn thing floated!  I
ended up using a thin (3/16") piece of aluminum plate & screwing the pump &
switch to it.  I ran the discharge through one of the cockpit scupper hoses.

My manual pump discharge hose I just drape over the side.

dls

Shawn Orr wrote:

> From: "Shawn Orr" <Shawnwilliam at msn.com>
>
> Attach the bildge to a piece of wood board and lower it in.  Thats what I
> did, and it works great.  Make sure to buy a manual switch along with the
> float switch.
> Shawn Orr
> IL Molino
> #307
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Forhan, Thomas <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>
> To: <alberg30 at onelist.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 9:59 AM
> Subject: [alberg30] Dreaming of sinking!
>
> > From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>
> >
> >
> > I woke up early Saturday morning with a start - I had been dreaming of
> > Calliope sinking at the docks, unattended.
> >
> > I got down to the docks all was well, of course.
> >
> > Still , so she has two manual bilge pumps, but I think I'd like to add an
> > electrical one, one of the Rule types.
> >
> > Looking into the depths of the bilge under the engine, I see the spot to
> > mount one, way, way down there. But what am I looking at?  Specifically,
> is
> > the bottom of the bilge fiberglass, so that I could put a few self-tapping
> > screws into to mount the pump base; is it a thin layer over cast iron that
> > will thwart my attempts to attach something firmly into it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom F.
> > Calliope #287
> >
> > >
>
> 

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