pumps

I am putting in a new head. I plan to route the outlet hose from the toilet to the holding tank. From there I plan to route one outlet hose to a deckplate for dockside pumpout, and another outlet hose to a through-hull for manual pumpout while underway. Whale sells two different "Mark V"...

What, or who makes the pumps for the bilge, I have two pumps located on the bulkhead above the moter. I think the forward one is for the shower or water pressure, and the aft one is the main bilge area pump. When I turn the breaker to one you hear a small click at the breaker panel, and that's...

I understand how to wire a bilge pump and switch setup but is there any difference when you wire a diaphragm style pump that is inline, not in the bilge and not right next to the switch? It seems like a waste of wire and a very long wire run to run power from the panel to the switch in the...

I recently purchased a 1985 32-3. The boat has two Rule 500 gph bilge pumps. One is in the shower bilge and one in the main bilge (the next bilge back). Both have check valves installed. The shower bilge gets a lot of water draining into it from the mast due to all the rain we get up here in the...

I have a '73 E27 that presently has one 12V, 240 gph pump and would like to add a secondary pump as back-up. I'd like a 2000+ gph pump and would like to know what other owners have configured. I don't want to use the engine's waterpump diverted from raw water and I don't want to power an...

I've read a lot lately about bilge pump configurations and recommendations for change. On my 1988 E28 I have a manual/automatic shower drain electric pump in a shallow well with a float switch, and a hand-operated manual (cockpit actuated) and separate electric pump (manual only from the...