chrisoelder
Member II
Hey!
Bought my 1978 E27 at the end of April and the bilge pump was working perfectly. Went to use it the other day and it doesn't work. I am thinking it is one of three things: 1) Fuse 2) Bad wiring 3) Bad Pump
Here is the situation: I would flip my bilge switch on my electrical board and the pump would run, even with no water in there. I'm not sure if it had a float, I can find anything attached to it in the bilge. Maybe the float is built in? A couple months later of very little use I flipped the switch to pump out a little bit of rainwater and nothing. No sounds, no movement, nothing at all.
This past weekend I spent a couple hours cleaning the bilge, getting out the water and doing some general TLC. While I was there I figured I would take a look at this bilge problem. Other than being dirty the pumps seemed to be fine. I cleaned it up and flipped the switch still nothing. There was a button on the side of the pump saying something along the lines of "press and hold for 5 seconds to test" but when I pressed it, nothing.
I am extremely new to bilge pumps, troubleshooting them, and electrical issues overall. I am hoping this is just a fuse issue. I am still trying to track down how the electrical wires run from the panel to the pump but from what i can see, I don't see any fuses? Is there a place where I could find them all, maybe something like there is in cars? I have a multi-meter but I can't get a reading from the switch, I actually can't get a reading from any of the switches (even though they work). I am probably not placing the positive and negative on the right connectors?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out which of the 3 problems I have?
Thanks! Chris
Bought my 1978 E27 at the end of April and the bilge pump was working perfectly. Went to use it the other day and it doesn't work. I am thinking it is one of three things: 1) Fuse 2) Bad wiring 3) Bad Pump
Here is the situation: I would flip my bilge switch on my electrical board and the pump would run, even with no water in there. I'm not sure if it had a float, I can find anything attached to it in the bilge. Maybe the float is built in? A couple months later of very little use I flipped the switch to pump out a little bit of rainwater and nothing. No sounds, no movement, nothing at all.
This past weekend I spent a couple hours cleaning the bilge, getting out the water and doing some general TLC. While I was there I figured I would take a look at this bilge problem. Other than being dirty the pumps seemed to be fine. I cleaned it up and flipped the switch still nothing. There was a button on the side of the pump saying something along the lines of "press and hold for 5 seconds to test" but when I pressed it, nothing.
I am extremely new to bilge pumps, troubleshooting them, and electrical issues overall. I am hoping this is just a fuse issue. I am still trying to track down how the electrical wires run from the panel to the pump but from what i can see, I don't see any fuses? Is there a place where I could find them all, maybe something like there is in cars? I have a multi-meter but I can't get a reading from the switch, I actually can't get a reading from any of the switches (even though they work). I am probably not placing the positive and negative on the right connectors?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to figure out which of the 3 problems I have?
Thanks! Chris