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Bilge pump breakers

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Re: Bilge pump breakers

Postby bud37 » June 8th, 2020, 12:59 pm

buster53 wrote:Source of the post Ok guys, on my 356 next to my battery switch, there are 3 breakers for the bilge pumps and 2 for the sump pumps. They are not your standard breaker panel breaker switches.

How do you switch them on and off?


You can also easily unplug the wiring from each unit under the cover..... So now you can shut them off, ok but ?.....when you get back to the boat, check your battery volts while the CO monitors are alarming and see what you have. If that is ok , those monitors have a life span of about 5 years in marine use, now that said their lifespan can also be shortened dramatically if they have ever been exposed to real high CO ppm numbers, lets say over 1500 ppm for a while, just a guess from me as I don't know what sensors are in there.

You can also buy some portable Kidde ones with a digital readout at HD etc and see what is going on. Lots of time a neighbour idling in the slip will set them off as well, but I am hanging my hat on a combo of battery power and old monitors. Good luck man and stay safe.

If it is any consolation , we always shut our boat down except for the fridge, and for years the boat was only plugged in when we were at our old marina, lots of sailors... :-D
FWIW.....The above is just my opinion..... :popcorn:

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Re: Bilge pump breakers

Postby buster53 » June 8th, 2020, 3:59 pm

bud37 wrote:Source of the post
buster53 wrote:Source of the post Ok guys, on my 356 next to my battery switch, there are 3 breakers for the bilge pumps and 2 for the sump pumps. They are not your standard breaker panel breaker switches.

How do you switch them on and off?


You can also easily unplug the wiring from each unit under the cover..... So now you can shut them off, ok but ?.....when you get back to the boat, check your battery volts while the CO monitors are alarming and see what you have. If that is ok , those monitors have a life span of about 5 years in marine use, now that said their lifespan can also be shortened dramatically if they have ever been exposed to real high CO ppm numbers, lets say over 1500 ppm for a while, just a guess from me as I don't know what sensors are in there.

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I've been disconnecting the units, but throwing one breaker is a whole lot easier than disconnecting 3 monitors

Batteries are good...no question that the age of the monitors is the problem

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