Updating our bilge pump.

Ron Hill · January 23, 2022, 02:24:26 PM

Guys : Years ago when I replaced my bilge pump hose I let the old hose lay in the bottom of the bilge and ran the other end of it to - under the head sink.

I have an adapter attached, so that in a real bilge pump needed emergency I can connect it to the raw water engine Hose and have the engine pump water from the bilge!! You could also just run a piece of 5/8" hose from the bilge to the area under the head sink!! Just another back up idea!!

A thought !!

KWKloeber · July 03, 2023, 11:08:45 PM

Quote from: waughoo on January 20, 2022, 03:26:01 PM
Quote from: KWKloeber on January 20, 2022, 12:31:13 PM
This year I had to move the manual hose at the bilge end and it's hard as a rock -- in fact to move it out of the way it broke off in my hand. I tried flexing it a foot farther aft and the same thing - broke off.

Keenly interested to hear someone's response to this. The existing white corrugated hose in my bilge pump lines is brittle like Ken explains and I was going to replace it with the exact product he mentions, but am now quite leary!!

Alex -- wondering what you decided to use for bilge hose?

waughoo · July 03, 2023, 11:19:23 PM

Ken,

I used the Trident smooth wall live bait well hose.

KWKloeber · July 04, 2023, 12:34:15 AM

Quote from: waughoo on July 03, 2023, 11:19:23 PM
Ken,

I used the Trident smooth wall live bait well hose.

#144 HD Vac or #147 XHD Vac ? And how did it handle?

waughoo · July 04, 2023, 09:22:04 AM

147 xhd was what I used. I am very pleased with it. Nice and stiff to hold its shape but flexible enough to bend as needed. I used a bit of heat here and there for fittings and some beads to aid in installation. Despite being rated for below the waterline connections, I switched to a spiral wire exhaust hose for the exit pipe to a fitting that was above the waterline. Probably not necessary, but it made me feel better as the bilge exit hose mushroom is often underwater while motoring and sailing.

Ron Hill · July 04, 2023, 02:41:37 PM

Alex : Good choice going with the wire reinforced, because over time regular hose can partially collapse - especially is the warm climates.

A thought

KWKloeber · July 05, 2023, 05:03:13 PM

Quote from: waughoo on July 04, 2023, 09:22:04 AM

I switched to a spiral wire exhaust hose for the exit pipe to a fitting that was above the waterline.

Alex, not surprisingly I am confused. You used XHD from the pump (to where?) then switched to wire-wound from (exit pipe??) to the thruhull? Not quite following you there mate.

waughoo · July 06, 2023, 08:56:22 AM

My boat had a T fitting behind the engine panel that combined the electric pump and the manual pump output into one. When I replumbed the bilge system, I replaced this T fitting with a wye. The two bilge pumps use the XHD hose to this wye, and then I switched to the spiral hose from there to the hull exit mushroom on the transom.

KWKloeber · July 06, 2023, 09:07:42 AM

Well duh! I should have gussed that.

I have a tee as well and may take your cue to switch that out - I'm about to re-hose at least one pump.

Thx for that tip.

Quote from: waughoo on July 06, 2023, 08:56:22 AM
My boat had a T fitting behind the engine panel that combined the electric pump and the manual pump output into one. When I replumbed the bilge system, I replaced this T fitting with a wye. The two bilge pumps use the XHD hose to this wye, and then I switched to the spiral hose from there to the hull exit mushroom on the transom.