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Sea Haven:
All!
Thanks for all the input.

Ed, as Sea Haven will not regularly see the same conditions as Dolce Vita, I still plan to try the PSS. FWIW, I always check the Engine Compartment not ONLY prior to getting underway, but before I secure for the day. So at least I can keep and eye on it. It's kind of a habit with me, either from my Submariner days where I was trained to take nothing for granted, or just adult OCD. I'll also check it when I kill the engine when anchored, moored or docked in an unknown location, especially in shallow, muddy locations. We have quite a lot of that in the Great South Bay of Long Island's southern shore. Mean depth is 8ft with 2 ft of black muck! Thanks!!

Selene, Thanks as well. The back up collar seems to be a common security measure in all the threads I've read about it. I plan to have it installed. BTW, McMaster Carr is the bomb lol!! Since two is one, and one is none when it comes to boating, I plan to put a secondary bilge switch wired to a LOUD, distinctive alarm. I'll install it above the existing bilge switch so I don't get false positives and I'll know the existing pump is either NOT working or keeping up with the flooding.

"Sub" Ed
The belts and suspenders Mariner.

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