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P323 - sump pump switch

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edithcollins:
Hi,
We have not used the shower drain, but I am reading in the OM that the vanity sink drains into the shower sump pump.  Where is the switch usually located to operate that pump?
Thanks!
Edith

rnebergall:
On mine, (#344 - a 1982 model) the sump switch is located on the forward bulkhead, not far above the little back-splash behind the sink.  It's a pull-out device, on it's own circuit.  Good luck.

Chance:
On Chance 1977 P323 the switch for the sink is the same as the shower drain next to the 120 volt receptacle in the head.  We put a cork in the drain for shower  when not in use . This will increase your suction to the sink. The pump is located under the bin next to the mast . I  installed a y valve before this pump and short hose to bilge for a backup bilge pump .                                                                                     Bob K

edithcollins:
Apparently we don't have a pump.  The sink drains into the bilge. Was the pump an option?
Thanks for your help!

selene:
FWIW, on Selene, as with others who have responded, the sink and shower connect to a "grey water" holding tank just abaft of the mast.  The pump is next to the mast, starboard side (access by removing the plastic bin under the settee).

The switch is a funky pullout switch on the forward bulkhead in the head area, as rnebergall stated.

As Chance said (nice idea about the backup bilge, btw) putting the plug into the sink - or a cork :-) - dramatically improves the suction.

Personally, I like a dry bilge - one of the advantages of an encapsulated keel.  The only modification I have seen, which I liked (on Enchantress, last I heard just completed the crossing to Hawa'ii), was moving the grey water tank further forwards, opening up the entire space under the cabin sole hatch for a lot of extra storage.

You may want to look for the discharge thru-hull for the grey water tank - perhaps you never had one.  For me, the discharge is above the waterline, behind the sink. If you never had one - well, I don't like putting more holes in the hull!

good luck

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