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P323 - sump pump switch

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Rusty Pelican:
Everything was an "option" back then with the Pearson's.

edithcollins:
We are spending the weekend on the boat.  We can take a closer look. 
Thanks for your replies!
Edith

MangoCats:
I'm sure it's no longer original, but my 303's head-sink drains to an underwater thru-hull under the sink, while the shower drains open to the bilge, though it looks like at one time there might have been a shower sump pump that ran to a thru-hull above the waterline on the stern (that thru-hull is connected to a hose that ends unterminated in the bilge, not far from the unterminated hose leaving the shower drain...)  There's a red-lighted pump switch above the sink - the switch lights up when it's turned on, but nothing appears to happen in response (still tracing all the head plumbing and wiring, there's quite a bit....)

I suppose if we started using the shower on a regular basis, I'd want to send the drain water directly overboard, instead of letting it loose in the bilge to go out with the normal bilge water... what type of pump would be appropriate for a shower drain?  It will "run dry" as a regular course of operation, so I don't think that normal bilge pumps would like that duty, unless the showering passenger could be trusted to manually operate the electrical switch (while they are wet) to just pump the floor dry, before it overflows but not after it's fully drained...?

Valor:
The sink in the head on my 78 323 goes to an above the waterline though hull fitting. No sump pump. Mine doesn't have a shower installed either but I have one in the cockpit.

MangoCats:
For whatever reason, both the sinks in my 1984 303 go to below the waterline thru-hulls.  Both of which happen to have seized (open) seacocks at the moment - currently applying PB blaster and patience to them.

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