Arthurc
Guru
Hi all,
My kk54 has 3 bilges but two are hard to fully access, one is under the engine the second is under the master stateroom bed. I’m planning on creating a fourth bilge around the stuffing box so it can be easily monitored separately which would be out of scope for this.
I was thinking I could take 1/4 hose and epoxy it at the lowest point of each bilge and run it back to a single pump in the engine room with selectable valves for which bilge to pull from, this would allow me to monitor both the amount of water but also see how clean it was. With the right type of pump that should get almost completely dry bilges. Note this is not to replace the auto system in case of a larger issue. The ability to switch to output into a bucket instead of overboard would be a good addition if the water is oily.
My big question is what type of pump would allow for a long 1/4 hose on the draw side and not need priming and get all the water.
Thoughts? Also has anyone done something like this?
AC
My kk54 has 3 bilges but two are hard to fully access, one is under the engine the second is under the master stateroom bed. I’m planning on creating a fourth bilge around the stuffing box so it can be easily monitored separately which would be out of scope for this.
I was thinking I could take 1/4 hose and epoxy it at the lowest point of each bilge and run it back to a single pump in the engine room with selectable valves for which bilge to pull from, this would allow me to monitor both the amount of water but also see how clean it was. With the right type of pump that should get almost completely dry bilges. Note this is not to replace the auto system in case of a larger issue. The ability to switch to output into a bucket instead of overboard would be a good addition if the water is oily.
My big question is what type of pump would allow for a long 1/4 hose on the draw side and not need priming and get all the water.
Thoughts? Also has anyone done something like this?
AC