I will install the automatic bilge pump. What is the good place to route the discharge hose? I thinking to combine the bilge pump hose tigether with the outboard well drain hose.
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I ran the hose back to the transom and installed a plastic thru-hull above the waterline. Hose went up along underside of coaming well above waterline. Make it completely independent of all other plumbing. I would not connect to engine well drain. It works poorly enough already. There is not a lot of space in P26 bilge for a pump. See what I did here: dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/bpump.htm Dan Pfeiffer
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Thanks for the response. You name is very popular among the Pearson 26 owners. I am trying to have as litle thoughhulls as posible that is why I wanted to connect to combine two discarge hoses. I also want to install a strainer net on the motor well drain. It should save it from clogging. I like your bilge pump location. I will go similar way.
Thanks for the response. You name is very popular among the Pearson 26 owners. I am trying to have as litle thoughhulls as posible that is why I wanted to connect to combine two discarge hoses. I also want to install a strainer net on the motor well drain. It should save it from clogging. I like your bilge pump location. I will go similar way.
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Mike
Connect to Cockpit drain ThruHull
If understand where Dan located the automatic bilge pump, isn't this right next to the thruhulls that drain the cockpit. My sinK is just inside the companion way and it drains this way so I would think you could install another Y in the hose and drain it right there. It just has to enter well above the water line. Mike
If understand where Dan located the automatic bilge pump, isn't this right next to the thruhulls that drain the cockpit. My sinK is just inside the companion way and it drains this way so I would think you could install another Y in the hose and drain it right there. It just has to enter well above the water line. Mike
Keep it independant
Adding another tee to the scupper hose is adding one more point for failure. I really prefer having a completely separate and independent system. Put the thru-hull above the water line on the transom. When the pump is running you can look over the stern to see if it's putting water out. You can see the electric pump thru-hull on the transom in this photo: dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/ucp.htm And on this page there is a shot from outside. Both bilge pump thru-hulls can be seen here. dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/engine.htm Dan Pfeiffer
Adding another tee to the scupper hose is adding one more point for failure. I really prefer having a completely separate and independent system. Put the thru-hull above the water line on the transom. When the pump is running you can look over the stern to see if it's putting water out. You can see the electric pump thru-hull on the transom in this photo: dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/ucp.htm And on this page there is a shot from outside. Both bilge pump thru-hulls can be seen here. dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/engine.htm Dan Pfeiffer
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Ok, I have new plan.
I have new plan. I will disconnect the motor well though hull in transom and use it for the bilge pump (exclusively). At the same time I want to drill hole for the motor-well draining. I will drill the hole horizontally on the level of the well's bottom though the transom. It looks like reasonable idea. The transom board does not move relatively to the motor well: both glassed to the motor support board. The horizontal hole will be very short and can be cleaned with a thumb if necessary. I can glass it throughout and it will be very clean and easy solution. I have the only question: why nobody does it? I feel like there is some engineering problem I overlooked. Anybody sees any problem with drilling horizontal hole though the transom to the motor well and glass it from inside?
I have new plan. I will disconnect the motor well though hull in transom and use it for the bilge pump (exclusively). At the same time I want to drill hole for the motor-well draining. I will drill the hole horizontally on the level of the well's bottom though the transom. It looks like reasonable idea. The transom board does not move relatively to the motor well: both glassed to the motor support board. The horizontal hole will be very short and can be cleaned with a thumb if necessary. I can glass it throughout and it will be very clean and easy solution. I have the only question: why nobody does it? I feel like there is some engineering problem I overlooked. Anybody sees any problem with drilling horizontal hole though the transom to the motor well and glass it from inside?
Some refinement
I think the plan for the engine well drain is fine but check the slope on the bottom of the well. Should be fine since the drain is at the back. I glassed in a 1-1/2" tube to replace the engine well drain. It was PVC. In retrospect I should have used a fiberglass tube because the epoxy would stick to it a lot better than the PVC. But I wrapped the tube with fiberglass cloth too. dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/drain.htm As for the bilge pump, I would rather glass over and seal the old engine well drain thru-hull and add one on the transom for the bilge pump so I could see it when looking over the transom and to get it a bit higher from the waterline. And you can use a better quality thru-hull than that OEM plastic one and you'll have a smoother underbody. Dan Pfeiffer
I think the plan for the engine well drain is fine but check the slope on the bottom of the well. Should be fine since the drain is at the back. I glassed in a 1-1/2" tube to replace the engine well drain. It was PVC. In retrospect I should have used a fiberglass tube because the epoxy would stick to it a lot better than the PVC. But I wrapped the tube with fiberglass cloth too. dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/drain.htm As for the bilge pump, I would rather glass over and seal the old engine well drain thru-hull and add one on the transom for the bilge pump so I could see it when looking over the transom and to get it a bit higher from the waterline. And you can use a better quality thru-hull than that OEM plastic one and you'll have a smoother underbody. Dan Pfeiffer
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