Battery on or off in slip?

[Bryon720]

Wondering if we have an automatic bilge in our boats hardwired to battery? This weekend will be my first time using a slip and having the boat in water all weekend.

 

[Bluewater272]

In stock configuration, if the boat is floating, battery should be on.

 

[Frank Marshall]

In stock configuration, if the boat is floating, battery should be on.

I believe that changed in 2018 models. The bilge pump is wired directly to the battery. You can confirm this by turning off your battery switches and pressing the test button on the side of the bilge pump.

 

[Cambo]

Do you have the float style bilge pump? I think they changed from water sensing (battery killer ) to the float style that is activated if the float rises.

 

[Bryon720]

I believe that changed in 2018 models. The bilge pump is wired directly to the battery. You can confirm this by turning off your battery switches and pressing the test button on the side of the bilge pump.

I will try this when I get to the lake this weekend. Thanks.

 

[RedBarron55]

I battery wondered about the battery powered automatic bilge pump sand what happens when the pump turns on and pumps the water while draining the battery until it is dead.
What if no one notices the pump running, walking right by?
I think a good idea might be to wire a horn somehow to let people know your boat was sinking?
Perhaps a second float switch wired to the circuit to power an alarm?
Many more boats sink at the dock than at sea.

 

[Matt Phillips]

When I ha my '09 Yamaha, I built a solar charger that hooked onto the tow point on the tower and then hard-wired the bilge pump to run directly off the batter. This worked well fo the 5 years I kept that boat at the slip.

Here's the link to the DIY thread as one possible option: https://jetboaters.net/threads/solar-battery-charger-install-w-pics.3414/

 

[UpNorth]

Just leave the House battery on.

 

[Julian]

I battery wondered about the battery powered automatic bilge pump sand what happens when the pump turns on and pumps the water while draining the battery until it is dead.
What if no one notices the pump running, walking right by?
I think a good idea might be to wire a horn somehow to let people know your boat was sinking?
Perhaps a second float switch wired to the circuit to power an alarm?
Many more boats sink at the dock than at sea.

In my last boat I wired the primary bilge to the Aux/house battery, and then wired a bilge alarm just above the bilge pump to the starting battery. I told the marina crew that if they heard an alarm from my boat...it was sinking. Pretty inexpensive mod. The main reason I did it was to know if I had a plug blow out flooding the bilge ASAP. This is on my list to do with the new boat.