Recommendations for new bilge pump for 2006 26 Reg

[BoundForGlory]

Looking for recommendations for a new bilge pump for a 2006 26' Regulator. The fuse keeps popping so I figure it's the auto switch, something caught in the pump, or the pump is shot. I believe it's a Surflo 1800 pump in there now. Any recommendations between Rule or SurFlo? Get a 2000gph?

Thanks for the help.

[Sea Draggin]

I can tell you from experience that this is the best kind of switch I have found. Eliminated many issues for me.




http://www.outerbanksoutfitters.com/.../356977868.htm

[jawz12]

Originally Posted by BoundForGlory

Looking for recommendations for a new bilge pump for a 2006 26' Regulator. The fuse keeps popping so I figure it's the auto switch, something caught in the pump, or the pump is shot. I believe it's a Surflo 1800 pump in there now. Any recommendations between Rule or SurFlo? Get a 2000gph?

Thanks for the help.

auto switch can't be the problem...if the fuse keeps popping,you've either got a short to ground in the "feed" wire or the pump itself is bad...
personally,i like the rule 2000's i also like to have a second pump installed,this pump is fed through a different battery,reason being,if you've got a dead battery,you've got another hot pump,cool huh ???
as far as switches go,i like the sure bail switches,the rule super switches have a real high rate of failure...

[Sea Draggin]

Originally Posted by jawz12

as far as switches go,i like the sure bail switches,the rule super switches have a real high rate of failure...

What does that mean? Quantify a high rate of failure. Mine has been in the bottom of the Grady for 5 years. It has been over thousands of miles of ocean and never missed a single beat? Before that I had 3 float switches in two years and they were all garbage IMO. They stuck in the on position all the time. Even tried tweaking the leveling.

I would put the above switch in a boat without hesitating based on my great experience with them. Anything I can get 5 trouble free years out of on the boat, I'll take.

[jawz12]

Originally Posted by Sea Draggin

I can tell you from experience that this is the best kind of switch I have found. Eliminated many issues for me.




http://www.outerbanksoutfitters.com/.../356977868.htm

i've had a few problems with these,that's all...it's like anything,there's gonna be good ones,and there's gonna be bad ones...i use what i use based upon the fact they work for me.i base everything i do upon experience,what works for me.i gotta trust what parts i put on a customer's boat,i can only charge for the job once,next time it's on me so,if the part fails,the owner is calling me,not the mfg of the part.
the rule super switches,these have a super high rate of failure,i can't explain why but,i know other guys who swear by those style...

[Questsportfishing]

you should be running two pumps anyway in a fast sea running / fishing boat with a live well ... if you put in a rule 1000 gallon per hour (they are square pumps that use a 1 1/8 hose they will fit down in the very bottom. the new johnson switches are neat and compact .. I have used rule's switches for years though ,,, changed out a bunch also... carpet stuff and the new braided lines and mono clippings are terrible for pumps though! make sure no one stows thier dive gear on top of your super switches! <<~~ takes a bunch of rum to get over your friends 'Stupid Creature' tricks!

[hrdcor32]

Here is my switch preference:

http://www.waterwitchinc.com/product...stemsheet.html

The boat I am building will have this switch wired to two pumps. I will also have a third pump that is automatic.

[BoundForGlory]

Went with a Rule 2000. Will look into a second as a back up.

Thanks again,
Rich

[Sea Draggin]

Originally Posted by BoundForGlory

Went with a Rule 2000. Will look into a second as a back up.

Thanks again,
Rich

Any boat that goes offshore should have 2 pumps, so I would absolutely recommend a second. In the Grady there is one up front and one in the back.

Once I left the plug out. I know, but if you go enough its going to happen. I noticed the front pump come on, which was my first indication of something unusual. I figured out what it was, stripped down, jumped in and put the plug in. It was summer, so what the heck.

If it had been winter I would have been tempted just to leave it, because the two pumps can pump out way more than a plug hole or through hull could ever let in.