Bilge Pump (automatic or not)

[High Flyer]

Hi Guys
On our Maxum 18, is the Bilge Pump automatic, or only operated by the 'bilge pump' switch at the helm position ?
Regards: John

[shrew]

It's usually both. There is usually a ground and 2 hot leads on the bilge pump. The circuit is usually wired with a dedicated hot and a hot from the switch at the helm. The dedicated hot should go to a float switch, then from the float switch to the pump. some pumps have internal float switches.

Take a look at whether there are 2 wires or 3 wires going to the existing bilge pump location.

[mmwjr]

Typically the bilge pump is set up to work of both the helm switch for manual operation and a float switch for automatic operation.