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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
As a general rule I thought the bilge pump was supposed to be wired to one of the batteries, no switch (other than the float) involved. I suppose you could wire to both batteries via an "isolator" (aka diodes) but I've yet to see that done.
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I think the problem is that the idea of the bilge pump being hooked directly to the battery is just that a general rule. There is no regulation. Probably a suggest by the NMMA, but no hard set fast rule.
And of course now float switches are the norm, some people remember the days when they where not. And depending on who does the wire diagram for the boat if they don't think about thing properly... you can have no automatic bilge pump at all.