Woody, In way-back reading from far-away shores, others suggested mounting a float switch in series with a manual on/off switch and a (third) gravity switch. The float switch is mounted adjacent the pump (some pumps have integral switches) and adjusted to switch on and off with appropriate water levels. The manual switch is installed inside the rear compartment or in a totally watertight container inside the cockpit and only accessed at the start and end of paddling, to switch the installation off for road travel and storage. The gravity switch is mounted adjacent the manual switch, where completely dry, and oriented so the normally-closed contacts open when the boat is inverted, thus preventing pump operation while capsized. This provides a totally automatic system with reduced chance of switch failure. OTOH someone my have mentioned having a redundant manual switch wired in parallel to the above circuit in case one of the switches failed . . . Harold Oh yeah . . . before you ask, I have no recollection of the makes or availability of the switches. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 09 1999 - 21:20:13 PST
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