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Bilge Pump / Grounding Question

MN Mike

By MN Mike
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Looking for some opinions.....

Found out my Bilge Pump was going bad, ordered in a replacement the other day and I'm ready to reinstall it.

The Bilge Pump is a Mayfair 750 GPH and it's run by a remote float switch and it's all wired direct to the battery.

My old wiring had the ground coming from the battery to a anode on the bottom of the boat ( much like the picture below ) then it would run to the Bilge Pump.

The positive run from the battery to the float switch then to the pump.

Since the pump is sealed, do I have to worry about stray voltage? The boat is an aluminum Lund and it sits in the water all summer.

Let me know what you think.

Mike

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Are you saying there is only a positive wire coming from the new bilge pump?

If so I would look in the manual but there may be a screw somewhere on the outside of the pump that could be used for grounding.

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