- Location
- Lake Stevens, WA
Starting new thread . . One follow up question on Bilge pumps. I had a used RULE 360 GPH pump in my inventory. I pulled it out and starting think about a bilge install. I already have billet hardware . . but given how much my ski spends it time under water . . I am not to keen on having another hole in the hull w/o a proper check valve. As stated in my earlier thread, I am only looking for a bilge to be a fail safe to my one way valve. The bilge would give me a switch to hit, if I see I am taking on water and can't get the motor started. Since I don't plan on this happening very often (hopefully not at all) I don't like the idea of water rushing in through a new 1/2" hole in my hull every time I submerge my ski. Seems like a check valve would solve it (RULE's website does not say anything about their bilges have this as a built in feature). . . I also saw some online comments with respect to check valves and bilges are not a good idea . . but in my application (emergency, triggered via a switch) I would think a check valve would be OK.