Can’t find a suitable bilge pump

[Chriscourt]

Recent joiner to YBW - hello everyone!

I’m doing up a Hunter Impala I received last year and working on doing a total rewiring and revamping of her cabin and instruments. One of the challenges I am facing at the moment is finding a suitable bilge pump that can fit in the clearance available between the deck flooring and the keel. There is small space of 2inches available and I’ve not yet found a solution.

I had seen that Seaflo sell a self priming impeller bilge that I could in theory install behind the engine and run a hose but ideally, I’d like it be automatic with a float switch installed But I run into the same issue of spacing, unable to find a float switch that could fit in the gap. Has anyone else run into this issue or have a solution I’m not thinking about?

Thanks for your time.

 

[Refueler]

There are various electronic water detection switches you can fit.

I had the Water Witch switch ... worked for about 10yrs then just failed ... being sealed - I could not see what went wrong. But it worked .. its small and compact ...

Water Witch 12v Bilge Switch Gael Force Marine

I only linked to Gael Force Marine - but plenty dealers on and off line sell it.

There are slim float switches on eBay - but many of them cannot have the pump current through them - so needs a small relay to carry pump load.

 

[coopec]

Bilge Pump Float switches

Impala 28 specifications