We installed the replacement Whale Gulper IC Diaphragm Bilge Pump sensor and it is working. We have a deep bilge that is out of reach so we can not screw in a strainer like on the Rule 2000 bilge pump or the Whale Gulper IC Pump. So to get around that we attached the sensor to a big zinc and lowered it into the bilge. The zinc keeps the sensor\strainer from jumping around when the pump is running, holding it to the bottom of the bilge. For the Rule pump, we use a PVC pipe with it clamped to it.
October 2020 - We are currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas
Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Got the sensor attached to the zinc. Got the hose and sensor wire attached. All set to go.
The zinc has two pieces of metal coming out of it, one on each end. So we wire-tied the strainer to the metal coming out of the zinc. Snapped in the sensor and ready to go.
The sensor is in the most rear section of the bilge...
...fitting nicely in the tight corner.
We went with a new, more flexible 3/4" white hose. It goes from the pump to the sensor - around corners and down the length of the deep bilge. It seems better!
Working good again. This is our everyday bilge pump. The Rule 2000 bilge pump is if this cannot handle the water then there is a float set on a PVC pipe that will turn on the Rule 2000 bilge pump. After that there is a high water alarm float switch that sets off a house alarm siren. Then we would turn on the Jabsco 36600 Series Bilge Pump.
Then use the cockpit hand bilge pump.
Then jump overboard if they all fill to keep up!
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