Thinking about adding a second bilge pump to the boat. Any reason why I should not?
add second bilge pump
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It's an extra element of safety. If you do not already have an automatic pump, that is what I would suggest you add. And I would wire it directly to the battery with an inline fuse. That way, if you have the boat in a slip with the power switch off, it will still come on if the boat takes on water.
I did it too!! Just make sure it is on a switch so it can not run the batteries down too!
A lesson learned the hard way. Have a manual and an automatic pump. Make sure the manual pump switch is placed somewhere so that you won't accidentally switch it on. My Ranger Bay Boat had one on the bow panel that someone hit with their foot deboarding at a beach, an hour later my boat floated away when the tailrace level increased, it wasn't anchored to shore. Someone took me to the boat and I had no power to start the boat. The batteries were under the floor, 20 minutes of unscrewing lag screws before I could access them and 3 miles downstream.
