sump

Hi everyone, I am debugging the shower sump pump on the Ericson 35-3 I recently purchased. There are three yellow wires and two black wires that are present in the wall cupboard in the head that look to connect to an auto/manual three way switch, that is currently disconnected. The switch is...

Posted the results of filling in my E-29 deep sump in Maintaince and Mechanical. Should have put it here I guess

For those of you with a long memory you will recall when I started a thread about filling the deep sump on an E-29 due to the inherent danger of holing the hull threw the aft of the keel. Unfortunately I had a computer malfunction and lost all of the photos but here are the results. Material...

Hello All, My '83 E38 shower drains into the forward most bilge well/sump as I assume all other E38's do? This forward bilge well/sump has a small @1" limber hole fairly close to the bottom of the well. This allows shower gray water to drain back into what I assume is the interior of the TAFG...

Hi all . It's noted the deep sump on the aft of the keel on E-29s is a weak point . I am looking at filling mine and am looking at options in material. Foam was the first thought but then I considered cement as it is used in a lot of keels with an epoxy cap on it . The slight added ballast...

Our 1985 E-32 has a smoothly curved hull with no distinct low-point. With no sump to trap bilge water, the water migrates all over the place when we heel the boat. Has anyone figured out a way to trap the quart or so of water that the pump can't catch?