Bilge Pumps

[@SVZonda]

Thanks for showing this process. I’m sure I have watched this episode before but it’s a good reminder to make sure the bilge pumps are working. You don’t need them (hopefully) to many times but when you do you need to insure they are in working order. “Just put some water in the bilge and see if they are working......” is great advice. All the best Richard

[@pete9501]

Good find on the bilge alarm which we will fit too. We currently have a small third pump under the engine which discharges into the cockpit. The idea being if the on watch crew are getting wet feet they may do something about it and investigate.

[@svfairisle]

Like that idea!

[@RusstafaB]

Very informative video and your electrical work is very thorough and logical. Noticed you did it but really good idea to give the crimped wiring a good tug to check it out. The crimps you use are very good for the job only difference is I used to use an electrically powered hot air gun. Anyone on a boat watching this should take note some very good advice

[@SirPrancelot1]

Well said.

[@sandystephen7827]

I do enjoy your tech corner, very clear, precise and informative !

[@gmoose777]

I would tend to agree with you on soldered joints when done the old way, however I find the heatshrink adhesive soldered buttsplices very good .Crimping also puts a stress riser at the end of the crimps so my solution for both types is to cover the splice with a piece of adhesive heatshrink extending the length of the splice at each end. this supports the splice and increases the waterproof of the joint

[@robertwilliams8974]

Good advice and demo. Human hair is a huge problem when it makes it's way down into the bilge compartments where it can potentially impede or prevent an impeller from rotating. It's a good idea for ladies to brush their hair in the cockpit or leeward side. Hope you and Judy are holding up ok in lockdown. Cheers, Rob.

[@SirPrancelot1]

Top tip. The ladies plus Ross Noble and Neil Oliver that is......

[@svfairisle]

Yes good point, keeping clean bilges is very important for all sorts of reasons!

[@markreed1768]

Next job 100% thank you

[@anandarochisha]

I remember Redford in "All is Lost" movie. Water comes pouring in, batteries flood, electric pumps and engine have no juice, and if the manual pump is in the bilge we could be knee deep in water pumping. Of course all the mains electronics are dead with no battery for an SOS or Nav. Anyways, heck of an argument for a satphone or HF plus wire and a battery in a Go Bag, and to have a battery system in deck locker or in a pilot house. Good Work..You did a Nice Job. Wifey should be grateful that You are on top of things...rightey-o..carry on..

[@yourdronetv]

Hi folks. Enjoyed that. Sv Impavidus came up with that solution a few months ago with the water detector alarm they did the diagrams and stuff too. Maybe worth looking at. BTW you want to take that 90 degree elbow out the hose line and swap it for a swept T. Vortexing and internal resistance of pipe work walls.... Nice video chaps. Going to follow you from now on :-)

[@OverlandSea]

Mr fix it We saw that Impavidus video and also bought one on their recommendation, good idea!

[@waynedoeblin6801]

Electrical equipment and wiring on a boat can be your worst nightmare,unless of course you take all the precautions possible to minimize the problems that can arise.Looks like you are doing a great job staying on top of things,well experienced,and it shows🙂

[@marklawrie8000]

Great advice about the bilge alarm....now heading foe Amazon 😀

[@thomaswhaley4024]

Love the how to videos, Thanks!

[@SV-DEDICATED]

This is becoming a real "learning" channel. Good solid growth tracking to bust 20k soon.

[@svfairisle]

We're only doing it to get on your 20k list Roger!

[@heimslach]

Well explained many thanks, good to know not only how but why. You have the knack of engineering and teaching. What did you do before you started throwing money into the sea?

[@svfairisle]

Thanks. Engineering has always been a hobby not my profession. The BBC tried to make me an engineer when I first joined as I had done a physics degree so that's where they pigeon holed me, But I didn't want to spend my life in a darkened room fixing things so became a cameraman. Always on the road though so a lot of fixing things involved!

[@heimslach]

Well that helps explain why production on your channel is so much better than other even long established channels. Keep it up up thanks.

[@darrylmcleman6456]

Also if your wiring should heat up for some reason the solder melts.

[@wilbuzllf5057]

Nice, thanks for the good info! /Rasmus

[@davidmoran3659]

are you able to share the details of the bilge sensor alarms you installed with the 9v batteries please?

[@svfairisle]

Yes they're just off Amazon £17 in the UK, link here... www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Leak-Alarm-water-detectors/dp/B001BXKYB0/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=water+alarm&qid=1585643663&sr=8-7

[@davidmoran3659]

@@svfairisle Thank you! A great idea and so simple

[@feastures]

Nice to see tinned wire. Did you crimp only once in the middle? I have a manual tool and always crimp on both ends of such a connecting wire terminal.

[@svfairisle]

No, sorry if that didn't come across in the editing, I think some butt joiners have space for one crimp, mine have two.

[@mahelbcn]

Can you pump 100% water in the bilge with this system? Or alwais bit of water inside? I have same system. Tks

[@svfairisle]

No it won't get everything out, but as with most full encapsulated keeled boats the bilge is deep and narrow so there's not much down there & it will dry up if you're not getting any extra going in.

[@mahelbcn]

@@svfairisle tkank you! Yes my keel is also full encapsulated, very deep and very difficult access to clean. I bought a manual pump to dry it, because were one liter of water impossible to pump with electric one. I saw Fair Isle in Cartagena 5 months ago, when I bought my boat. Fair isle is a Beautiful boat!

[@svfairisle]

Thank you!

[@hansijzermanijzerman3732]

Thank you for the video,comforting in these dire times. Another reason to NEVER use solder to connect wires, is that solder adds a higher resistance to the connection. Just where you dont need it. When a current runs through a wire. e.g. to a big pump, the result will be a temperature built-up and then melting of the solder. You can expect failure. [and a fire..] like I had for some years on my yacht..Luckily the fire went out after a lot of smoke in the switch panel. Also,NEVER put a tin end in a crimped connection, the tin avoids pressure . It works like a liquid in the strain.

[@aviewfromthepilothouse341]

where did you get the water alarm from?Jeff

[@svfairisle]

It's something I ordered off Amazon £17 in the UK, link here... www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Leak-Alarm-water-detectors/dp/B001BXKYB0/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=water+alarm&qid=1585643663&sr=8-7

[@Aqu181]

hi im in new Zealand and we are in lockdown here i do not like it one bit love your channel 👊👍⛵

[@notrut]

At least NZ shutdown the inbound flights from China ... unlike the UK

[@stevengross4113]

Thanks so much, I didn't know. Great channel. Hit me up when you sail to Annapolis.

[@richardnone5644]

if you use bilge cleaner it will work better and longer

[@robertvanbeek2474]

Thank you for the video. Good advice about the bilge alarm. What is the brand off the alarm?

[@svfairisle]

It's something I ordered off Amazon £17 in the UK, link here... www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Leak-Alarm-water-detectors/dp/B001BXKYB0/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=water+alarm&qid=1585643663&sr=8-7

[@robertvanbeek2474]

@@svfairisle Thank you.

[@stephenchapman8344]

👍

[@Bluefastcar]

I was interested to see that you crimped both wires in the butt joint at the same time. I was under the impression that the ‘double jaw’ on the tool was asymmetrical, one side for the wire termination, and the other side for the strain relief - as on a normal spade crimp. That was certainly the case for my main tool but looking at some of the spare jaw sets I have, one of them crimps to the same level on both sides, that is they are symmetrical. This is great news for the future, all I need to do when crimping butts is to change over the jaws. Thanks for that. Link to a photo showing the different jaw sets www.bit.ly/CrimpJaws

[@davidrhightower]

Float switches really suck. The way to go is with an electromagnetic switch

[@svfairisle]

Absolutely!

[@mojoden]

Please, please, check proper use of dielectric grease. You may be creating more problems, not less. Cheers.

[@svfairisle]

I had someone else comment the using die-electric grease within a sealed heatshrink was a mistake. I confess I've never heard this before and in the tiny amounts applied would not think the grease would effect the seal. Even if it did I think I would rather have a joint more liable to not fully seal but be protected from corrosion by the grease than a joint less likely to become unsealed but with no corrosion protection if it did.

[@grahamatsea3575]

I reworked my bilge pump system about 10 years ago as the existing set up just wasn't reliable. I've a keel stepped mast so rain water runs down into the bilges even when the boats on the hard standing. I think more boats drown internally out of the water for this reason. I imported, from florida, an ultra safety systems switch, high level switch trips pump on low level off. They sell tef gel too, a very good quality anti seize compound. They fit them as standard to IP yachts, and one Nic 39 😂😂 I did a lot of research before buying one and they are the best. Some of the USA yacht parts are very good quality, I've imported quite a lot from the USA over the years. Mines never ever failed to work and it runs numerous times a day in the UK with rain water running down the mast into the bilge. Check them out and get one, those cheap float switches are dreadful.

[@Chris_Barnetti_sailing]

Another great vidéo! Nevertheless you won't find any crimped connections on my sail boat. Everything IS soldered. I Always put on a second heat shrink...

[@svfairisle]

Hope everythings in a securely held loom! I'm sure it is.

[@charliezulu]

I hate to be this kind of commenter, but you're using the wrong tool for that heat shrink butt connector. RC Collins wrote an outstanding post on the subject, which I urge you to read: marinehowto.com/marine-wire-termination/ In this case the right tool for the job can mean the difference between a connection failing after a couple years, and one not failing for a decade or more.

[@svfairisle]

Good article. Which tool did you think was wrong?

[@charliezulu]

@@svfairisle The ratcheting crimper with the double dies, which is for regular insulated terminals, i.e., non-heat shrink. One die on that crimper is slightly larger than the other, though I can never remember which one. The idea is that the deeper crimp is the primary, and the slightly less deep one is for strain relief (though, again, I may have that backwards!). It will certainly get the job done on both types of terminals, which is why so many people don't know the difference. When I learned about it, I decided that wire termination on my boat is important enough to go back and do it right on all the terminals that I had already crimped wrong. The peace of mind was worth it, and there were mercifully only a few of them.

[@svfairisle]

Arh yes. Maybe I should have shown it. The crimpers I have have interchangeable dies, theres 5 sets. So there is one for insulated one for not as well as others for things like solar mp4 connectors. It's not the best set of crimpers in the world in terms of quality but it does the job for lots of different things so at least it's good for space, not having to have several pairs.

[@charliezulu]

@@svfairisle Ahh, ok! I just assumed it was the wrong type of crimpers because it looks like they make a double crimp. My mistake!

[@123boat]

Funny how mobile phone cords are ridiculously long and bilge pump cords are stupidly short 🤔

[@zaraislam8757]

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