Jeff Peacock
Seaman
- Joined
- Aug 6, 2003
- Messages
- 52
I've got a problem with my bilge pump and livewell aerator. I had an idiot in my boat at my house who, in the course of "checking it out", managed to flip both the livewell and bilge pump switches to "on", and left them there. I wasn't home at the time, nor was he in a position to decide on his own to "check things out", but he decided to do so anyway. I found them switched on two days later, and now the pumps don't come on at all. I fear the obvious-that both pumps, running dry that long, are shot. My question is whether or not there would be a fuse or some other sort of fail-safe that would prevent these pumps from killing themselves when switched on dry and for that long. Any ideas? I'm open to any input available! Thanks.<br /><br />ps. The above mentioned idiot also tried to start the motor- good thing I store it in Forward gear; he asked me "why won't it start?!". moron.