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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron
The vertical tube is plugged into the hole that goes out the transom. When anchored or drifting, water comes in through the tube and fills the well. The float switch cycles the pump on and off to maintain the water level. When I want to drain the well, I pull out the tube when the boat is on plane or on the trailer.
The hole to the port side of the tube is connected to a clamshell through hull pickup. There's a pvc ball valve in the line that I use to control how much water flows into the well while the boat is on plane. As water comes into the well on plane, it overflows through the vertical tube and out the transom. If water is flowing in faster than it can flow out through the vertical tube, the float switch will activate the pump.
Dave
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Dave, I'm not quite sure I understand what you are saying here or how your set up works but if the vertical tube ( which I assume you disconnect from the elbow when you want to drain the bait well ) somehow gets loose/disconnected while the boat is @ rest & the float switch/pump for the bait well fails, would'nt that potentially sink the boat ?
Also, when the boat is @ rest & you are filling the bait well through the drain/vertical tube , does the water eventually stop flowing in when it reaches a certain level somehow or do you have a shut off connected to the vertical tube like you have on the clam shell tube?