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Originally Posted by Bertram87
. . . If I was to do it I would plumb it back into the main hull and route it out next to or "T" it into the existing Bilge output line. It would have a float with an alarm obviously. . .
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If you T'd into existing line, you'd have to have a check valves between T and main pump and the bracket pump. Otherwise the main pump would pump water into flotation tank and/or the tank pump would pump water into bilge! The check valves would restrict flow from both pumps, so the tank pump should have it's own outlet, probably in main hull, since an outlet in the tank would probably be too close to waterline. The alarm is a good idea, but I wouldn't use an automatic pump in tank unless it had an automatic counter rigged up on it, because then you could have a leak and never know it!