Hi folks - I am new to the forum but I am a second time Grady owner. Had a 1973 19 ft. runabout and now own a 1999 Adventure. Love the boat just wish it was one or two ft. wider and longer ;-) . I am having problems with the livewell cutting out and only operating intermittently and staying on for 20 sec. After a while it will stay on for longer periods but the switch and breaker seem to get warm at the panel. Pump seems to work fine when running. Can I easily replace the 5A push button breaker? West Marine?? Thanks for the help. John
Livewell push button breaker
- Thread starter palmerhollar
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The fact that the pump first starts ans them stops tells me that it is binding and most likely is shot. It seems to be drawing more current than normal and that is why the breaker trips.palmerhollar said:
The pump is not very expensive but can be a beat to replace since it is fairly difficult to get to.
The pump has two wires that have connectors. You can unplug the connectors and run wires directly from the battery to test it. If it doesn't start right away and runs slowly it is bad. If it works fine on direct wires but not on the normal circuit, you have a problem with the wiring, connections, switch or breaker.
Remember that if you remove the pump with the boat in the water, you have to close the seacock or else water will flood the bilge.
If your pump is the original, you got a long useful life out of it
Parthery
GreatGrady Captain
As I recall, the livewell pump is a bilge pump on top of a seacock. As long as you can close the seacock, it's not a big deal to replace the pump.
If you got 14 years out of it, you did well.
If you got 14 years out of it, you did well.
I agree about doing well if the pump is original.Parthery said:
It is a seacock mounted pump but a bilge pump and a livewell pump are different, the later designed for continuous operation and the former for non continuous operation. Although the connections to the seacock, wires and output hose are straight forward, on that hull the access is via the deck plates and the starboard plate is not directly over the pump making it tough to get a good grip on the pump to unscrew it. In addition, the access hole is not that big.
This is great advice and I really appreciate the guidance. I did wire it directly to battery and it started right up. I get to use my new trailer today so will bring it home for a little TLC. I also bought a 10a breaker. I agree that the live well served us well..almost as good as our MAytag washer which crapped out yesterday after 22 years of service. Will update the post after a bit more fiddling. Thanks again.