Grand Soleil 50’
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Bilge pumps
On the Grand Soleil 50’ there are two systems for the bilge draining (see page 100):
Manual
Electrical
Manual bilge pump
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The manual bilge pump, the lever model, is installed in the vertical side, in the bottom of the
cockpit towards the port side, and sucks, through a strainer and a check valve, from a drip
pan in the bulb located in the middle of the bilge.
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It is advisable to fix the operating lever to the pump, through two thole pins.
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The pump is drained by a scupper applied on the port aft side of the hull.
Electrical bilge pump
(see also the chapter on the aft bathroom shower drain system
at page
73)
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The electrical bilge pump is located in the aft bathroom washbasin cabinet.
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This pump can suck both from the main bilge and from the aft bathroom shower bilge,
according to the orientation of the three-way valves mounted above the pump (see page 100
and illustration at page 122).
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We advise you to position the valve so that the pump is always ready to drain the main
bilge, and drain the shower bilge only when necessary.
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A protective filter is mounted between the pump and the three-way valve.
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This pump is activated by turning on the
SHOWER PUMP
switch
in the 12 Vdc electrical
panel (see page 53).
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To start the pump you have to turn on the switch under the mirror, towards the stern (see
diagram at page 100). As said above, this pump can suck either from the main bilge, through
the strainer with check valve in the drip pan located in the bulb in the middle of the bilge, or
from the aft bathroom shower bilge.
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The pump drainage flows into the same drain scupper of the manual bilge pump, on the port
aft side of the hull.
