Pump It Up

Another of the little jobs to add to the list of stuff to do at the weekend is replacing the faulty shower sump pump. We have had no end of trouble with these over the none years we have owned Naughty-Cal. This will be the third pump in that time.

We had though that the newer design with the float switch built into the pump might prove to be more reliable but we were wrong. The last one has made it to the grand old age of two. 

Fortunately this time we only need to replace the pump and not the whole sump box assembly so it will be a relatively simple task. It will be nice to shower on the boat again. It has been playing up since mid way through our trip to Scotland so we have been making use of shore side facilities instead, which are not always found in the cleanest of condition, it does have to be said. At least with a shower on Cal we know who was in there last!

On the subject of pumps we do also have a new float switch to fit to the main bilge pump in the engine bay. This met with a sticky end when something was dropped into the engine bay a few months back so it is certainly high time that this was fixed as well.

Considering we didn't think we had much to do this weekend the list does seem to be growing.