Rule 35A Marine Rule-A-Matic Switch - 12V Automatic Bilge Pump Switch - Mercury Free, Durable, Reliable, and Easy to Install

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Excellent switch. Quickly installed it, away I went.

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So my current switch died....so I thought.....buy something cheap? A "non-brand name" switch? Or the "standard" for what I always thought was the rule (Ha...get it...) for bilge pumps and bilge pump switches.....RULE!Well is showed up and quality looked fair to good! It looked like it may have been slapped together quickly but build quality was good...and clearly stamped on the switch was "Made In China"! Well....as much as I wish it was made in the US/North America....I know that quality depends on the company standards, and I HOPE Rule holds the high standards that made them famous hold true for this switch!I do have to admit, I took some 3M 4000 and did cover lightly the seam on the float! Maybe it will help last longer? I have seen a few reviews that state "FAILED AFTER X TIME" but what failed? The float? The switch it's attached to? I would like to know....but for now...I am giving it 4 stars! Its only been in for 2 weeks....so if it fails quickly....I will revise my review....and try the "cheap one"!

My 1998 16’ Lund is a real leaker. After about 4 hours the water would start coming up to the floor. This required me to remember to turn on the bilge pump every so often. If I got preoccupied sometimes I’d forget creating extra weight in the boat. I was usually reminded when the bow trolling motor would surface and make a bunch of noise.Installing this switch has taken that out of the equation. It kicks on every half hour or so now. I bypassed the switch it was hooked to and tied it into the power going directly to my battery with a fused line. I know my Lund has a double hull but I really didn’t want to drill into it. I had a 1” thick piece of HDPE polyeurethane that I cut a block out of and screwed it to that, then glued it to the floor. Gorilla glue or a construction adhesive will work, I used a silicone based adhesive I had laying around. This also elevated it up just a bit from the pump so it will for sure shut off. If the float can’t drop down low enough it won’t shut off. If the float is at the same level as the highest point of the intake on your pump, this may happen.Now I don’t leave a trail of water to my house when I trailer my boat home from the river. The big advantage is I can leave it on a dock at a resort or cabin overnight or longer without worrying about finding it on the bottom in the morning. It also gets rid of rainwater as needed.

Nice switch. My only grumble is that it does not have the “lock up” position that my OEM had, which was nice when wiping out the bilge. Otherwise, all good.

This device is top of the line, at least that is my experience.Though recently I had some problems when at the same time a 2000 GPH pump failed within two months of use even though it has a four years warranty. Amazon Rep told me that I would need to contact the manufacturer because my time warranty through Amazon would be only 30 days and from then on...I would need to contact the manufacturer. ( somewhere in China ) I understand Amazon policy, but honestly I expected more from this Co. And then it occurred that a cheap float switch failed 48 hours after installation. But it happens that the cost of installation is at least three times the cost of the device. So, I decided to go for RULE....to be on the safe side. This is my recommendation. to whoever needsto replace a damaged float switch that are always located as deep and unaccesible as the boat builder could install them....

The video will show you not one but two stuck float switches hooked to two different 2000 rule pumps. Just a little grit and they stick. Going to remove and replace with the “ultra switch”. Been around commercial shrimp boats my entire life and these switch’s (the ones shown in my video. The rule blue)Have been awesome in the past. No way these are the same units built 10 years ago. About sunk my boat. I turn the manual switch on is why it’s pumping. You can see them both in the down position