Wet slipping for a weekend. Do I leave the battery on for the bilge pump?

[haknslash]

At the end of August we have weekend trip to a condo rental on Lake Martin with a dedicated wet slip. Boat will be in the water Fri-Mon. There is not shore power to use so do I leave the battery turned on but everything off except bilge set to auto or is it ok to leave the battery off for just a weekend? I've noticed that during a day of use I will have maybe a cup or so of water in the bilge. It has never got high enough to kick in the bilge pump or anything but usually have a cup every time. I assume this is coming from the drip on the shaft? What do you guys who wet slip for a weekend do? Thanks in advance.

[Rush]

Not sure if all Moomba’s are wired this way, but my Max will still run bilge with battery switch turned off.

[haknslash]

Sweet! I didn't realize that.

[jph3]

Yes auto bilge will still work... I leave mine in a slip all summer and just shut it off at the end of the day no matter what.

[trayson]

you would NEVER want to have no power going to your bilge pump if you're in a slip!!! The bilge is the one thing that could save your boat should something go wrong. Have you ever seen pics of sunk boats tied to a boat slip? Don't ever take that chance. (although I don't think you can since they said your bilge is wired constant hot)

[BrentC5Z]

Pretty easy to check. Just turn off the batteries and hit the bilge switch.

Unless you aren't close to your boat I suppose.

[Large Farva]

I have a 2018 Max, I rented a slip overnight for the first time last week and I was paranoid so I put a hose into the bilge and verified the pump did turn on with the batteries switch off. Didn’t matter too much, when I arrived in the morning and looked below deck there was practically no water which was a relief as we seem to accumulate a decent amount during a day on the water.

[rockymtnsurfer]

I have a 2018 Max, I rented a slip overnight for the first time last week and I was paranoid so I put a hose into the bilge and verified the pump did turn on with the batteries switch off. Didn’t matter too much, when I arrived in the morning and looked below deck there was practically no water which was a relief as we seem to accumulate a decent amount during a day on the water.

Sounds great....I am going to do the test as well, just wanted to see others thoughts. Thanks again

[Holdmybeer]

You do not have to flood your boat with water. There is a knob that you rotate and it simulates the float being in the up position. Just turn your perko switch off, then rotate the knob and your should hear and feel it kick on.

[996scott]

yep, like Holdmybeer said, just manually turn it on by rotating the knob and you will hear the motor start up.