Jabsco Ballast Puppies

cu_wakeboard 03-13-2010, 3:58 PM

I bought a boat a last summer and since then the 3 ballast puppies stopped working. I found out that there was a wiring problem. I then rewired the pumps and am sure that they are getting the correct amount of power. When I turn on the pumps (the boat is not in the water yet), I do not hear anything out of the pumps. However, I do notice that when I turn the pumps on the voltage off of the batteries drops about 1 volt for about 30 seconds and then goes back to normal.

Is this normal? Should the pumps not make any noise whatsoever due to the run-dry system? Or is something faulty with the pumps?

Thanks, Eric

(chpthril) · (chpthril) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 03-13-2010, 5:19 PM

Sounds like a bad battery, not a pump problem.

cu_wakeboard 03-13-2010, 5:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chpthril

Sounds like a bad battery, not a pump problem.

Should the pumps come on when the boat is out of the water? Or would the Jabsco Run-dry feature keep the pumps from turning on even for a couple seconds?

(chpthril) · (chpthril) **Join Date: Oct 2007** 03-13-2010, 5:51 PM

Yes, the pumps will run when out of water.

(tre)

2nd that. My Jabso ballast puppy pumps will run out of the water.

cu_wakeboard 03-13-2010, 6:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tre

2nd that. My Jabso ballast puppy pumps will run out of the water.

And the pumps are clearly audible, correct?