12 Volt Lovett bilge pump

[djeller]

I have an older model Lovett bilge pump I may rebuild and use. It has three wires, Black, White, and Green. How would I wire this pump?

[gbraker]

May be some help here.

http://www.webmastersinternational.com/ ... T24651.htm

[Katanna]

The black is the ground, the white is power from a switch, and the green goes to constant power for the automatic.

[djeller]

Thanks for the help. Another question answered.

[jfrprops]

you did not specify how old the pump actually is?

Lovett changed the color codes when they switched to the cheapo alum. wires instead of the copper...out sourced and off shored....
The surest way is to just hook the pump wires to a test battery or a simple jump start box...or you cars batt. and see which wire is the constant pump one.
Knowing that the black is the ground.
John in Va.

[evansjw44]

The aluminum looking wires are tin plated copper. Tinned copper is a marine requirement from recent years. It means you pump is not that old.

[jfrprops]

Jim and others,

I did some investigating on this lovett/alum wire situation a while back and guess that info is in our archive. (My problem was float sticking though) But my distinct recollection is that Lovett admitted to me that they had been using the cheaper wire...and they certainly changed the color coding. They certainly offered to send me a used loom of the old copper wires which they must keep when they do rebuilding or exchanges.
I am back to using lovett, they sent me a brand new one to replace a new one that was sticking, which replaced an older one that was sticking. After a year the approx 100 dollar Rule that I had switched to started sticking too. So I went back to Lovett.
I have several take out Lovetts, as I used to replace them every few years as insurance..I am going to go strip some wires and see what turns up. But for now I am sticking with my original statement that they went to cheap wire, and said so. Still with all: Lovett was the gold standard in bilge pumps.
John in Va.