I have one
battery on board. When I connect the
bilge wires directly to the
battery, sparks fly. The first time small amount of spark, then to many sparks to leave connected. I do have my
engine connected and a small panel of
electrical items running off this battery. The
bilge pump was completely submerged. Would a short in the
pump cause this, is there too many
electrical items hooked to the battery? I had the battery switch set to off before using the
bilge pump. Suppose I might test it on my lawn mower battery to see if it's the boats battery's setup. Open for any
advice or wisdom.