My 95 202 F/S has a switch labeled AER. I'm assuming this means areate. What does the manual setting mean? I magine the auto means continuous flow.
-Robert
My 95 202 F/S has a switch labeled AER. I'm assuming this means areate. What does the manual setting mean? I magine the auto means continuous flow.
-Robert
Auto means it is going to run as long as you set the timer to run it.
Manual means it is going to ru until you turn it off.
I don't see a timer switch/dial anywhere.
-Robert
not sure where it is mine is on the right hand side by my throtle. Lea or Pat can tell you where it is. It should have a control knob with a percent wrote on it. Like 25%
50%
75%
Thanks. I'm pretty sure mine doesn't have a timer. I don't see a switch for the livewell pump either so I'm assuming that my boat (a F/S) doesn't have a recirculating pump and uses the AER switch as a "livewell" fill switch. None of the pumps other than the bilge pump work right now so I'm going to dig into things and see what's up.
-Robert
If you have an AUTO position, there is a timer somewhere. However, in many of the newer boats , the timer is not accessible...it works by itself in the system. In your case, there should be a timer knob for you to adjust...
At any rate, as said above, MANUAL is to fill the well and it will run continuously until you put it to either OFF or AUTO. If it is left on, the overflow should allow continuous refreshing with lake water. Do you have a HYDRO switch, too? You probably do not have a livewell pumpout.
I don't see a timer anywhere, or a place where one would have been. The only switches on the dash are Power, Nav, Bilge and Aer. There is a Live Well controller but it's just a "push to close, pull to open" manual valve controller. I didn't see a pump (recirculater) behind the carpet/paddle door like I've seen in some pictures. I'll remove the batts/oil tank and see what's up under there.
-Robert
OK, since you don't have the Hydro switch, you probably do not have a pump behind the paddle, etc.
Your AER (fill) pump will be down in the bilge...
Unless you want to empty the livewell when on the trailer, you don't need to open the manual push/pull lever.
Mine is set up the same. Manual has it on constantly, and auto has it go on and off, i have not found a timer anywhere either. As a matter of fact, my auto has stoped working and manual is all that works. Not sure how to fix this, it may have a computer chip making it work? When mine is on manual it will auctually overflow a little, not sure if thats normal or not.
Jon
Apparently some models have a timer which you can adjust, while others have a timer in the system which cannot be adjusted. As for over-filling, possibly your overflow is partially blocked. TxChamp has posted pictures of the livewell systems and the diagrams will show you where the overflow is located...
some boats use a timer thats wired into the livewell pump wiring near the switch but i didnt know champion did it that way
I'm not familiar with what you've explained, but I'll take a WAG. Livewell systems that do not have the recirculating (Hydro) pump, aerate the livewell by continuously pumping new water into the livewell and using the overflow to maintain the water level. I would think that Manual would turn the pump on full time and Auto would run the pump for a period set by a timer. In lieu of a variable timer with a knob, it could be a fixed time cycle.
The overflow will be located on the rear wall of the livewell and below the aerator (fill) nozzle level. It should run, unobstructed, out the back of the boat. So on the pad where your plug is, there are other intakes/outlets. The livewell intake will have a plastic screen over it, the livewell drain of course drains the livewell and the last opening should be for the livewell overflow. I would back flush the overflow with a garden hose to make sure there is no trash or obstruction.
Now, it is quite possible that the pump will pump it in faster than the overflow can let it out, hence the Auto mode. That allows fresh water to be pumped in, then when the timer cycles off, the overflow will drain the excess. I would think unless the pump has been changed out to a 750 or 1000 gph that it would ever run the livewells over. Standard pump should be 500 gph.
Turn switch to Manual to fill the livewell then switch to Auto to maintain the level and pump fresh water in to the livewell on a timed cycle.
Hope this helps.
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