Bilge Pump Hard-Wired to Battery?

[bradford]

Originally Posted by biscayn8

I hear ya. But for arguments sake, let's say that it already is hard-wired to the battery. What would cause the bilge not to run when the battery is set to OFF.

Was working fine last week..

Sounds to me like it's NOT hard wired to the battery, but wired in after the off 1 2 both switch. Wire the float switch directly to the battery and you should be good to go with the both 1 2 off switch turned off.