Electric fuel switch

[pkrrvr619]

May be a dumb question but the boat I just purchased has an electrical switch for the fuel tanks.

can you switch these while running or do you have to stop, kill motor, switch, then restart?

im thinking keeping balance on a boat is important so a run to pirates on one tank then switch on way back to keep things even?

anything else I’m missing?

 

[Dettom]

You can switch on the fly.

 

[Boat 405]

I always switch while idling. Never under load. I’m probably being too cautious but I’d hate to have air in the line and starve the motor momentarily. Again probably being to cautious but it’s why I do

 

[Bpracing1127]

I always switch under idle too. I don’t want to Lean the motor out while switching. There are plenty of no wake zones to do this

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I switch under idle or no wake speeds.

 

[pkrrvr619]

Right on thanks guys!

 

[Chili Palmer]

I always switch at every 1/8 of tank to keep the boat balanced. I also switch as I'm running and have never had any issues, but my boat is box stock, no go fast goodies installed.