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* If water was sitting in the pod and the pump didn’t activate, the float switch or sensor circuitry might be stuck, misaligned, or corroded.
* This is especially common if debris, slime, or dried salt builds up in the bilge or around the switch.

====== - Sometimes the automatic activation threshold is higher than the water level present in that pod. If the pod only had a few inches of water, it may not have triggered the pump. ======
* Also, if the boat is bow-up at rest, that pod water may be below the pump's sensor position.

====== - The manual circuit and automatic circuit often run through separate paths, sometimes even different fuses. ======
* It's entirely possible the manual override works but the automatic float switch circuit is open or failed.

====== - As you noted, the area in front of the motors has no pump and relies on water sloshing over the low cutout. If the boat was stationary, that water may have just sat there. ======