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I’m looking for any advice. I have a 1994 Mainship 40 and the front bilge is constantly full of water. Every 4 days I can manually pump out about 10 gallons. However the level never rises enough to turn on the float switch! I’ve spent countless hours trying to research and found that the ac pan drain drops right into the bilge. This weekend I replaced the shower sump and plumbed the forward ac into it. I also removed the holding tank and now the water level rose! But still not enough to activate bilge. When I manually run bilge the level barely changes mainly because the pump air locks and the water comes back down the hose. I tasted the water and it had a faint salt taste but that could just be residue. The boat was just splashed 2 weeks ago after a new bottom job, and forward of this bilge there are no below the waterline holes and no thru hulls. The 2 thru hulls in the bilge have sea clocks closed and they are not leaking. I am able to vacuum area dry and within 12 hours it is filled up again. Any ideas? Boat was just surveyed last month and no hull issues were found, not even blisters. Could a Norcold fridge be the culprit? Since it appears the factory ran the ac drains to the bilge I’m guessing the fridge could do the same, but would it produce that much water? I have ripped up the entrie floor forward of the galley and cannot find any water. All areas are dry.