Anyone have any recomendations on Bilge pumps. I am not takig any chances, I am replacing the clunker that there, looks like it has seen better days, and while I have everything open, it just makes sense to change it and the hose.
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Bob
Anyone have any recomendations on Bilge pumps. I am not takig any chances, I am replacing the clunker that there, looks like it has seen better days, and while I have everything open, it just makes sense to change it and the hose.
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lugeman
reallynot taking chances
BOB, Replaced my pump with a Rulle 1100 ( 1100 gal an hour) Pumps out the bilge in about 5 minutes when full. also installed a manual pump just behind the starboard cockpit locker with the handle through the the deck with the pump below. Good set up if power fails. Pray for wind Lugeman
BOB, Replaced my pump with a Rulle 1100 ( 1100 gal an hour) Pumps out the bilge in about 5 minutes when full. also installed a manual pump just behind the starboard cockpit locker with the handle through the the deck with the pump below. Good set up if power fails. Pray for wind Lugeman
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lugeman
reallynot taking chances
BOB, Replaced my pump with a Rulle 1100 ( 1100 gal an hour) Pumps out the bilge in about 5 minutes when full. also installed a manual pump just behind the starboard cockpit locker with the handle through the the deck with the pump below. Good set up if power fails. Pray for wind Lugeman
BOB, Replaced my pump with a Rulle 1100 ( 1100 gal an hour) Pumps out the bilge in about 5 minutes when full. also installed a manual pump just behind the starboard cockpit locker with the handle through the the deck with the pump below. Good set up if power fails. Pray for wind Lugeman
Go with more than 1.
Right now I have 2, a Rule 2000 and a rule 800 that are always ready to go (float switch activated.) I also have a small one that I want to put in the lowest, lowest part of the bilge with a small, small line (to minimize back flow when the pump stops) just to keep the bilge extra dry. This involves cleaning the bilge and I haven't done it. I also have a 2nd Rule 2000 I want to install higher up in the bilge on a manual switch. Haven't gotten to it. An alarm would be good too. The bigger pumps/more pumps you have, the longer you can work to solve any "problem" you might someday have.
Right now I have 2, a Rule 2000 and a rule 800 that are always ready to go (float switch activated.) I also have a small one that I want to put in the lowest, lowest part of the bilge with a small, small line (to minimize back flow when the pump stops) just to keep the bilge extra dry. This involves cleaning the bilge and I haven't done it. I also have a 2nd Rule 2000 I want to install higher up in the bilge on a manual switch. Haven't gotten to it. An alarm would be good too. The bigger pumps/more pumps you have, the longer you can work to solve any "problem" you might someday have.
2 pumps - excellent advice
I have a second one used as a shower pump. I have it, along with a float switch, mounted on a metal plate. When we leave the boat for extended periods of time, I take the plate from the shower sump and put it into the bilge, giving a backup pump. Both pumps are Rule 2000. It's a bit of an over kill for a shower pump, but not for a bilge pump. If you are away from home I'd suggest taking an extra one or two as spares. You never know when you might need one. I was surprised how many people we ran into in The Bahamas who had no spares. Like this guy: http://www.geocities.com/rainbow_chaser.geo/tomcat.html
I have a second one used as a shower pump. I have it, along with a float switch, mounted on a metal plate. When we leave the boat for extended periods of time, I take the plate from the shower sump and put it into the bilge, giving a backup pump. Both pumps are Rule 2000. It's a bit of an over kill for a shower pump, but not for a bilge pump. If you are away from home I'd suggest taking an extra one or two as spares. You never know when you might need one. I was surprised how many people we ran into in The Bahamas who had no spares. Like this guy: http://www.geocities.com/rainbow_chaser.geo/tomcat.html
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john
any boat over 22 feet, I always use two pumps
both on auto floats. I check them often. One day I arrived to my sailboat on a mooring after a couple of weeks to find about 1/4" of water in the salon. A piece of candy wrapper got into the bilge and jammed the pump.
both on auto floats. I check them often. One day I arrived to my sailboat on a mooring after a couple of weeks to find about 1/4" of water in the salon. A piece of candy wrapper got into the bilge and jammed the pump.
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