Thanks Rich. I think it was you who convinced me in a post somewhere to go with this pump! I reread the manual (again) and it does have one sentence about mounting vertically. Don’t know how I missed that. I’ll do that as well because it makes sense in my space. Thanks for confirming!
This is something that I've been thinking about, too. What is your plan to provide source water to the pump? Is there a through-hull nearby that you will connect to?
Great question. After much planning and deliberation, I decided not to use a thruhull. Originally I wanted to Tee into the forward head sink drain as I’ve seen others have done, but I wanted a pump that could be used for other things. For example, bailing out the dinghy, used for freshwater, emergency bilge. So what I did was wired the pump in the anchor locker with a switch. Then took an 8ft 5/8 garden hose and attached it to intake. That hose gets thrown overboard when I want to use the pump. It’s always attached via carabiner to the hatch door, so the end doesn’t get lose. I added some extra nuts/weight on the end to keep it underwater. I can also use that hose in a bucket of freshwater OR stick it in the dinghy. Multiple options! Everything is coiled and out of the way in the anchor locker. Here are a few pics. The green hose is the intake. Let me know if you have more questions or want more pics!
Excellent plan! Thanks for the winterizing reminder. Another easy thing to do without messing with through hulls.
