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Re: Other: electric bilge pump
By:Carl Delo
Date: 8/31/2008, 6:42 pm
In Response To: Other: electric bilge pump *LINK* (misterphil)

: Has anyone ever tried using a solar powered fountain pump like these: They
: can handle 160litres/hr and have a battery backup.

: I don't want to spend ages trying to hand pump in bad weather, and I'm too
: tight to spend a fortune on a "proper" kayak pump

Sounds kind of cool. The spec is actually 180 L/hr, but that's only 3 L/min. If you fill a cockpit up halfway in a capsize, that's got to be at least 40 or maybe 60L, so it will take 15-20 minutes to empty. Seems slow to me - of course for that price you could install 3 or 4 pumps and have them do a decorative rainbow spray from the back deck like the fireboats in NY harbor.

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Other: electric bilge pump *LINK*
misterphil -- 8/31/2008, 4:40 pm
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Donald -- 9/3/2008, 3:33 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/1/2008, 11:50 am
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misterphil -- 9/2/2008, 9:29 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/2/2008, 10:59 pm
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misterphil -- 9/7/2008, 6:11 pm
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JohnK -- 9/3/2008, 12:39 am
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JohnK -- 9/1/2008, 6:20 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/1/2008, 11:21 pm
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JohnK -- 9/1/2008, 11:32 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/2/2008, 12:46 am
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JohnK -- 9/2/2008, 1:26 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/2/2008, 9:01 am
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JohnK -- 9/2/2008, 6:40 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/2/2008, 10:46 pm
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JohnK -- 9/3/2008, 12:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2008, 2:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2008, 12:50 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/1/2008, 11:47 am
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JohnK -- 8/31/2008, 7:35 pm
Re: Other: electric bilge pump *LINK*
JohnK -- 9/1/2008, 2:13 am
Re: Other: electric bilge pump
Carl Delo -- 8/31/2008, 6:42 pm