[Public-list] RE: Wave Action Bilge pump

[Robert Kirk]

Ross... The hose connects to the bottom of the pump cylinder and the bilge 
water discharges from the top of the pump which is still just below the 
water surface.

No risk of siphoning because the high point of the suction tube is well 
above the waterline. I route the suction tube from the bottom of the pump, 
up into one of the vent cowls on the lazarette (the highest elevation), 
thence down thru the lazarette into the bilge. The total head is about 4 feet.

Bob


At 12:12 AM 12/8/05 -0500, Ross Horton wrote:
>Bob,
>
>The wave action pump sounds intriguing.  Does the hose from the bilge
>connect to the top or the bottom of the pump?  It was not clear to me from
>the website.  Is there any risk of creating a siphon that would work the
>other way and fill the boat?
>
>Ross Horton
>Delphi #40


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