[Public-List] Whale Gusher 10

[moiraeiii at aol.com]

Short of a check valve located toward the bilge end of the hose, and even then the water down stream of the valve will drain back into the bilge, you will always have the volume of water equal to the length of hose from the bilge to the input of the pump plus the volume between the hose and bilge. Otherwise there is no prime. Groco does make these ranging in diameter from 1/2" - 2".
Randy #283





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From: Kris Coward <kris at melon.org>
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Sent: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 6:51 am
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Whale Gusher 10



I have a similar layer of water, and am regualrly tempted to stick a
nice strum box on the bilge end of my hose and see if that could help
make it go away..

Cheers,
Kris

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 02:44:28PM +0000, jimcherry at sympatico.ca wrote:
> 
> Heres my pump story...........I know this sounds pretty obvious ... and I 
should have been able to figure it out....but no one has ever accused me of 
being a rocket surgeon before,....and I've made a few classic mistakes, 
including this one.....
> When I first bought my boat I was testing the manual bilge pump....it made all 
the appropriate bilge pump noises,.... but no matter how furiously I worked the 
handle, it wouldn't move the H2O from the bilge to the river. 
> To make a very loong and frustrating story, short, I simply hadn't filled the 
bilge with enough water for the bilge intake hose to have anything to suck. 
Although the hose was located as close as it could be to the bottom of the 
bilge, it was still a 1" diameter hose and as soon as the water got lower than 
1", it would just suck air ( and make bilge pump noises). The bilge still 
"looked' full of water to me down there in the dark.
> The pump was working fine ....the problem was somewhere 'north of the pump 
handle"..... 
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> > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:46:15 -0700
> > From: notcmartin at yahoo.com
> > To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> > Subject: [Public-List] Whale Gusher 10
> > 
> > Hello All
> > 
> > My bilge pump didnt want to pump so ordered the rebuild kit and hoped for 
the 
> > best. New bits are installed and still no pumping. I found a stripped hole 
and 
> > some corrosion around the seals in the pump housing, I assume it's sucking 
air 
> > and cant prime. Does anyone have an old pump or pump housing in good shape 
they 
> > want to get out of the garage? 
> > 
> > 
> > Before I order a new one, any other models to consider?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Chris
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