[Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump

[Gordon Laco]

Me too…. I consider the electric pump a convenience, but being more reliable and more powerful, the manual Gusher 10 is the main pump.  The output ratings for electric pumps are measured at the spigot, with no head.   Even a few feet pushing up water reduces this theoretical output dramatically.


Gordon Laco
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> On Sep 17, 2021, at 11:40 AM, americo silva via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> different strokes for different folks
> I have both
> 
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 10:49 AM Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> One more go around on the Whale pump (made in Northern
>> Ireland, the country that built the Titanic...)
>> 
>> To address Americo's comment: Yes, electric pumps
>> won't work if the batteries die. I've never had a dead battery,
>> but I have had a cracked diaphragm in my Whale pump.
>> 
>> To address George's comments: Your experience is very
>> different from mine. You find that the mean time between failures
>> is higher for the manual pump, whereas I find the reverse.
>> Hmm. Do we need more data?
>> 
>> The other comment I have is that both times I found
>> water over the floor boards, it was very reassuring to
>> know that I could start looking for leaks while the electric
>> pump took care of the current water. In both cases,
>> the reason was trivially fixed and solvable even if I had
>> had to man the pumps, but if it had been trickier and
>> I had get to the cockpit every 5 minutes, that would
>> have been... stressful.
>> 
>> SG
>> 
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