[Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump

[Winslow Ayer]

I put my pump in the starboard cockpit locker so itdoes have to push the water upbut instead sucks it up from the bilge. Much more efficient.

Winslow 

> On Sep 17, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Gordon Laco
> Surprise 426
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>> On Sep 17, 2021, at 11:40 AM, americo silva via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>> different strokes for different folks
>> I have both
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>>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 10:49 AM Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> 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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