[Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump
Don Campbell
dk.campbell at xplornet.ca
Fri Sep 17 18:20:28 PDT 2021
As with everything mechanical, a good maintenance protocol is necessary,
especially if there are rubber gaskets and diaphragms involved, or
rubber impellers in pumps from bilge pumps to engine cooling water
pumps. Years go by faster than we think, and the failure of rubber goes
along with age.
Don
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From: "americo silva via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
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Cc: "americo silva" <picomar1957 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump
>please post on the Alberg 30 Facebook Group
>
>On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 8:35 PM David Terrell via Public-List <
>public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
>> thanks. I just send all the photos to Gordon as he requested. I should
>> do this for the whole group as well.
>> David
>>
>> -----------------------------------------From: "Winslow Ayer"
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
>> Cc: dterrell1 at charter.net
>> Sent: Friday September 17 2021 5:32:12PM
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump
>>
>> David, photos don’t show on the list.
>>
>> Winslow
>>
>> > On Sep 17, 2021, at 5:53 PM, David Terrell via Public-List wrote:
>> >
>> > Gordon
>> > Attached are photos of the front of the pump as well as of the deck
>> > fitting in the cockpit. I have also attached images of the exploded
>> > diagrams of both the Gusher 10 and the Titan. The exploded diagrams
>> > make me think that I have a late Gusher 10. It seems relevant to me
>> > that part that the operating lever is attached is more like the one
>> in
>> > the exploded diagram for the 10 than the Titan.
>> > Your thoughts.
>> > David
>> >
>> > -----------------------------------------From: "Gordon Laco via
>> > Public-List"
>> >
>> > To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
>> > Cc: "Gordon Laco"
>> > Sent: Friday September 17 2021 9:48:57AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump
>> >
>> > 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
>> > Surprise 426
>> >
>> >> On Sep 17, 2021, at 11:40 AM, americo silva via Public-List 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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