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Re: BATTERY POWERED BILGE PUMP
By:sage
Date: 5/6/2001, 10:58 pm
In Response To: BATTERY POWERED BILGE PUMP (Steve Tilders)

A lot of good ideas here! I am planing on installing electric bilge pumps into two kayaks. The first one should be ready in about a month and a half. I have been planing on geting a kit for $99 and coustomeising the switch and outflow.
The switch I want is mounted on the hull. It is a simple waterprofe toggle with a raised protector around it so it can't be axedently turned on. I am planning to get Eric Schade to make the outflow port simaler to his flush deck mountings.
A on indecator would be nice. I am planning to build a hard mounting for the battery pack and pump. The system MUST NOT MOVE during repeated rolls! The pump I will be using will be one of yours.
someone has posted that the system should be able to be versitile. This could be good or bad. I do know fishermen who would love to use a pump system like this
to run there live bait wells insted of the foot pumps they asre curently using.

At this time I would like to volenter to be a beta tester for this product. Depending on when it is avalible would determine wicth kayak it would go into.
If both kayaks are done I would be willing to remove my system to test yours.

Sage :)

Messages In This Thread

BATTERY POWERED BILGE PUMP
Steve Tilders -- 5/4/2001, 10:35 am
Re: BATTERY POWERED BILGE PUMP
sage -- 5/6/2001, 10:58 pm
also
sage -- 5/7/2001, 9:49 am
Re: BATTERY POWERED BILGE PUMP
Robert D. Newton -- 5/5/2001, 1:34 pm
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Dale Frolander -- 5/5/2001, 4:29 am
Re: on a roll
Lee Gardner -- 5/5/2001, 12:17 am
Re: on a roll
Lee Gardner -- 5/5/2001, 12:26 am
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Jason Koldewijn -- 5/4/2001, 9:10 pm
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Alex Warren -- 5/4/2001, 8:41 pm
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Jim Pace -- 5/4/2001, 6:42 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 5/4/2001, 6:41 pm
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Mitch Isoe -- 5/4/2001, 3:22 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 5/4/2001, 6:07 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 5/4/2001, 12:37 pm