KREW2
Well-Known Member
We use them on our club ribs. In dry weather the millisecond burst does not run down the batteries.
With any open boat if it rains they are going to run like any other bilge pump, regardless of what type of switching arrangement you have.
If you only have one battery and don't use the boat regularly it's going to flatten it.
The other problem with this type of switching is getting debris in around the impeller. The other week we had a flat battery in a rib. When we put the new battery on the pump did its short burst and carried on running with a dry bilge. The problem was a few brush bristles that had been sucked in causing a resistance.
Where possible I much prefer a float switch and a Water Puppy type pump.
With any open boat if it rains they are going to run like any other bilge pump, regardless of what type of switching arrangement you have.
If you only have one battery and don't use the boat regularly it's going to flatten it.
The other problem with this type of switching is getting debris in around the impeller. The other week we had a flat battery in a rib. When we put the new battery on the pump did its short burst and carried on running with a dry bilge. The problem was a few brush bristles that had been sucked in causing a resistance.
Where possible I much prefer a float switch and a Water Puppy type pump.
