Can’t find a simple decent moveable pump to shift water

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I’m sure there must be something somewhere!
I’m looking for a pump that I plug in and it just transfers the water out of the bilge, or out of the watertank, or out of the anchor locker etc.
Moveable about and just works from shore power, ideally with ability to put longer hoses on input and output depending on where I am trying to pump from and too.
Not 12v cos the batteries are scrapped during my refit, and I don’t want to hump even a smaller heavy 12v battery around.
Not those dinky D cell operated ones, I have gone through 3 of them, they work for a bit then pack up.

If it could do deisel too then thats an advantage but not a requirement.

Anyone ever found such a thing that worked and kept working? I really don’t want to siphon bilge water :)

Ta.
 
Milwaukee do a transfer pump which also handles diesel, they also do a wet vac, both great bits of kit if it suits your budget.
 
I use either a Kercher or old Aqua Vac 3000. Both my models are older versions of these in the links. Mains Powered, large capacity tanks, powerful and very efficient. Out the two I prefer the Aqu Vac as it is more powerful and has a larger tank. I have sucked up lots of bilgy water and both will tackle water with nuts, washers, bits of GRP, wood chinks, shavings. I recently used the Vac empty a drain at home, suck up grease and help clean out the blocked drain. I would recommend one of these any day. And of course they suck up dry dust as well. Spare Parts are still available for the old Vacs. Kercher fills up fast, so bigger tank is always better.

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I have one of these on board with a selection of hose lengths that clip on and off. Advantages - small, compact, mobile with no electrical cables. Biggest advantage, in an emergency, if you carry a long compatible hose anyway which I do to fill the water tanks, then you can cut bits off to size and aren't restricted by length of hose, size of pump, or accessibility as the pump can have variable length hoses.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GARDENA-drill-pump-reconstruction-immediate/dp/B0001E3SI6?th=1

I carry a battery operated drill anyway, this is a great addition and has been used to empty bilges, spray mud off anchors, and empty holding tanks since I bought it 3 years ago. Still going strong. I have a number of attachments to sink the hose end, enabling sucking up seawater for flushing tank, or rods and cable ties to direct it in a confined place. With a decent drill it shifts liquid pretty fast with no electrical parts to die on you.

Transfers about 2400l an hour - but I've never needed to transfer that much, emptying an 80l holding tank completely takes a couple of minutes.

Here it is in action emptying a the tank after my "guests" clogged it with sh!t ... not enough flushing, so the tank was a foot deep in macerated poop with very little liquid content.

Solution - Flush with seawater, pump out, rinse and repeat (literally) until clear.

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Baggywrinkle said:
I have one of these on board with a selection of hose lengths that clip on and off. Advantages - small, compact, mobile with no electrical cables. Biggest advantage, in an emergency, if you carry a long compatible hose anyway which I do to fill the water tanks, then you can cut bits off to size and aren't restricted by length of hose, size of pump, or accessibility as the pump can have variable length hoses.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GARDENA-drill-pump-reconstruction-immediate/dp/B0001E3SI6?th=1

I carry a battery operated drill anyway, this is a great addition and has been used to empty bilges, spray mud off anchors, and empty holding tanks since I bought it 3 years ago. Still going strong. I have a number of attachments to sink the hose end, enabling sucking up seawater for flushing tank, or rods and cable ties to direct it in a confined place. With a decent drill it shifts liquid pretty fast with no electrical parts to die on you.

Transfers about 2400l an hour - but I've never needed to transfer that much, emptying an 80l holding tank completely takes a couple of minutes.

Here it is in action emptying a the tank after my "guests" clogged it with sh!t ... not enough flushing, so the tank was a foot deep in macerated poop with very little liquid content.

Solution - Flush with seawater, pump out, rinse and repeat (literally) until clear.

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I take it you don’t use it to pump your fresh water aboard.
 
steve yates said:
I’m sure there must be something somewhere!
I’m looking for a pump that I plug in and it just transfers the water out of the bilge, or out of the watertank, or out of the anchor locker etc.
Moveable about and just works from shore power, ideally with ability to put longer hoses on input and output depending on where I am trying to pump from and too.
Not 12v cos the batteries are scrapped during my refit, and I don’t want to hump even a smaller heavy 12v battery around.
Not those dinky D cell operated ones, I have gone through 3 of them, they work for a bit then pack up.

If it could do deisel too then thats an advantage but not a requirement.

Anyone ever found such a thing that worked and kept working? I really don’t want to siphon bilge water :)

Ta.
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Try this:- Google Search
 
I know you say not 12v ... but the Oil Extraction pumps that run of the car battery are brilliant for this ...

They say not for water / gasoline ... but I use mine for all those fuel transfers diesel and gasoline ... for emptying that water from lockers / bilges / spaces that are hard to get at ... even to sucking up the crud from bottom of fuel tank ...

You only need a small SLA or LiFe battery as used in Home Security system ... so no lugging big battery around ... or a small 12v transformer run off 240v .. at about 5 - 10A rating ..
 
My Drill pump won't lift .. it has to be primed ... but even then its slow...w....w....... !!

I did think about taking a hand rotary pump - peristaltic which are excellent self priming / lift pumps - and modifying to use a drill on instead of handle.
 
For the limited amount of use envisaged, something that needs no electricity, and that can be used as an emergency bilge pump, seems a good idea.

Or, a cheap alternative, fit a changeover valve in the existing bilge pump suction hose and connect a wandering hose to it; long enough to reach all the places where water collects.
 
Refueler said:
My Drill pump won't lift .. it has to be primed ... but even then its slow...w....w....... !!

I did think about taking a hand rotary pump - peristaltic which are excellent self priming / lift pumps - and modifying to use a drill on instead of handle.
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The Gardena one lifts and pumps, it can lift from the waterline up and over the guard rails (around 2 metres) .... the only thing it says is don't run dry for more than 12 secs - so I usually dunk it before attaching the hoses if there's a big lift.
 
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