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- Gwaii Haanas
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- Custom Aluminum 52
I have an engine-driven emergency bilge pump which needs attention. The impeller has not been replaced...ever? The clutch lever went "sproing" too. The outlet hose is perished. An impeller is somewhere north of $400 and who knows what the parts for the clutch are?
So, I am buying a Honda pump, 16,000 gallons/hour (I assume that's US not Imperial) and it will live in a box on the deck. I will install a Cam lock on the deck and I will just have to hook up the hose and pull the cord to start it to pump out a flood. Advertised as self-priming.
The emergency pump requires me to go to the engine room and lift a floorboard and throw the lever. The Honda can all be done from top sides. Plus, I can use it as a barge pump if anyone else has an issue and a fire-pump too (there is a dedicated fire pump already onboard that I have only used against rotten jet skis!).
It can also be used with the engine not running.
What do you think?
So, I am buying a Honda pump, 16,000 gallons/hour (I assume that's US not Imperial) and it will live in a box on the deck. I will install a Cam lock on the deck and I will just have to hook up the hose and pull the cord to start it to pump out a flood. Advertised as self-priming.
The emergency pump requires me to go to the engine room and lift a floorboard and throw the lever. The Honda can all be done from top sides. Plus, I can use it as a barge pump if anyone else has an issue and a fire-pump too (there is a dedicated fire pump already onboard that I have only used against rotten jet skis!).
It can also be used with the engine not running.
What do you think?