dreemon
08-09-2009, 06:59 PM
Hi everyone,
I need your advise on placement on bilge pumps and do I need 2 for seperate areas, bilge area and deck, it's a sealed deck ( or it will be when I repair a bit of the floor area near the front) , this boat has never had a pump on it and I have only had it for a few months.
Been wondering where to place the pump/s and did some searches but not enough info found, at the rear I have the portabale tanks and there is an indent in the centre that drops down for a tank so this is the lowest point of the deck,
is it ok to put a pump there near fuel?
the other is to put one under the floor with an inspection hatch, not sure how close I can get it to the lowest part of the hull as it gets tight under the indent I think, so would have to put it foward,.
I only want to put one under the floor because last weekend I fit a battery box at the rear and drilled through the floor, cavity, and hull :-[ but didn't know it till later in the day when the boats bow came up higher when getting to plane and was slower, at the ramp pulled the bottom bung and 15-20 litres pissed out, ::) told the story of the battery screw to someone else and he told me a bloke screwed the box into the trailer skid and found out at the ramp when it wouldn't roll off, so I don't feel too bad,........... but mine was sinking slow but fast for such a TINY hole 2 mm max,
the other idea is to have one under the floor and have a screened box and have the lower bilge area pump out everything. . . .
Thanks for your help , Cheers
I need your advise on placement on bilge pumps and do I need 2 for seperate areas, bilge area and deck, it's a sealed deck ( or it will be when I repair a bit of the floor area near the front) , this boat has never had a pump on it and I have only had it for a few months.
Been wondering where to place the pump/s and did some searches but not enough info found, at the rear I have the portabale tanks and there is an indent in the centre that drops down for a tank so this is the lowest point of the deck,
is it ok to put a pump there near fuel?
the other is to put one under the floor with an inspection hatch, not sure how close I can get it to the lowest part of the hull as it gets tight under the indent I think, so would have to put it foward,.
I only want to put one under the floor because last weekend I fit a battery box at the rear and drilled through the floor, cavity, and hull :-[ but didn't know it till later in the day when the boats bow came up higher when getting to plane and was slower, at the ramp pulled the bottom bung and 15-20 litres pissed out, ::) told the story of the battery screw to someone else and he told me a bloke screwed the box into the trailer skid and found out at the ramp when it wouldn't roll off, so I don't feel too bad,........... but mine was sinking slow but fast for such a TINY hole 2 mm max,
the other idea is to have one under the floor and have a screened box and have the lower bilge area pump out everything. . . .
Thanks for your help , Cheers