SternWake
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After my second hand pump wore out, I went electric, mostly because it was less expensive than the quality 'Whale' or 'Fynspray' handpumps. The Valterra handpump wore out in 4 months. POS.
The Jabsco 12v on demand pump i bought came with a faucet for about 80$ in 2008. Now I see it is considerably more expensive. It is just push button on push button off, no speed/flow control. But I could put a pwm motor speed controller on it, if necessary, which it never has been.
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/jabsco--galley-pump-faucet-kit--P011_331_001_501
http://jabscorulepumps.com/jabsco-42530-0000-electric-galley-pump-faucet-12v/
It was designed to be installed in the bottom of a water tank. I put mine at the same height as the bottom of my 7 gallon reliance water tank, which has a stem and a check valve and rests upright. My pump cannot prime itself, but resting on the floor next to the tank it will drain all but about a quart, which I consider my reserve.
I use my air compressor to pressurize my reliance 7 gallon tank to prime this pump.
I pretty much just use this tank for filtered drinking water, not washing, and I get 10 to 14 days from 7 gallons.
I just came across a much less expensive pump.
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/91200071pumpdc12vwater.aspx
If my Jabsco fails I'd order one of these for ~1/3 the price.
Check out the other products on that site. Especially the DLO cable.
Thought 4/0 was the biggest wire size you can get?
The outer diameter of the following wire is 1.5 inches:
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/14awgdlo2kvblack-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.aspx
The Jabsco 12v on demand pump i bought came with a faucet for about 80$ in 2008. Now I see it is considerably more expensive. It is just push button on push button off, no speed/flow control. But I could put a pwm motor speed controller on it, if necessary, which it never has been.
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/jabsco--galley-pump-faucet-kit--P011_331_001_501
http://jabscorulepumps.com/jabsco-42530-0000-electric-galley-pump-faucet-12v/
It was designed to be installed in the bottom of a water tank. I put mine at the same height as the bottom of my 7 gallon reliance water tank, which has a stem and a check valve and rests upright. My pump cannot prime itself, but resting on the floor next to the tank it will drain all but about a quart, which I consider my reserve.
I use my air compressor to pressurize my reliance 7 gallon tank to prime this pump.
I pretty much just use this tank for filtered drinking water, not washing, and I get 10 to 14 days from 7 gallons.
I just came across a much less expensive pump.
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/91200071pumpdc12vwater.aspx
If my Jabsco fails I'd order one of these for ~1/3 the price.
Check out the other products on that site. Especially the DLO cable.
Thought 4/0 was the biggest wire size you can get?
The outer diameter of the following wire is 1.5 inches:
http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/14awgdlo2kvblack-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.aspx
