We've kicked this issue around on Paddlewise in the past, and I think I remember that it was our folks in OZ and Kiwi-land who'd done the most work on mounting small electric pumps in kayaks. Maybe not. Just looking for some ideas. I'm in the last steps prior to installing the deck panels on a Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) North Bay, and wanted to stop to consider mounting a Rule or other small pump and battery pack in the boat while it's still workable. Any suggestions, pro or con, and, if pro, which pump and ways in which it can be most effectively installed? How big a battery pack? What kind? How to install a switch and where ... foot operated or thru-deck? A caution: any post-installation maintenance is going to require going into the aft compartment through a 4.5" diameter access plate in the rear bulkhead, and replacement battery packs are going to have to live with that restriction, as well. This is a new, low volume "Greenland" style boat at CLC, and the maneuvering room inside the hull, once the deck goes on and the ring nails go in and the epoxy cooks off, is extremely limited. With those caveats, any ideas? Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 12 1999 - 03:55:22 PST
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