RE: [Paddlewise] electric pump and solid paddlefloat

From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:45:38 -0400
Julio M Wrote:

> I have an electric pump, a Rule 500 powered by two 6V lantern batteries
> connected in series inside a leak proof tupperware box, and activated
> by a waterproof switch on the deck behind the cockpit.

I have almost the same setup. An Attwood 450 instead of the Rule, and a 12v
ATV gel cell battery about the size of a lantern battery. As sort of a
bonus, I also have a weatherized accessory outlet so the GPS and cell phone
also have something to plug in to 8^) If I remember correctly about my
tests, the battery ran my pump for over an hour. It takes bout 5 minutes to
pump out the cockpit.

The main thing I wish to change is I'd like to use a low profile waterproof
rocker switch instead of the toggle switch. I'm afraid that one day I'm
going to bang that toggle and break it off.

Woody


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