>From: "Colin Calder" <c.j.calder_at_abdn.ac.uk> >I used to use a waterbuster pump, which I plumbed into a hull outlet, and >mounted >in a foam bulkhead behind the seat, no alterations to the switch on the >pump body. >This pump let me down on two occasions, and I now don't use it. The >flexible hose >supplied has a tendency to kink, and obstruct flow, and the pump easily >becomes >blocked by sea weed etc. This is especially true if the very heavy metal >base >plate (fitted so the unit will sink to the bottom of paddling pools etc) is >removed, and not replaced with a grill of some sorts. I share the concerns about the slow pump rate of the Waterbuster, but I do have a solution for the blockage at the base: I just slip the foot section from an old pair of my wife's pantyhose (yeah - it's HER pantyhose. No, really!) over the bottom of the pump. It stops all the bigger crud, and anything small enough to slip through doesn't seem to choke the pump. Use regular pantyhose though - those exotic "fishnet" stocking would not be a fine enough filter. Philip Torrens N49°16' W123°06' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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