[Paddlewise] Electric Pumps

	 To Gabriel, Peter and others interested in the electric pumps issue.....
	I have used my set-up [ 7AH sealed lead acid battery, 1000 gph Rule pump ]
 for the past year in my single Klepper and have been pleased with its
reliability.
	I paddle mostly in open sea conditions, so the boat tends to take a
pounding, but the pump gear has stood up well.
	I have not had to use the pump 'in anger' yet, so have resorted to regular
wet exit exercises in realistically rough conditions to try to keep my self
rescue skills up and check my gear out. So far things have held together.
I agree that weight is an issue with a 7AH battery, but by my reckoning it
is the weight of water sloshing around in a Klepper in rough weather that
is a more serious problem.  I use air bag floatation bow and stern when not
carrying camping gear etc. but still , the potential, repeat, potential
volume of water in a Klepper demands a high pump out rate.  
	I have found that even with the Klepper as flooded as I can make it in a
practice rescue exercise, this set up makes quick work of the volume of
water.  To me, the ease with which the water is cleared out of the boat,
beats the weight disadvantage of the battery. 
	[Of course, a non-electric hydrodynamic Mark One baler is still carried as
compulsory item of safety gear. ]
	But all this is still a compromise because these Rule pumps are bilge
pumps, and of course bilge pumps are not designed for kayaks.  Does anyone
know of a 12volt electric pump designed for kayaks, or which can be adapted
for kayaks and which scavenge better than a Rule?  Peter Rattenbury

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