"Ulli Hoeger" <uhoeger_at_hotmail.com> wrote: > Larger ones, like the 1100 gal/h draw exponential more power from the > batteries. My cockpit with me in it (water displacement) and as full with > water as you can get in is pumped out in ~4 minutes with a 500 gal/h pump. > And after reentering there is in most times less water in the boat than > after filling it up with water to the underside of the coaming. I use the Rule 1100, but with an lead-acid cell (3,4 amper-hours) in my folding boats. A folding double holds a lot of water if swamped, even with a lot of gear and flotation inside. > I tried to come up with a electronic switch, triggered by water closing the > contact between 2 electrodes. It works, but I haven't built it in yet. (the I have built a watertight reed-switch, which is operated by a magnet through the deck (canvas or something else). It works also on fiberglass boats. No need to open the sprayskirt. I cant explain this very well, my English (especially technic terms) is not the best. I could send some pictures (not to the list of course). Rainer -- Rainer Schroeter, Marburg (Lahn), Germany *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 10 2002 - 11:44:43 PST
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