On 25 Sep 2003 at 20:38, Niels Blaauw wrote: > Testing the pump out of the water will give no good indication of the > power usage. BTW - if you do test it (including power draw with a VOM), compare it to the rating for the pump. IIRC, the "standard" for rating is pumping against a three foot head. Since a kayak should have less than a one foot head, this will give you an idea of the rating's accuracy and you can adjust your battery size accordingly. It helps if you have a source (old car battery?) to test with before plunking down the money for the real battery. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Sep 26 2003 - 11:35:04 PDT
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