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Subject:Re: bilge pump as fresh water pump replacement
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:49:19 -0700

Agreed, but the elbow bulkhead fitting at tank and the faucet are bottlenecks.

It is meant for 3/4" lines. I think that sometime in the future I'll put in an inline pump so that I can drive the water through a filter and not lose much delivery.

alistair

On 2011-08-12, at 8:14 PM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 10:37 PM 8/12/2011, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> So it seems that the bilge pump would pump more/better. But to tell the truth, it didn't "seem" much better. But it works all the time as opposed to the baulky old stock one.
> 
> It will give lots more output if you run bigger lines all the way to the end, possibly including the spigot.  And turn slower and draw more power.  It's meant for what, 5/8" lines?
> 
> Yours,
> David