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When reading some other topics some people referred to using a drill powered pump for pumping water out of bilges. Does anyone know where these can be bought from? Thanks

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I used one recently to pump out my bilges - PAINFUL!!! I had visions of a hose out the window and leaving it run while I sipped tea. It has very poor 'lift' ie: it can only lift water about a foot so I had to pump into a bucket and constantly empty that over the side.

 

 

Thats the one - DRAPER - better than no pump at all, but only marginally!

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I used one recently to pump out my bilges - PAINFUL!!! I had visions of a hose out the window and leaving it run while I sipped tea. It has very poor 'lift' ie: it can only lift water about a foot so I had to pump into a bucket and constantly empty that over the side.

 

 

Thats the one - DRAPER - better than no pump at all, but only marginally!

Thought we were onto something there - seems I have to go back to Plan A: a drain tap on the side of the fish tank (not on board!).

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The Maplins battery one isn't a drill powered one:

 

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The maplins battery operated pump I found very useful during a recent emergency, worth it!

 

those drill powered pumps can be got from either Poundland or 99p stores, no need to cough up £4.99 plus for an identicial one from Maplins

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The Maplins battery one isn't a drill powered one:

 

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Machine Mart do do one around £13 I think- Iv'e used it to empy a pond and it worked ok - it claims to be able to lift water 2m on the in side and up to 15m on the out. didn't need it to be that good for what I wanted but if its true should certainly be ok for emptying a water tank or bilge etc

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Even though they can't pump that high as mentioned above they are handy... we pumped out over 100L of Diesel with one last year and it was okay.

 

I know someone even went as far as to empty their pump out with one, into a bucket which then went into the elsan point. Not the same pump of course.

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I bought a Wolfcraft B2206 Super Pump With Collar 3000 1/H from Amazon for £16.07 and it is brilliant. It lifts up to a metre and a half easily and pumped out six inches of bilge water in around three or four minutes. Really works well.

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Umm. Pumping water out of bilges - wouldn't that be a bilge pump?

 

A bit more expensive than some alternatives but no problems with either lift or volume. Also copes with the solid bits which 'drill pumps certainly don't.

It's worth carrying a spare anyway and if that spare has a few of metres of cable and hose attached, then its available for any emergency. Also good for sucking water out of the cut for boat washing.....

 

John

MV Sara

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I bought a Wolfcraft B2206 Super Pump With Collar 3000 1/H from Amazon for £16.07 and it is brilliant. It lifts up to a metre and a half easily and pumped out six inches of bilge water in around three or four minutes. Really works well.

How on earth fo you get 6 inches of water in your bilges ? :D

 

Or do youy have a working boat ?

 

Or even a wooden boat ?

 

(Carl probably consider's 6 inches to be just "a little dampness" :D )

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