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Post by Jim on Feb 9, 2018 12:52:18 GMT
One of the few working things that came with my floating shed was a whale gulper, works great, treats miscellaneous body parts with disdain. Go for it, don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth o' tar. I've ordered one and it should be arriving today. I would have driven over to Swindlers and got one except they want £129 as opposed to £87 online. They do have to justify their name, dont they
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 14:47:28 GMT
I've got a whale gulper on one boat and a Jabsco water puppy impeller pump on another boat. I prefer the Whale. Its a seriously good bit of equipment.
The jabsco sometimes jams but the whale has never failed (yet). Only danger with whale is you need to either have a cover over the plug hole so it can not be blocked by a foot or example or if its an open plug hole put in a little vertical pipe with some tape over the end between pump and plug hole so if someone or something covers the plug hole it breaks the tape and acts as a pressure relief valve.
The thing with the gulpers is that They really suck and could cause injury I reckon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 15:03:20 GMT
The thing with the gulpers is that They really suck and could cause injury I reckon. Worth every penny then for the single male boater.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 15:33:58 GMT
Here is the rather half-arsed arrangement in question.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 15:39:09 GMT
Nice bodge !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 15:41:14 GMT
The thing with the gulpers is that They really suck and could cause injury I reckon. Worth every penny then for the single male boater. Mr Stabby might even be able to use it to suck scrotes brains out through their eyes as an alternative to violently killing them with his bowie knife. Definitely a good investment for the OP.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 9, 2018 15:42:48 GMT
Definitely time for an upgrade!
The gulper, in accordance with its name, sucks up and spits out water in strong pulses. Therefore make sure all hoses are well attached! The output hose on your present pump looks rather small diameter, does it fit straight onto the skin fitting?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 15:49:32 GMT
Yes, in a way you have to admire the "make do and mend" mentality of the person who installed it. It won't have been original but over the years a previous owner has had the original pump fail and come up with a cheapie solution. In fairness it has worked adequately up to now although I am a bit paranoid about my kids forgetting to turn the pump on and flooding the bilge. There's no obstruction in the pump but it sporadically loses pressure and flow can easily be blocked with a thumb. I think the impeller may be loose on the spindle, and a new bilge pump for £15 would probably cure it, but it would still be a bodge and while \I've got the money and time I may as well do it properly.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 15:54:18 GMT
Definitely time for an upgrade! The gulper, in accordance with its name, sucks up and spits out water in strong pulses. Therefore make sure all hoses are well attached! The output hose on your present pump looks rather small diameter, does it fit straight onto the skin fitting? It fits onto copper pipework somewhere behind the shower tray but it will be a nightmare to take that apart so I will have to buy or make up some type of adaptor I guess. I've got various different diameters of rubber hose knocking about the boat so possibly that and some Gorilla glue might be the way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 16:10:51 GMT
Yes, in a way you have to admire the "make do and mend" mentality of the person who installed it. It won't have been original but over the years a previous owner has had the original pump fail and come up with a cheapie solution. In fairness it has worked adequately up to now although I am a bit paranoid about my kids forgetting to turn the pump on and flooding the bilge. There's no obstruction in the pump but it sporadically loses pressure and flow can easily be blocked with a thumb. I think the impeller may be loose on the spindle, and a new bilge pump for £15 would probably cure it, but it would still be a bodge and while \I've got the money and time I may as well do it properly. The Gulper is 3/4" (19mm) Hose Tails. If you need to alter from say 15mm to 19mm and haven't got anything that will do it nicely get a silicone hose reducer from this old boy. mk-performance-hose.business.site/Very quick service and not dear. I am a big fan of silicone hoses for adapting to different pipe/tail diameters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 16:15:48 GMT
They are certainly very useful. Made for performance cars but handy for non performance boats in countless applications.
I used a silicone 45 degree elbow on part of my Lavac sea toilet-holding tank pipework which I fitted a few years ago. The rest of the hose is wet exhaust hose. It's been very good and not smelly.
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Post by cygnus on Feb 9, 2018 16:19:18 GMT
Google stepped hose adaptors, there's loads.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 16:23:56 GMT
Google stepped hose adaptors, there's loads. Not sure one of those would adapt onto solid pipe like pex or copper. Silicone would slip on nicely then a jubilee or t bolt clip would fix it securely while remaining easily dismantleable. Looking at Mrs tabby's earlier post it says copper pipe is the accessible part needing connecting to the pump outlet.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 16:41:21 GMT
Google stepped hose adaptors, there's loads. Not sure one of those would adapt onto solid pipe like pex or copper. Silicone would slip on nicely then a jubilee or t bolt clip would fix it securely while remaining easily dismantleable. Looking at Mrs tabby's earlier post it says copper pipe is the accessible part needing connecting to the pump outlet. In my photo, one end of the green pipe connects to copper pipework which is behind the shower tray. I know it is copper pipe because it briefly makes an appearance beneath the basin as it reaches the skin fitting. The other end of the green pipe has an angled copper connector fitted to it and this pushes into the inside of the outlet of the bilge pump, it's a surprisingly snug connection. I may be able to do the same with the outlet of the Whale, using cable ties if necessary to hold it in place. I really need to examine the new pump before deciding how to proceed but I'm sure I'll work something out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 17:22:26 GMT
Not sure one of those would adapt onto solid pipe like pex or copper. Silicone would slip on nicely then a jubilee or t bolt clip would fix it securely while remaining easily dismantleable. Looking at Mrs tabby's earlier post it says copper pipe is the accessible part needing connecting to the pump outlet. In my photo, one end of the green pipe connects to copper pipework which is behind the shower tray. I know it is copper pipe because it briefly makes an appearance beneath the basin as it reaches the skin fitting. The other end of the green pipe has an angled copper connector fitted to it and this pushes into the inside of the outlet of the bilge pump, it's a surprisingly snug connection. I may be able to do the same with the outlet of the Whale, using cable ties if necessary to hold it in place. I really need to examine the new pump before deciding how to proceed but I'm sure I'll work something out. Bilge pumps are normally 3/4" too, I couldn't see that picture all that well on my phone!
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