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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 15:37:25 GMT
Need to remove a fair bit of water from the cabin bilge, I have a very simple drill driven pump but it takes ages to fill a bucket. Looking for something fairly small that i could plug into 240v socket, attach hosepipe to drop other end overboard and sort fairly easily. Any recommendations.
There is a screwfix at Wakefield that I can catch a train to so if they stock something useful that would be good.
Thanks.
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Post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on Jun 23, 2021 15:48:37 GMT
Just use a 12v bilge pump? Wet and dry vac?
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Post by Andyberg on Jun 23, 2021 15:50:25 GMT
Another vote for a Wet n dry vac, one of the most useful tools Iβve bought!π
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 15:57:16 GMT
Happy for all suggestions. Just to mention the bilge is brim full of water so a fair bit of water to come out.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Jun 23, 2021 16:35:56 GMT
Happy for all suggestions. Just to mention the bilge is brim full of water so a fair bit of water to come out. Electric pump - 12V DC or 230V AC - for most of it, but no electric pumps will get every last drop out. For what's left when the pump has done all it can, use the small coal shovel from the fire and and shovel the water up into a bucket, . . then finish drying up with cloths or a sponge.
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Post by Telemachus on Jun 23, 2021 16:36:55 GMT
Happy for all suggestions. Just to mention the bilge is brim full of water so a fair bit of water to come out. We have a spare whale gulper (to replace the shower pump if it ever fails) and Iβve found it pretty good for sucking out bilge water etc. Drill pumps tend to be impeller types that donβt prime/suck well, they only pump well once full of water. The advantage of something like the Gulper is that itβs a diaphragm pump and sucks air well (in order to prime itself).
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Post by JohnV on Jun 23, 2021 16:41:33 GMT
^^^^^ as Tony et al above but with 240 v wet and dry vac for the last ...... favourite are the el cheapo type such as Wickes' at Β£42. (If you have 240v aboard)
Don't you have an engine room 12v Bilge pump that can be borrowed ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 16:51:59 GMT
^^^^^ as Tony et al above but with 240 v wet and dry vac for the last ...... favourite are the el cheapo type such as Wickes' at Β£42. (If you have 240v aboard) Don't you have an engine room 12v Bilge pump that can be borrowed ?That seems to be the best option so far mentioned. Reluctant to do it as will involve disruption to something that works and I would still need to extend wiring etc so would still need a trip to pick up supplies + a bit of advice.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 17:52:47 GMT
12v bilge pump.
Washing machine discharge hoses work well on bilge pumps if you have trouble finding a hose the right size.
For mopping up I find that the foam you get in packaging is really good. It has to be mattress/sponge type foam. I think it's call egg box foam. They do great big sheets of it when people buy those idiot tellies big flat things.
Or large sponges they also work.
I personally think you would be well served to get a bilge pump and leave it there. A cabin bilge pump is a handy thing to have not only for leaky lock gates.
The last time I used one was on a boat that was burgled in which the thief took the bloody domestic water pump and all the tank contents ended up on the floor/in the cabin bilge.
Unexpected but these things sometimes happen .
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 18:09:06 GMT
Thanks all, keep the suggestions coming please.
My priorities for tomorrow have changed. I agravated my rib injury whilst trying to stop the boat flooding, last two nights I've woken up in what I thought was a 'panic attack' in pain and struggling to catch my breath, about an hour before I could breath deeply again. Same happened about an hour ago just twisting around but this time I felt and heard two distinct popping sounds from the ribs - time to at least speak to a GP and assess things from there.
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Post by Jim on Jun 23, 2021 18:13:22 GMT
Thanks all, keep the suggestions coming please.
My priorities for tomorrow have changed. I agravated my rib injury whilst trying to stop the boat flooding, last two nights I've woken up in what I thought was a 'panic attack' in pain and struggling to catch my breath, about an hour before I could breath deeply again. Same happened about an hour ago just twisting around but this time I felt and heard two distinct popping sounds from the ribs - time to at least speak to a GP and assess things from there.
Not much to be done with broken ribs except take painkillers and give them time to mend. Noreen cracked 2 slipping in an icy puddle a few years back.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 18:15:45 GMT
Thanks all, keep the suggestions coming please.
My priorities for tomorrow have changed. I agravated my rib injury whilst trying to stop the boat flooding, last two nights I've woken up in what I thought was a 'panic attack' in pain and struggling to catch my breath, about an hour before I could breath deeply again. Same happened about an hour ago just twisting around but this time I felt and heard two distinct popping sounds from the ribs - time to at least speak to a GP and assess things from there.
Not much to be done with broken ribs except take painkillers and give them time to mend. Noreen cracked 2 slipping in an icy puddle a few years back. I know but don't really want to be sitting around for a month going nowhere.
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Post by metanoia on Jun 23, 2021 18:24:17 GMT
Agree - bilge type pump followed by sponges for the water (had something similar when a calorifier blew whilst I was travelling so know what you're going through!).
Re: the ribs - strap them up with an elastic type bandage, take ibuprofen and try not to breathe too deeply for a while....
Good luck on both counts. You don't have to sit around for a month going nowhere, but you can give yourself a rest for a day or two x
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 18:47:33 GMT
Agree - bilge type pump followed by sponges for the water (had something similar when a calorifier blew whilst I was travelling so know what you're going through!). Re: the ribs - strap them up with an elastic type bandage, take ibuprofen and try not to breathe too deeply for a while....
Good luck on both counts. You don't have to sit around for a month going nowhere, but you can give yourself a rest for a day or two x Thanks. That is what I did in Huddersfield - now back to square one, if not worse.
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Post by metanoia on Jun 23, 2021 18:52:23 GMT
But you didn't take a couple of days out .... TRY to relax and let your body help to heal itself. Eat well and rest for a little while.
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