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Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump
By:Sean Dawe
Date: 8/21/2011, 9:42 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump (Joe Whitman)

: I wanted to do this as well, but ended up putting a rule 500 cut
: into the minicell foam seat I made. It is out of the way hard to
: see and works great. I used Gnarlydogs info and the instructions
: from the company that coppied his setup and came up with a
: lithium opperated unit. The only hard thing to find is the reed
: switch large enough to switch the pump on, I found a 5amp reed
: on ebay for a few dollars.
: The pump clears the water out in less than a minute.
: You can download almost complete instructions to build one on that
: company's site that coppied Gnarleydog.
: Good day.

I did a very similar setup as well. You can use a relay if you can't find a reed switch that can handle the pump. Here's a link to my blog entry:

http://justyakkin2.blogspot.com/2010/10/lazy-or-it-just-makes-damn-good-sense.html

Sean

Messages In This Thread

Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump *PIC*
Will N To Go -- 8/20/2011, 4:45 pm
Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump
Will N To Go -- 8/20/2011, 5:54 pm
Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump
Joe Whitman -- 8/20/2011, 7:56 pm
Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump
Sean Dawe -- 8/21/2011, 9:42 am
Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump
Will N To Go -- 8/23/2011, 4:00 pm
Re: Other: Full Foot Braces Integrated Pump
Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2011, 3:32 am