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Re: Kayak Pump

Posted By: Ian Johnston
Date: Monday, 25 November 2002, at 3:34 a.m.

In Response To: Kayak Pump (Petewp)

: Does anyone know of a good superlight kayak electric pump. Im sorry, maybe
: its me or my tippy multichine, but pumping out a kayak in 20 knot winds
: with good swells to match WILL certainly result in a capsize. I know I
: know... hold the pump with your knees... maybe in a hard chine yak thats
: doable. My kayak will laugh at any such attempt in the way of a self
: induced roll. Any help here?

Why worry about the weight of the pump? The real weight is in the battery and the only way to reduce that is to get a smaller one. A smaller battery generally means less capacity which isn't always good for a safety device.

I have two electric pumps, one built into my Arluk III and one in a pelican case that I can transfer between boats. One is an Atwood 500 the other an Atwood 750. Both use a gel cell battery with sufficient capacity to run continuously for 5 hours.

Ian

Messages In This Thread

Kayak Pump
Petewp -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 8:38 a.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Brianne Corbett -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 6:00 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
coronaboy1 -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 11:54 a.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Bert -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 8:28 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Bert -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 8:38 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Robert Woodard -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 9:05 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Ed Falis -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 10:38 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Rick Allnutt -- Sunday, 24 November 2002, at 11:19 p.m.

Gusher or Guzzler
Brian Nystrom -- Monday, 25 November 2002, at 1:11 p.m.

Re: Gusher or Guzzler
Robert Woodard -- Monday, 25 November 2002, at 9:39 p.m.

Re: Gusher or Guzzler *LINK*
Ed Deery -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 10:36 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Ian Johnston -- Monday, 25 November 2002, at 3:34 a.m.

High Volume Pumps
Brianne Corbett -- Monday, 25 November 2002, at 7:09 p.m.

Re: High Volume Pumps
Robert Woodard -- Monday, 25 November 2002, at 9:53 p.m.

Priming and impellers
Brianne Corbett -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 8:04 p.m.

Re: High Volume Pumps
Ian Johnston -- Monday, 25 November 2002, at 9:53 p.m.

Current Draw 500 vs. 625
Rick Allnutt -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 8:27 a.m.

Re: Current Draw 500 vs. 625
Brianne Corbett -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 7:36 p.m.

Re: Current Draw 500 vs. 625
Ian Johnston -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 9:54 p.m.

Re: Current Draw 500 vs. 625
Ian Johnston -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 9:58 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Paul -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 9:41 a.m.

You beat me to it!
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 12:16 p.m.

Re: You beat me to it!
Paul -- Tuesday, 26 November 2002, at 9:18 p.m.

Re: You beat me to it!
Brian Nystrom -- Wednesday, 27 November 2002, at 12:15 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump *LINK*
Travis -- Monday, 16 February 2009, at 6:10 p.m.

Re: Kayak Pump
Evan -- Thursday, 16 April 2009, at 10:25 a.m.

Re: Kayak Pump additional help request
Evan -- Thursday, 16 April 2009, at 10:41 a.m.

Re: Kayak Pump additional help request
Kelvin -- Sunday, 19 April 2009, at 7:02 a.m.

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