BIlge Pump / Boathouse Question

[danbouck]

My boat is making the move from the dock into the boathouse this weekend for the fall. But I would like to spray out the boathouse to clean it up first. I was thinking of hooking a hose up to an old bilge pump and spraying it out that way. Will a bilge pump be able to handle that?

 

I think it's a 400gph pump

[mercman]

My boat is making the move from the dock into the boathouse this weekend for the fall. But I would like to spray out the boathouse to clean it up first. I was thinking of hooking a hose up to an old bilge pump and spraying it out that way. Will a bilge pump be able to handle that?

 

I think it's a 400gph pump

 

humm thats only 6.5 gallons per minute. made if you put a reducer on the hose where the water exits, it may up the pressure enough.

[aplumma]

If you are intending to use a 12 volt bilge pump rated at 400 gpm it will not have any head pressure. The pump is a centrifugal pump that is spaced for volume not pressure to test this just put your finger over the outlet and see how easy it is to stop the flow. Their are 12 volt pumps that will work look for a wash down pump they are designed for pressure not volume.

[danbouck]

If you are intending to use a 12 volt bilge pump rated at 400 gpm it will not have any head pressure. The pump is a centrifugal pump that is spaced for volume not pressure to test this just put your finger over the outlet and see how easy it is to stop the flow. Their are 12 volt pumps that will work look for a wash down pump they are designed for pressure not volume.

 

That's what I wanted to know, thanks

[HTHM]

A gas powered pressure washer might be the way to go, or a gas powered pump.

[aplumma]

A gas powered pressure washer might be the way to go, or a gas powered pump.

 

Good answer with a short 6 ft hose that has a screen on the end to keep out chunks it should be able to pull from a water source.

 

 

Art