Guys thanks for your help on the electrical.
Tall, We went back and forth on the Mushroom 2" pick up, three individual pickups, and this scoop pick up. When talking to Jabsco they felt the scoop in reverse was the best idea and would be sufficient for filling. We have not had the boat in the lake yet to test it and it may pick up water while on the go we do not know that answer just yet.
One thing we do know is that the garden hose on full blast was not sufficient to feed the pump 100%. And we pumped the bag half full in 2.5 minutes. The draining took about two minutes.
The other reason I like the scoop idea is there is some protection to not pick up small sticks and rocks from the lake. If you do and they get through the strainer they will go through the pump with out to much damage. That was one of the things Jabsco liked about the idea also.
With the location of where we put the manifold I think our longest run of hose is from the manifold to the front pump and it maybe 10' at the most. Yes the hose can in some way kink easy. Cost started to become a factor. It was $145.00 for the hose or $77.00 for the hose. Even if we did use the braided hose we are not guaranteed that the hose would not kink. The system is laid out in a way that most everything has a direct shot anyways.
In the future if the hose does become kinked it will be very easy to change out the hose now that we have it laid out.
I hope this helps to answer some of the questions. We can build a very bullet proof systems but then we have to weigh the cost and rewards. Master-Craft has a very nice system. Add $4000.00 to the price of the boat because of it though. We will see how this goes and I think it will work out just fine in the long run. We need to get the switches going and get the boat on the lake for a test run. Then we will really know.
Tall, We went back and forth on the Mushroom 2" pick up, three individual pickups, and this scoop pick up. When talking to Jabsco they felt the scoop in reverse was the best idea and would be sufficient for filling. We have not had the boat in the lake yet to test it and it may pick up water while on the go we do not know that answer just yet.
One thing we do know is that the garden hose on full blast was not sufficient to feed the pump 100%. And we pumped the bag half full in 2.5 minutes. The draining took about two minutes.
The other reason I like the scoop idea is there is some protection to not pick up small sticks and rocks from the lake. If you do and they get through the strainer they will go through the pump with out to much damage. That was one of the things Jabsco liked about the idea also.
With the location of where we put the manifold I think our longest run of hose is from the manifold to the front pump and it maybe 10' at the most. Yes the hose can in some way kink easy. Cost started to become a factor. It was $145.00 for the hose or $77.00 for the hose. Even if we did use the braided hose we are not guaranteed that the hose would not kink. The system is laid out in a way that most everything has a direct shot anyways.
In the future if the hose does become kinked it will be very easy to change out the hose now that we have it laid out.
I hope this helps to answer some of the questions. We can build a very bullet proof systems but then we have to weigh the cost and rewards. Master-Craft has a very nice system. Add $4000.00 to the price of the boat because of it though. We will see how this goes and I think it will work out just fine in the long run. We need to get the switches going and get the boat on the lake for a test run. Then we will really know.
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