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I would use a diaphragm pump that can run dry without damage. The rubber
impeller pumps don't self prime as well and done handle running dry very
well at all.
At 12:24 PM 8/19/99 -0700, David Lyon wrote:
>I have a similar question. I'm about to add a "get the final drops" bilge
>pump, and am wondering how people have done this with success. It will
have to
>lift about 7 feet. I am thinking of a rubber impeller type pump, with a
>suction hose that I can move around to get the last bits. Has anyone done
>this with success? Where to direct the final output seems like it would
matter
>too. I had thought of adding another above the water line through hull
>in order to not have it run down inside the the other bilge pump drain lines.
>- David
>
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