My upgrade is going to be a Harbor Freight special: - $18 pump: http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-gph-bilge-pump-66095.html - $75 battery: http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-35-amp-hour-universal-battery-68680.html - $20 battery tender/charger: http://www.harborfreight.com/15-amp-three-stage-onboard-battery-charger-maintainer-99857.html - $0 float switch: from my old pump.
FYI, keep those float switches when swapping out a sump pump. Their $45 new. ST On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:16:24 PM UTC-4, Frank Pittelli wrote: > > Good work, McGyver!! > > For a permanent solution, you might want to invest in a surplus 12v > bilge pump from a full-scale sailboat / powerboat. They are built to > last a long time and they have fittings for standard 3/4" hose. > > On 10/30/2012 11:23 AM, TyngTech wrote: > > Lost power at 10pm last night, restored this morning. > > > > With no power I had sump issues with it filling up every 30 minutes or > > so. Had to jury rig a battery powered sump pump so I could a little > > sleep. Used a bilge pump from one of my R/C warships, an 20AH tank > > battery, a float switch from a discarded sump pump, some wire and wire > > nuts. Used a 50' air hose to route the water to my slop sink. Worked > > great, the little wiper pump based R/C bilge pump pumped the sump down > > in 5 minutes each time. Will be upgrading this expedient to a more > > permanent design shortly. > > > > Hope everyone else is OK. > > > > ST > > > > > > On Monday, October 29, 2012 4:54:16 PM UTC-4, Frank Pittelli wrote: > > > > The mega-storm named after my daughter has struck home. Power lost > at > > 4:45pm EDT, with nothing but rain and blustery winds. Based on the > > power company's horrible track record, we probably won't get power > back > > until sometime this weekend :-( > > > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
