Finally! A job started a few years ago finished today. The videos below are a reminder!
Today I fitted the bilge pump. It also got a new tupperware fully sealable box.
New brass outlet fitting sealed in both this side and inside.
And I have a bung that go in it as well - just in case!
It won't get all of the water out of the bilge but in the event of a capsize - a frightened man with a bucket, followed by a kayak stirrup pump and then this - should get most of it out
The battery is a 12v sealed lead acid battery which can sit on its side safely and it will be bungee attached to the top thwart
Just got to work out how to secure it to the base
Postscript update I wasn't happy about it sitting on the front thwart. Its a little inaccessible there. So, I brought some wire and wired in and extension piece thus making the overall cable around 1.5m in length. I then ran this cable up the discharge pipe and then aft right up under the port side deck, securing it with cable ties. The switch/battery box can now go under the side deck along the side thwarts and that makes it easy to reach.
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Steve