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13 January 2014, 19:42
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Country: UK - England
Make: Ballistic 6.5
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Bilge pump
any recommendations for a bilge pump to fit in the well(?) of a ribcraft 585?
Currently a whale supersub 650 is fitted but its not proved to be very efficient, worked for a while but now just refuses to. Tried cleaning and jiggling.
Is there a better model out there?
Any tips on maintainance of this offending article would be appreciated.
Getting fed up with baling out all this rainwater!
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13 January 2014, 20:30
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gary222
any recommendations for a bilge pump to fit in the well(?) of a ribcraft 585? Currently a whale supersub 650 is fitted but its not proved to be very efficient, worked for a while but now just refuses to. Tried cleaning and jiggling. Is there a better model out there? Any tips on maintainance of this offending article would be appreciated. Getting fed up with baling out all this rainwater!
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Hi I've got ghe same rib and moored in the West of Scotland I have a Rule 1100 on a seperrate float switch
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13 January 2014, 21:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha
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Rule 1100
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13 January 2014, 21:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wickford, Essex
Boat name: Wanderer
Make: Ribeye, Zodiac FR
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yamaha F300, 25 2S
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I went through two new whale pumps in a year. Now have replaced it with a Rule which is working fine.
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13 January 2014, 23:21
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Make: Ballistic 6.5
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thanks, ill get a rule 1100 
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13 January 2014, 23:48
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Town: Royal Wootton Bassett
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Originally Posted by gary222
thanks, ill get a rule 1100 |
Rule 1100 Automatic 
This switches on every once in a while for one second to test if theres any water to pump out.
They are much more expensive than the Rule 1100 though 
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14 January 2014, 00:44
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
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Originally Posted by whisper
Rule 1100 Automatic
This switches on every once in a while for one second to test if theres any water to pump out.
They are much more expensive than the Rule 1100 though |
And drains your battery in doing so 
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14 January 2014, 01:12
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Originally Posted by Nos4r2
And drains your battery in doing so |
Yeah, if you leave it on a mooring etc go for a standard Rule 1100 and a float switch
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14 January 2014, 08:33
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
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Originally Posted by Nos4r2
And drains your battery in doing so |
Yes indeed that's why I changed back to float switch
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14 January 2014, 09:32
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Originally Posted by Nos4r2
And drains your battery in doing so |
The latest rule pumps use hardly any juice at all when they "sample". Either you have a dud battery or you do not visit the boat that often. Provided the battery is reasonably charged I can leave my boat for 3/4 weeks and it will be OK. If there has been a huge amount of rain it will be slightly down. Knowing that I always take a Drapper battery shunt just in case. All ribbers should have a Drapper (or similar)!!
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14 January 2014, 09:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Beds/South coast
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yam 115
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We've got 2 automatic Rulemate pumps in the splashwell fitted now. Cheap ones get knackered too quickly!!! Wired up to power isolator (with fuses obviously). When you have divers come back in they tend to bring a lot of water with them!
This way, no worries about shifting water quickly. Very reliable so far!
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14 January 2014, 10:23
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
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Originally Posted by indaba1991
The latest rule pumps use hardly any juice at all when they "sample". Either you have a dud battery or you do not visit the boat that often. Provided the battery is reasonably charged I can leave my boat for 3/4 weeks and it will be OK. If there has been a huge amount of rain it will be slightly down. Knowing that I always take a Drapper battery shunt just in case. All ribbers should have a Drapper (or similar)!!
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Remember we're not all the same. Some of us have to leave our ribs longer and sometimes it rains a lot unexpectedly. One can only call it as it happens and I have bad memories that's why I went back to separates. I do carry a charger on the rib at all times. Sent from my iPhone using Rib.net
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14 January 2014, 11:27
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Town: Hamble
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I've stopped using rule pumps as I've had a couple of failures, (impellers coming loose on drive shaft), seems to be since they moved production to Mexico.
I now fit Attwood Sahara pumps, with the built in mechanical float switch, or a Johnson cartridge pump, with electronic switch.
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15 January 2014, 09:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth
Boat name: Cinsirrah III
Make: Oceans
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Fitted one of theses super subs recently and very impressed.
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15 January 2014, 11:54
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Dunoon
Boat name: Celtic Wanderer
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 9m +
Engine: Volvo D6, Honda
MMSI: 235087784
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Got pi55ed off with the super sub pumps
Was changing them every 3 - 4 months
Potty as they are a good design
P.s always got they changed on warranty no problem
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15 January 2014, 16:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth
Boat name: Cinsirrah III
Make: Oceans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AMac
Got pi55ed off with the super sub pumps Was changing them every 3 - 4 months Potty as they are a good design P.s always got they changed on warranty no problem
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Cheers for the heads up,I'll keep the receipt.
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