"Jay" wrote in message
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This year will be our first year using inflatable toys out on the river,
and
the dilemma I have is -- how to inflate them before use. So far my
options
seem to be:


Is the old classic foot pump totally out of the question?

I have some really large inflatable toys that I use a blower pump on just
because it would take forever with a foot pump. The blower gets them up most
of the way but I still need to finish them off with a foot or hand pump.

My ski boat has 12 volt outlets all over (four separate outlets) so I can
run anything off the ski boat. I would recommend that you do a really good
installation of at least one 12 volt outlet, they can come in quite handy
(charging cell phones, powering CD players, etc.). I would recommend wiring
it with heavy wire and a big fuse so you could operate one of those hand
held search lights if you wanted to.

For the houseboat I have a 12 volt outlet on a set of battery clips. I
just lift the lid to the generator compartment and clip onto the battery and
then plug into that.

Rod McInnis