Fresh water pump?
 

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:58:42 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Sep 11, 9:11*am, wrote:

Over the winter I'm pulling the boat out of the slip for a bit, and am going to set it up for dual batteries (already have the second battery as a spare, just need the switch and cables).







Question. Is your pontoon an outboard or like a mercruiser with an I/
0, and if it is an I'O What engine does it have? There's a reason I'm
asking...

It's an outboard, 250 Yamaha 4 stroke.

Fresh water pump?
 

On Sep 12, 6:13*am, wrote:
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:58:42 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Sep 11, 9:11*am, wrote:

Over the winter I'm pulling the boat out of the slip for a bit, and am going to set it up for dual batteries (already have the second battery as a spare, just need the switch and cables).

Question. Is your pontoon an outboard or like a mercruiser with an I/
0, and if it is an I'O What engine does it have? *There's a reason I'm
asking...

It's an outboard, 250 Yamaha 4 stroke.

OK. I was confused. I thought it was an i/o with a 5.7 chevy...

Fresh water pump?
 

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 5:54:14 PM UTC-4, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Sep 11, 5:38*pm, wrote:

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 5:18:56 PM UTC-4, (unknown) wrote:

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:11:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:



Over the winter I'm pulling the boat out of the slip for a bit, and am going to set it up for dual batteries (already have the second battery as a spare, just need the switch and cables). *I'm a lake boater, and have always wanted a fresh water wash-down pump.



How does that setup work? *I know I'll need a pump, wiring and hoses, but I want to just pull lake water from a pickup. *Where does that typically mount, how are they configured, etc. *It's on a pontoon, anyone with experience?



http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...sc=Trac-Portab...



Thanks for the reply. *I'm wanting something permanently mounted and wired, though. *I'll use something like this:



http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Jabsco-3-0-...



Now that I worked out in my mind where I'll pull the water from, it's an easy job to figure out where to mount the pump, run the wires, and mount a switch.



Grab another 30 feet of tubing and another quick disconnect or two and
mount a connector on the opposite corner/end of the boat... It would
be nice to have one up near the bow too, outside the passenger area in
case you had a need for fresh water up on the beach where you are
pulled up. Just have the intake back near the engine. You could
actually make a quick shower, wash off stuff up on the shore before
loading into the boat, put out your camp fire.... spray the kids...

Good idea, if I had kids and ever beached the boat. :-)
The only time it ever gets beached is when we do the river trip to Charleston, and go out to the end of Kiawah Island. Then I wouldn't want to spray down with salt water!