Thread: livewell pump

Most of the atwood pumps have to have gravity feed water....they will not self prime....

Can you describe your setup a little more...??

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

Most of the atwood pumps have to have gravity feed water....they will not self prime....

Can you describe your setup a little more...??

Rickie

got it attached to the top of the cooler lid up and down sounds to me like your sayin it needs to lay flat in the bottom of the cooler so the water will run into the suction side of the pump is that right?

Use a bilge pump and hook a spray bar to the outfeed hose. That's what bait tank builders use. Some even make filters for shad which die from the loose scales. If you need some help, you know where I'm at.

Interested in this setup. Can you post a picture of it?

Originally Posted by crappiedoc

Use a bilge pump and hook a spray bar to the outfeed hose. That's what bait tank builders use. Some even make filters for shad which die from the loose scales. If you need some help, you know where I'm at.

yeah jeff thats what i got but it won't move any water?

Originally Posted by Downwind

Interested in this setup. Can you post a picture of it?

if my daughter comes down tomm try to put a pic on here if i don't get it to pumpin water might get a pic of a run over coleman cooler

Originally Posted by springhillwantabe

got it attached to the top of the cooler lid up and down sounds to me like your sayin it needs to lay flat in the bottom of the cooler so the water will run into the suction side of the pump is that right?

This is correct...most atwood pumps (maybe all) will not pull head pressure meaning they will not pull water UP into the pump....

The pump has to be installed so that the pump is below the water line...

Also realize that installing a pump in the water itself may create heat (some...don't know how much)to dissapate into the water caused by the pump running...heat in livewell water is not a good thing..

Depending on the type of pump you have, you may be able to drill a hole in the side of the cooler below the water line and mount your pump thru this access hole...

If you are interested in a pump design that will pull head pressure look at a RV water supply pump or a 12v pump that comes on a garden sprayer (the kind you could use on the back of a 4 wheeler with a 12v supply)

Some of these type pumps will pull head pressure up to 6 ft....this is the very kind I use in my livewell/cooler setup with the pump mounted to the lid and it will pull water up into the pump....

Rickie