part II
This will be easier to explain with pictures.
This picture is the bottom of my deck in my boat.
The white tube at the top of the pic is my drain hose.
Next tube is my transducer wire conduit.
Next two are for electrical circuits.
Bottom white tube is my fill hose for my livewell pump.
This pic to show my drain hose attached to my livewell, old coleman cooler.
This pic shows my livewell fill hose.
Teh tube on teh left comes from my livewell pump which is mounted to my transom in the back of the boat. It splits to a fill spray head and to a airator head. When I turn on my livewell pump it airates and fills at the same time. What I cant do is airate while the boat is out of the water. I'll add a recirculation pump at a later date.
Fill head on left, airator on right.
Overflow tube, It fits into my drain and plugs the drain. To drain the livewell I pull it out. To prevent overflow the tube is shorter than my livewell.
In order for this to work, my livewell pump intake hose must be below waterline, transom mounted.
My livewell drain must be above waterline, boat water line. However it drains below the boat waterline and I do get water in my livewell if I leave the overflow tube/plug out.
Overflow must be lower than livewell capacity and that creates your livewell water line.
If your livewell drain is below boat water line your boat will fill with water until it equals the boats waterline. Most people put thier livewell plug in the livewell to keep it dry until needed, and then the plug is in place so you dont have to mess with it while the bite is on.
No question is a dumb question. We all had to learn it too. Your not born knowing these things. We all know fire is hot and will burn. Some of use learned it hte hard way, and some of us listened to others. I dont always listen to others.
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