cybereyes said:
So how does this thing work exactly?
The pump pumps lake water into your livewell. There is an electric motor with a small impeller on th end. The impeller sits inside a cavity. When the motor is on, it pumps water, when stopped it acts like a plug. If you submerged teh pump to several atmospheric pressures than the water pressure would exceed the resistance of the motor and water would flow throught he pump.
cybereyes said:
Anyway, how does the water get out?
You have to install a drain hose, and an overflow hose. The drain hose can be the same diameter as the livewell pump hose, provided you have an overflow hose. The overflow hose should be 1 1/8"-1 1/4" internal diameter. Your overflow can be drained out the side of the boat above the water line. If you put it below the water line your hose will fill to water level.
You can run one drain hose that servew both purposes, drians the livewell at the end of the day, and is tied into the overflow vent.
cybereyes said:
Why can't I just mount it toward the bottom of the boat on the side near where my live well is located so that I don't have to use so much tubing?
You could, however when the boat is under way the water will be forced into the livewell and you can't control how much water gets in, until you stop the boat.
There are kits for numberous ways to install a livewell. Everything from one pump with a hose attached. Drop the pump into the lake and put the hose into the livewell. Turn the pump off when full. To empty reverse the process. Put the pump in the livewell and the hose over the side of the boat, turn the pump on until the livewell is empty. The only rpoblem with this system is all the slim from the fish could plug up your pump.
There is a website that shows you how it all works, however I dont have it handy at the momoent. Maybe someone else can post the link up?