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Just realized a cheap plastic bilge pump is way better than the fancy brass one I had before
After the third time my brass pump seized up from all the grit and grime in the water down here in Marathon, I swapped it for a $25 plastic model from West Marine and it's been running smooth for six months straight without a single hiccup, so has anyone else found that simpler stuff holds up better on a liveaboard?
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simontorres2mo ago
I mean, fancy brass stuff sounds good until it just sits there and laughs at you. Guess sometimes the cheap plastic is the real MVP.
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david_stone2mo ago
Buddy Mike down at Boot Key put a brass Groco pump in his 38-footer six years ago. First time a seagull feather got sucked into the intake it bent the impeller shaft clean off. The plastic replacement he threw in as a temp fix is still running after four hurricane seasons.
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