Electic pump for pumping from river

I just use my 12volt Primus Shower pump. $29 works a treat. Either that or a cheap bilge pump and hoses just as good. Cheers Tony

If that's your only requirement, then a Rule 360 (360 GPH) bilge pump would be ideal and can be sourced through just about any marine dealer for less than $25. It runs off 12 VDC.

If you want to put it through a filter (highly recommended), then a 800 GPH model will be required at around $50.

Cheers,
Geoff

Yep, I use a Rule bilge pump too.

Whale pumps

Steve

I also require some info on a pump, but often camp alongside the Murray and need to lift the water 3 meters I too have a Honda 20ui so an AC pump might be the answer, anybody with info would be appreciated.

G'day Warstar,

I've got to admit I'm at a bit of a loss as to why you'd want to pump from a creek or dam. You are certainly limited on the draw height from the creek and most 12 volt pumps won't lift more than a few metres without being highly strained. The other thing is that you have no regulation over the muck that's being sucked up the hose unless your standing there holding it yourself.

I use a 20 litre white bucket (recycled plaster topping coat bucket) as a resevoir and just top that up with water from 12 litre collapsable buckets. The reality is that you could top up most Van water tanks with no more than 5-7 buckets of water, which if you're filtering, takes a fair while to push through a .05 micron single or dual cannister system. You get a lot better water quality if you pull it from the water source yourself. I must confess that I'm not sure on the lifting qualities of bilge pumps but with most camping situations, particularly with vans, you'll be quite a few metres from the water (say 10 metres from...and one or two metres above the pool level) meaning the pump has to suck it thru 12-14 metres of 12mm hose and lift it 2 or three metres (considering pump and van water tank inlet height)

Hi Warstar

I have one of these Johnson pump under the bonnet of my cruiser and it will lift 3 - 4 metres through 25ft of hose,sometimes I need to prime it with a bucket of water and I have a one-way valve on the end.

I also have a big pond style filter on the end and a I also have part of a brick with a hole in it that I put the hose through to hold it in place.

The kids complain that the pressure is so high that it hurts so I have put a re stricture in it to slow it down.

Have fun

Craig

pumping water is the same as electricity..the longer the length and the smaller the diameter (cable or pipe) all create resistance and reduce flow..water or amps all the same....bit if a hard ask to use a transfer pump (high volume low lift / pressure) to suck (head pressure + friction) and deliver (head pressure + friction)

I use my glind shower pump under the bonnet to draw water up from a 20L plastic bucket and send through a BEST 0.5 micron inline filter and then into the tank under the cruiser or containers whatever............just top up the bucket from the water source and you have control over the visual quality of the water..the BEST does the safety issue thing

Warstar, While i have seen caravanners topping up tanks from water by using a bucket to collect and a 12 v pump same as in caravan with a fancy takes-everything-out filter, and i have heard of many others pumping from creeks etc to their tank, i prefer not to do this. Rather than put suspect water into the caravan tanks, i use water direct from the bucket when it is available and save the good stuff in the tanks for when it is not. If need be, it only takes around 8 to 10 buckets to fill a tank anyway.

Motherhen

Keeping camping simple and fun

We use a 12v pressure pump ,20ah deep cycle battery and 400mah solar panel to keep the battery charged.
12-15ft of air hose in the river with a filter on the end...about 60ft of air hose to a tap.
turn tap on , switch pump on and water flows , then turn tap off , the pump stops..when we need water it just a matter of turning on the tap...the solar panel keeps the battery charged up easily. A 9 litre bucket takes about 2 minutes to fill. The pump and battery are housed in a wooden box and the solar panel sits on top pointed at the sun , do not have to go near it...cheers

we usually carry drinking (and maybe cooking...depends on what we're cooking) water in jerries and save the van tanks for showers/washing up etc. That way we don't have to be too fussy about emptying tanks/re-filling and flushing tanks betwen trips.

Anyone else do that?

Thanks all, I reckon you covered the options.

How about one of these, not elecrtric but if you have to run a genny this I think would be better.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1-inch-Petrol-Water-Pump-0-9kw-7000-rpm-New_W0QQitemZ200275912488QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_15?hash=item200275912488&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Swampy

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(1) Course Filter on 2mt of hose to drop into creek.

(2) Flow jet automatic water pump 12 volt dc, 7 amps max,
12.5 Lpm max, 35 psi max

(3) Tap in line to regulate flow.

(4) Fine water filter.

(5) Brass hose fitting on end of line to connect to 40 mt of hose which connects to the caravan

(6) Roll of 40mt wire lead to power pump from caravan or
landcruiser.