klaypigeon
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I bought a boat last year that needed some repairs. 1989 16' Smokercraft CR0. I finished up the repairs this year and I am left with one outstanding question, how the *&^% do I empty the livewell?
Here is the configuration. Livewell pump is through transom below water line. Pump connects via 3/4 hose to bottom of livewell where it can either jet on the bottom or be valved up to a pipe at the top with some holes in it to create a little aeration. There is an overflow at the top that goes out the side of the boat above the waterline. I flip the switch, the livewell fills and runs just fine. I turn the switch off and I have a full livewell. I still have a full livewell in my garage a week later. I thought maybe I need to run the pump out of the water, but this does nothing. There are no other holes in the welded aluminum livewell. Was this how this thing was designed? Did they just forget to add some means to drain it? Am I supposed to use a siphon or something? Do I need to rig some kind of reverse switch onto the livewell pump?
Confused...
Here is the configuration. Livewell pump is through transom below water line. Pump connects via 3/4 hose to bottom of livewell where it can either jet on the bottom or be valved up to a pipe at the top with some holes in it to create a little aeration. There is an overflow at the top that goes out the side of the boat above the waterline. I flip the switch, the livewell fills and runs just fine. I turn the switch off and I have a full livewell. I still have a full livewell in my garage a week later. I thought maybe I need to run the pump out of the water, but this does nothing. There are no other holes in the welded aluminum livewell. Was this how this thing was designed? Did they just forget to add some means to drain it? Am I supposed to use a siphon or something? Do I need to rig some kind of reverse switch onto the livewell pump?
Confused...