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Maybe I’ll get this figured out yet. Sounds like the bailer pump is not a booster
for the main pump, and that it would have a separate discharge overboard
just for pumping out that leaky boat. Does the bailer pump always spit
a little water out the discharge, supplied via the bleeder you mention?
I may have to tear into one of these for my next project out of curiosity.
Thanks!
They are two independent pumps, stacked on top of each other. But a bleeder hole between them the allows some water from the main pump to enter the bailer pump in order to keep it from running dry when not bailing.
Prepare to be boarded!