12V Macerator Pump Power
It's a long story but I ended up with a NIB 12V macerator pump off Craigslist. I wanted 12V power by the sewer outlet for it and this is what I came up with: There was an unused 12V fused circuit o...
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Bumpyroad wrote:ralphnjoann wrote:SCVJeff wrote:
Make DARN SURE that pump has all the current it needs to do its job. IMO- 12ga for anything longer than a few feet from the battery is looking for trouble.
You're gonna have a very unpleasant surprise when a big wad of TP gets in the shreadder and stalls the pump.
The FloJet manual shows 12 AWG for 1 to 10 feet and 10 AWG 10 to 20 feet and a 20 amp fuse.
is that DC which counts both coming and going?
bumpy
I presume that since it's a DC appliance, they're referring to DC. I would also hope that 10 feet means 10 feet as this is designed to be a consumer-installed product and many, myself included, would not be aware that it counts, "both coming and going."
