Need new remote water pump/ will this work?

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And just when I thought I was “perfect”. Camping at remote location with river about 50 feet away, nobody there except us. I use a tiny bulge pump to refill my water, that I've had for years. First and heavy trip down to the waters edge with spare battery and pump and I can refill whenever I want. You guess it, I packed up to come home and completely forgot about pump and battery by river. About 2 ½ hours drive away. This campsite gets some use so I don’t plan on driving 2 ½ hours back. Someone will make use of it I'm sure. Another expensive lesson, pump and battery. (Think I learn by now!):) Maybe I should start using clothes pins with notes on the steering wheel.
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Anyway here is what I thought I would do for the next water pump set up.

Buy same type of water pump that I have in RV so I can use it as backup if house pump ever fails. Mount it on piece of wood. Any reason why I can't use RV type water pump?

(moderator...not sure where to put; this post is a mod and tech and crying in my beer)

[Happy_Prospecto]

What I used was 75 feet of #12 copper wire and I fused it for 10 amps. Was there alittle voltage drop? Probably, but not enough to worry about and it still works good after 20 years.

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Happy Prospector wrote:
Instead of dragging a battery around why not use some 12volt wire with alligator clips on it and hook it up to your trailer battery or truck battery.

Thought about that...Most places are real close to water but have had to hook 2 hoses of 25 foot together in the past.

Distance over(50 ft) I don't carry enough hose so resort to bucket method. Believe it or not some of those places are not a boondock place middle of now where.

But some rest areas and city parks where water is not close to curb has been my experience.

Would wire size important for 50 feet?

Would fuse size be any different because of length from power source?

Thanks

[Happy_Prospecto]

Instead of dragging a battery around why not use some 12volt wire with alligator clips on it and hook it up to your trailer battery or truck battery.

[reasley]

There is no reason that a backup rv pump won't work. The typical 2088 series Shurflo will prime up to 12' and there is no real limit as to how far you can pump. The distance is only limited by friction and lift.

The terms head and prime don't interchange. It will pull a 12' prime, but deliver (@45psi) close to 100' of head.

[n7bsn]

Surflo states a 12 ft head for even their "basic" pump

[Old-Biscuit]

Typical RV water pump has a max 6' prime.
They have a small strainer which could plug up easily
Run off 12V
Not sure how far they can pump

Should work fine for filling jugs