in deck livewell

workinpr0gress · #1 01-20-2010, 12:34 AM

The only time I like that set-up personally is when the livewell is glassed to and is part of the hull. With a inlet and overflow directly through the bottom so when you're running it can drain out or you can close it off from inside the livewell and the thruhull at the same time. If done correctly it really gives you a huge safety margin compared to hoses and plumbing. Get the overflow at the perfect height and the center inlet at the right height and it works great. Don't know how well that would work in a smaller boat on smaller scale, not much room. Livewels can be pretty creative and there are a bunch of different setups. I'll be figuring one out soon. Good luck! Bruce

makade · #2 01-20-2010, 12:45 AM

yeah, i think i may do some experimenting, it shouldn't cost much. i already have the seacock capped off(not being used), and i can just use my one of my bilge overboards for testing. So i won't have to drill any holes other than in the livewell itself. Im not to concerned with a pump-out failure as all i would do is pull the existing drain and let it go into the bilge where my 2 bilge pumps would take over.

Blue197320 · #3 01-20-2010, 10:44 AM

thats how the livewell in my 20 is. it works, but you have to watch out while your running. it will overflow pretty quick. for the inlet side directly under the livewell there is a thru-hull with a valve and a pump mounted on top. all of that is inside the livewell. to fill it, you open the valve and turn the pumps on. it fills pretty fast at rest. when your moving watch out that water comes in quick. the pujmp inside is a 500 gph. for the outlet part i have an 800gph pump that the water flows into livewell outlet pump i was hoping that with that bigger pump it would not overflow anymore but it still does, just not as fast. i can close the valve inside halfway and it fixes the problem but then i dont have as much movement in the water and my bait starts to suffer.

workinpr0gress · #4 01-20-2010, 07:02 PM

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thats how the livewell in my 20 is. it works, but you have to watch out while your running. it will overflow pretty quick. for the inlet side directly under the livewell there is a thru-hull with a valve and a pump mounted on top. all of that is inside the livewell. to fill it, you open the valve and turn the pumps on. it fills pretty fast at rest. when your moving watch out that water comes in quick. the pujmp inside is a 500 gph. for the outlet part i have an 800gph pump that the water flows into livewell outlet pump i was hoping that with that bigger pump it would not overflow anymore but it still does, just not as fast. i can close the valve inside halfway and it fixes the problem but then i dont have as much movement in the water and my bait starts to suffer.

it's hard to do on smaller scale you don't really get the height you need or would want like the big boats.... Btw you could put wedge in front of the inlet on the thru-hull if it's set up the way I'm talking about, that should stop over flow... Some guys thread a PVC pipe with holes drilled in it onto the inlet too....livewells are better big, it's a problem