thinking out of the box here

[laserfish]

Why could you not use one ballast puppy or johnson pump and hook your switches to a sprinkler type solenoid valve on a manifold to fill the bags? Is this already being done and I just missed it. Seems a lot less expensive than multiple pumps for multiple bags.

[chpthril]

Why could you not use one ballast puppy or johnson pump and hook your switches to a sprinkler type solenoid valve on a manifold to fill the bags? Is this already being done and I just missed it. Seems a lot less expensive than multiple pumps for multiple bags.

I toyed around with this over 2 yrs ago. You cant suck back through the sprinkler valves. 6 T800 aerator pumps are cheaper then one ballast puppy and the sprinkler valves are about $17 last I looked. An electric valve that will work is about $75 x however many sacs.

[Timmy!]

Moomba/Supra use this design.

[laserfish]

I knew I could depend on someone to answer this question. I did not realize the price differences on the pumps was quite that dramatic.

[Timmy!]

More fun for you:
http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=779277

[laserfish]

Thanks, Timmy. Looks like I was behind the times as usual. Good thought, glad I didn't try it as it sounds like more trouble than it is worth. Tsunami pumps it is...now if I could just sell a little more to buy new toys.

[shawn74]

Being a plumber I've thought about the solenoid valves on a manifold of 3 or more pumps with large 11/4 flexible pvc feeding bags ,switch controls solenoid instead of pump ,2 tsunamis sucking on each sac manifolded into 11/4 pipe (flexible pvc tubing with fullport glue ftg ) still just a pipe dream though

[Timmy!]

FWIW, if I did mine over again, I would do individual thru hulls for each pump and call it good. That's what the factory does.

[laserfish]

Would you do them through the bottom or through the transom like Dogbert did?

[Timmy!]

I think I would shoot for the transom. It works well on the Epics and I don't see why it wouldn't work on a Tige.

[chpthril]

Would you do them through the bottom or through the transom like Dogbert did?

Just cant fill on the fly. Once you get above no wake speed, there is no water around the pickups. Other then that, it works just fine.