Wayne57716-WYN1 PC1-12V Bronze Plated Transfer 350 Gallons Per Hour-Portable Multi-Use Pump

Used this DC(battery)water transfer motor to back up my regular AC sump pump in my basement when the power goes out . It has a manual off/on switch which means you have to be in attendance you can’t leave it unless you change the switch to a floating water switch . When powered the pump makes low level noise . Easy to install. My regular sump pump operates 24/7 all year long & the DC backup is required when AC power is disrupted . The new DC motor has good suction but certainly can’t move the amount of water as quickly as the regular AC sump pump motor. This past Thursday we had approx. 48”/120mm & the power was not interrupted, the week before another storm with less rain and the power was out for 8 hrs & the only backup was myself with a scrub pail & a sink near by . That was a lot of work !!!

This is a real love/hate product. If it wasn't for it's big CON (see below) I would consider this my new "GO TO" 12v pump.Pros:Good motorNice on/off switchDecent battery clamps.Great pumping speedBuilt with user-serviceable partsReplacement parts easy to find.Nice priceSelf-primes wellThe big glaring CON:The impeller on this pump is rubber and the unit has no thermal shutdown. What this means is that if the tank you are draining runs dry and you don't get to the pump very, very quickly, the impeller quickly burns itself up while running dry. I was shocked to discover that after about 1-2 minutes of running dry my impeller had turned itself into burnt crumbly gunk that I had to clean out. I was working in the other room, heard the sound change (indicating the pump had run dry) and took about a minute to put away what I was working on and went to shut it down. By the time I got there, I could smell burning rubber. This is pretty pathetic for a utility pump.Numerous places online sell Wayne replacement impellers for about $15. Not bad, but it will cost that much or more in my time if I have to hover around the pump for it to finish rather than being productive while the pump is running.I've got a $40 300-GPH pump that has no problem going 10+ minutes pumping nothing but air. Sadly, I bought this pump hoping it would be more heavy-duty than that cheap pump. If Wayne fixes this unit by getting rid of the rubber impeller and going with any of the many impeller designs that don't generate heat when run dry, I'd recommend this unit in a second. Everything else on the unit appears top notch.

Using it to winterized my boat. Sucked RV anti freeze out of the jug and into the boats cooling system. 1st time using so hopefully many more years of use ahead.

Used this to transfer water from water packs to my campers onboard water tank for music festivals. Drains a 5 gallon pack in under a minute. Super fast. Super easy. Self priming feature is easy too. Just dump some olive oil in both inlet and outlet of pump before you connect water hose.I used this so I could shower all weekend without concern of water usage.Definitely worth the investment. In an absolute survivalist pinch I would be able to pump from clean rivers directly into my camper in disaster type scenarios and that was appealing to me as well. (I live in northern Canada near the Rockies so natural water quality is very high and I regularly drink from the rivers unfiltered)

I bought this to pump out my boat after rain showers and it works perfectly for that. The yellow hose supplied in the kit should be used as the discharge hose because it will collapse easily under any kind of stress such as when leaves begin to block the intake filter. I bought a sturdy ribbed hose for the intake and that works fine. The suction disk provided works nicely as a filter and the suction from the pump holds it firmly in place wherever I put it. I have a 12 ft aluminum boat docked behind my house and this morning it had about 10 to 12 inches of water in it the entire length. It took about 10 minutes to pump it out using this pump. I wouldn't use this without using the filter they provide or at least SOME type of filter. The suction is quite strong and if you get something solid like a twig or a pebble sucked into it, it will likely jam the impeller and you will end up taking everything apart to clear it. They give you a spare impeller and gaskets, so if you do something stupid you can fix it and move on. It is a little loud, but it's exactly what I expected for an electric motor of this size. You don't need ear plugs, but I wouldn't want to listen to it all day. It pulls the water out down to about 1/8 of an inch. If it breaks easily I'll change my review, but as of now, it works exactly as I hoped it would.