Hello. I need help finding a water pump/dredge that will run on this battery.

Tomplacer

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12 volt @ 200 watt is less than 1/4 horsepower. That's not nearly enough to run a dredge pump.

You need a much bigger power source. Look into gasoline powered pumps if you want to move mineral materials. Battery power is insufficient.

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clay is right, not enough power. but, if you are looking to keep it quiet on the creek, and you have water
with a drop of 3 feet over 10-20 feet, you might google, (gravity dredging). i have done it and it worked
well. i would still be doing it but my back disagrees with it.
also it never rains here in arizona anymore.

wow, i sound old now.
 

Look at a Honda wx15 series pump...
Quiet, good pressure for up to a 3-3.5" dredge,
especially with the right infinity or multi jet type setup......... it'd be hard to beat for a semi stealth, mid pressure. sucker pump.
 

be good for a bilge pump, run a goldcube or small recirculating sluice
12v shows 3.5 amp so 1200gph is 3 amps a 2000gph might be pushing it at 4.25 amps
it is a lithium so the amp hours might power a 1200gph goldcube pump 5 hours
a regular 16.8 amp hour, lead acid can only be discharged halfway before needing a recharge, so half as long run time.
 

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Leadnugget I hear yah, last run of my dredge made me feel old, my leg still hurts it’s angry, poke/look at it wrong it hurts like tastes like rubber... SpaghettiGolds monster gravity dredge is a big inspiration of mine, it shows you don’t need 60+ feet of pipe. Mike is right the WX15 is a nice little unit I picked one up here from a pawn shop as a birthday present to myself, they seem popular with these fly by night weed farmers for pumping fertilizer around. My old creek was destroyed by those people their stuff gummed up the waterway more than I ever could with my dredge.
 

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