Thread: Livewell DIY - water intake problems

My pump is a Aerator pump designed to circulate water in a LW, you might be thinking of a beilge pump. I was also wondering if it was powerful enough. But after thinking about how I now get the water out the pump should do the job

I used my LW drain hole to run the water intake thru. Since I no longer had a drain I attached a garden hose with shutoff valve to the end of my aerator hose and to pump the water out of the tank.

I measured it all and the intake length is 47". To pump water out it has to pump uphill 10", thru the aerator 22", then out a garden hose 45". So if it can pump water out uphill 77" I would think its powerful enough to intake water thru 47".