Rule 800 GPH 20DA Standard Bilge Pump-800

It was fitted to the sump pump and works well

Good, robust bilge pump for my narrowboat. Does what it's supposed to do. Can't say more.

Una pompa eccellente

Muy buen producto

Got my new pump to replace a 20 year old Rule that had something broken inside and sometimes refuses to turn on. Wired the exact same way - brown to positive and black to negative - and the pump turns on, but doesn't pump water out. I reversed the connectors at the battery, and now the pump turns on and does pump the water out of the bilge. So it appears that on this particular pump I received, the wires were inverted at the factory. Pretty disappointing for such a basic thing. I mean, it only has 2 wires. Now I have to remove it from the boat and send it back and get another one, hoping it won't be from the same batch and have the same problem. What a pain.

purchased to replace an existing bilge pump in a small section of the hull area. After a short period the float switch seized. It is very underpowered. By that I do not mean speed. It lacks power to move product and if it is supposed to pump 800gph then I can only assume this is based on Evian Mineral water that hase been filtered. In summary gutless for my personal application.

I use these pumps to circulate water in my landscape fountain which is an application that it is neither designed nor intended for. I also use this same pump in my sailboat which it is intended for and it works perfectly. The reason I point this out is because a fountain is an absolute torture test for these pumps. No bilge pump is designed to run continuously for weeks or months. They are only intended to run for a few days to buy time to allow a boat owner to find and stop a leak in the hull in order to prevent his boat from sinking. I use bilge pumps in my fountain because they run directly off of a 12v solar panel, they move a lot of water (at a low head of only 2 feet) and they are relatively inexpensive. I specifically use Rule bilge pumps because after working for several years at a marine supply store I have tried every major brand of bilge pump in my fountain and have discovered that the Rule pumps will last between 2 and 10 times longer than any other brand of pump. The bearings are better. The motors are better. The cooling is better. These pumps are quite simply the toughest, most reliable pumps that you can get in this price range. On average I get 9 to 10 months of daily use in my fountain whereas the next best pump will die after just 3-1/2 months. Several other brands died in less than a month. And yes, I tear the dead pumps apart to see why they failed and ensure that the pump wasn't just a one-off manufacturing defect. So if you are considering buying a bilge pump for your boat then spend the extra dollar or two and make sure that you put a Rule pump in. Your peace of mind will thank you. I highly recommend this pump.