Jim, I have a business selling DC pumps and will not dare replace my engine driven pump with an DC electric. NO WAY!
Todd is getting away with it in the frozen North, but I doubt it it will make it here. I have by my desk a 15 GPM 12V pump with 1” ports. This thing is bigger (about twice) and heavier than standard Lycoming starter. If the weight was not an issue, this is the pump I would consider as a minimum. Also I don’t like converting the engine’s energy into electric and than converting again into kinetic? Sorry to say on this issue I’m with PL.
Buly

On 2/25/05 12:08 PM, "Jim Sower" <canarder@frontiernet.net> wrote:

IIRC EWP is a lot more efficient than EDWP (absorbs much less power).  Dual EWPs make the system a couple of orders of magnitude more reliable than single EWP and arguably single EDWP.

A bullet proof electrical system makes EWP very attractive to me ... Jim S.

William wrote:

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Your comment below implies that an EWP is *more* reliable than a belt. I don't think that has been shown to be the case yet.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045

With an alternator driven by the e-shaft and an EWP, I could have an engine that required no belts.  I REALLY like that idea.   Did I say I REALLY like that idea?  Paul Conner