Boat bilge pump test rate calculator

Calculate observed flow and same-head estimated drain time with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Collected test water (L)
20
Collection time (seconds)
30
Water volume to drain (L)
300
Recorded test head (m)
1
Observed flow (L/min)
40
Same-head estimated drain time (minutes)
7.5
Recorded test head (m)
1

Try another scenario

Collected test water (L)
22
Collection time (seconds)
30
Water volume to drain (L)
300
Recorded test head (m)
1
Observed flow (L/min)
44
Same-head estimated drain time (minutes)
6.818182
Recorded test head (m)
1
Calculation method

Calculation method

Observed flow (L/min)

Flow=collected×60/time; drainTime=volume/flow.

Same-head estimated drain time (minutes)

Flow=collected×60/time; drainTime=volume/flow.

Recorded test head (m)

Flow=collected×60/time; drainTime=volume/flow.

Symbols and units
a
Collected test water (L)
b
Collection time (seconds)
c
Water volume to drain (L)
d
Recorded test head (m)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Only measured-head performance; no automatic bilge capacity or emergency recommendation. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Only measured-head performance; no automatic bilge capacity or emergency recommendation.
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