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I was wondering if anyone has successfully replaced their Ballast Puppy pumps with a Ballast King or SuperKing. The fittings appear the same, though they required a 25A fuse rather than 20A. I would need to replace wiring, breakers, and fuses to make it work, but was wondering if anyone had done it and was satisfied with the result.
MJHSupra
06-30-2025, 03:38 PM
I was wondering if anyone has successfully replaced their Ballast Puppy pumps with a Ballast King or SuperKing. The fittings appear the same, though they required a 25A fuse rather than 20A. I would need to replace wiring, breakers, and fuses to make it work, but was wondering if anyone had done it and was satisfied with the result.
Not sure I've heard peeps upgrading the Ballast Puppy with the Ballast Kings. The 2016 model has three pumps correct?
Most boat newer models have the 6 pumps setup, so timing is not that big of a deal.
What hose size do you currently have? I know to get the most of those King Ballast Pumps you need to run the bigger lines.
Years ago my buddy did this on his 2006 Supra 24 Launch - three King Pumps vs the old sprinkler valve system.
Probably had 3k in ballast bags that filled in no time at all. It was fast.
Holdmybeer
06-30-2025, 07:03 PM
It has been mentioned before on this site.
The ballast relays that moomba use are not large enough and if you care about your timers working there is not a direct fix.
I think you could use your existing module outputs to trigger larger relays and power the kings. Not sure if the module needs feedback or not to keep the outputs on. Search the forum and the malibu forum. This has been a topic a couple times.
MJH is correct though, use the largest water lines possible. The kings will move some water.
Yes, I only have 3 pumps. Two would be nicer, but I have to deal with what I've got. I do have 1" lines for everything and the King uses 1" as well, so I should be OK there. The timing relays are something I had not thought about. I guess they will need to handle the current as well, so that could be the big obstacle to this upgrade (besides the $1,000 + time). Thanks!
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