Jamie,
In my reply, I was agreeing with your post and I believe I've stated all of your points in my positive-v-negative summary.
The #2 link you sent appears to go to:
http://www.rivalindustry.com/download.htm -- however, that site does not appear to be online any longer. Can you post more information on what you were thinking?
Also, I'm not sure if you read the entire reply, but my remaining concerns with using aerator pumps being that I'll only have *one* thru-hull intake, and I don' believe there will be any speed difference when running 3 pumps off that single intake.
I'm not sure, but there may also be other issues with running aerator pumps on a shared-intake, being that they do not hold the water like the vein/reversible pumps?
I can tell your suggestion is based on experience, I'm just trying to curtail that suggestion to my situation where I'd like to keep a single intake.
Thanks again for the great info!
-RKM