Stick pump assembly

A stick pump assembly comprising:

• a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first end and the second end, the tube accommodating fluid to flow therethrough;
• a battery receptacle supported by the tube and configured to receive a battery pack;
• a pump including an impeller and a motor operable for driving the impeller to draw fluid through the pump, the pump having an inlet in fluid communication with the tube;
• an outlet in fluid communication with the tube;
• a chamber surrounding the pump, the chamber being fluidly separated from the motor;
• and
• a filter assembly covering the inlet such that, in operation, fluid is drawn past the filter assembly and into the chamber, the filter assembly including a bottom wall at an end of the stick pump assembly opposite of the battery receptacle;
• wherein the bottom wall includes a ridge, the ridge separating a first plurality of apertures formed through the bottom wall from a second plurality of apertures formed through the bottom wall, the first plurality of apertures being different in cross section from the second plurality of apertures.

A stick pump assembly comprising:

• a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first end and the second end, the tube accommodating fluid to flow therethrough;
• a housing receiving the second end of the tube;
• an outlet in fluid communication with the tube and located adjacent the second end of the tube;
• an outlet tube positioned at least partially within the housing and fluidly connecting to the tube to the outlet;
• a pump adjacent the first end of the tube and configured to draw fluid into the tube and through the outlet, and
• a conductor connected to the pump and positioned within an interior of the housing, and
• wherein the outlet tube is configured to maintain fluid separation between fluid within the outlet tube and the interior of the housing.