could somebody please clear something up

[patrick_g]

Eddie. Why was I not surprised in the least when I read of your PROFESSIONAL SOLUTION that leveraged a little up-front work and reaps continuing rewards for years?

LB: As regards clamping the batt charger and pump clamps to lag bolts. That is a practical shortcut. You can still get sparks if there is any vibration or the cables are disturbed but they are not right at the worst of any fuel fumes. Diesel is really safe but if I were pumping gasoline I'd want a good separation between "temp" style connectors and any gasoline or its fumes.

You just never know when a low probability unexpected event may occur. We had a good blow come through here and the lid to one of my RubberMaid battery boxes blew off and it got a few inches of rain in it. It was not housing a battery but a battery charger maintaining a battery on a powerful fence charger. I pulled it out of the water by the AC cord and amazingly it was still working although there was some AC leakage to the case. I replaced the weight on the lid with a full cinder block, so maybe the wind won't blow it away.

Pat

 

[LBrown59]

LB: As regards clamping the batt charger and pump clamps to lag bolts. That is a practical shortcut. You can still get sparks if there is any vibration or the cables are disturbed but they are not right at the worst of any fuel fumes. Diesel is really safe but if I were pumping gasoline I'd want a good separation between "temp" style connectors and any gasoline or its fumes.
You just never know when a low probability unexpected event might occure.
Pat

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This picture shows the clamps for the pump and charger connected to the lag bolts.
The charger is plugged into the outlet above the pump.
The switch beside the charger plug is a double throw switch that turns the receptacle on and off.
This switched outlet is plugged into the other outlet that has the light bulb plugged into it.
To operate the pump I just flip the switch and start pumping.
There is no connecting of clamps or clips involved.
The only time there is any current going to the receptacle charger clamps or pump is when this switch is turned on.

The suction hose between the brass union on the drum and the pump is for pumping fuel out of the drum.
What makes this set up way different than any other set up I've seen is the second suction hose (the one coming off the pump and curving up toward the ceiling).
This hose is 15 and one half feet long.
Every set up I've ever seen except one has only 1 suction hose.
I use this hose to unload a drum of fuel off my truck and to fill the white set up drum. I can also use it to fill my tractors from 2 and 5 gallons cans & transfer fuel from 2 or 5 gallons into the white drum.
I guess what's fascinating to me about the second suction hose is the simplicity of an idea that has so many far-reaching benefits and advantages.
Thanks to this hose one can still continue to use 5 gallon cans to store fuel in but the extra suction hose totally eliminates lifting and carrying the cans and pouring from them.

The following pictures show things in more detail.

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MikePA: Ditto