Portable fuel station finished

[k0ua]

Nice project. I was wondering about putting some Anderson Powerpole electrical connectors with a fuse on the battery and just up under the side of the hood to be weather protected (use grease on the connectors) and a set on your power leads and you could plug it into your tractor for power.

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These connectors could also be used for a trickle charger for your tractor battery during storage, or depending on size and fuseing you could use the power port for many other uses. Anderson powerpoles are excellent connectors for low voltage dc connections and I and many other amateur radio operators have used them for years for these type of connections. They are self cleaning by the wiping action of plugging them in and unplugging them. Anyway, just an idea.

 

[Teikas Dad]

Nice project. I was wondering about putting some Anderson Powerpole electrical connectors with a fuse on the battery and just up under the side of the hood to be weather protected (use grease on the connectors) and a set on your power leads and you could plug it into your tractor for power.

Anderson Power Poles, Connectors & Housings - Powerpoles for Sale | Powerwerx

These connectors could also be used for a trickle charger for your tractor battery during storage, or depending on size and fuseing you could use the power port for many other uses. Anderson powerpoles are excellent connectors for low voltage dc connections and I and many other amateur radio operators have used them for years for these type of connections. They are self cleaning by the wiping action of plugging them in and unplugging them. Anyway, just an idea.

Interesting....I could see where they would be useful for a lot of things like you mentioned. I'll have to look into the connectors. Thanks for the info!

 

[Monster5601]

Nice project. I was wondering about putting some Anderson Powerpole electrical connectors with a fuse on the battery and just up under the side of the hood to be weather protected (use grease on the connectors) and a set on your power leads and you could plug it into your tractor for power.

These connectors could also be used for a trickle charger for your tractor battery during storage

Make sure the grease is dielectric (non-conducting).

Power poles are great and most Hams use them myself included. My Battery Tender's use the Motorola connector so I use that for a power take-off from the tractor.

 

[ultrarunner]

I've got them on my service vehicles in several places... never had any issues.

 

[TomSeller]

I had posted previously about using a cleaned out 33 gallon closed head drum for my fuel transfer setup.
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very nice work. Good job!

 

[smilinjak]

Nothing fancy from me but it might be helpful. Plug the outlet end of the fuel nozzle when not in use. All kinds of critters find the nice round hole a fine place to nest. Their nest in a fuel tank can cause an impossble to find fuel flow rstriction.
Nice build of a fine idea.
Smilinjak

 

[Teikas Dad]

Nothing fancy from me but it might be helpful. Plug the outlet end of the fuel nozzle when not in use. All kinds of critters find the nice round hole a fine place to nest. Their nest in a fuel tank can cause an impossble to find fuel flow rstriction.
Nice build of a fine idea.
Smilinjak

Great tip, thanks! I don't get too many mice around here by there's plenty of spiders and other little bugs looking for a home.