[AT] fuel transfer pumps

[Dick Day]

I am just now installing a GPI 12-volt EZ-8 (8gpm) pump on a 55-gallon
drum.  $199 at Tractor Supply.  Has hoses and all hardware.

I started out looking at just 110-volt. The ones that were in my price
range all ended up being junk (made in China) and they failed right out of
the box.  The first one leaked, they replaced that one with one that had a
bent shaft in the motor and they finally said just keep the second one and
we'll refund your money.

I tried another one and it was supposed to be self-priming.  It was not, so
I return that one too.

GPI is made in the USA and so far, their support has been good.   I have a
12-volt storage battery with a battery maintainer on it.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:21 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Well it appears I've had another fuel transfer pump to quit This is the
> second 115 volt Fill-rite pump I have had to have something electrical
> go out in it in less than 10 years. According to the meter which I
> bought new with the first pump, we have pumped a little over 5,000
> gallons of gas. It seems to me that these pumps ought to be able to
> handle 5-600 gallons a year for a couple decades, not 4-5 years. The
> pumps stay under a shelter, never pump over 25 gallons at a time. No
> repair shop localy wants to touch one once they hear I am pumping
> gasoline. I buy the cheapest one they make, even then its over $300.
> Anybody here have any better luck with their more expensive models? How
> about another brand?
>
> John Hall
>
>
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