Fueler jugs ?? Best value ??

[zoomer260]

	Quote: Originally Posted by imacflyr3
	As promised, here are the photos of my homemade fueler. Please excuse the clutter....I took these inside the trailer right after getting home from a contest. The first photo shows the front view looking at the pump unit. This is an abs outdoor junction box from Lowes. It has a rubber seal that should keep out minor spills. It's mounted to a piece of 22ga sheet metal which hangs on the neck of the jug and wraps around the side and underneath the jug. I wanted it to wrap under like this to try to keep a static charge from building around the pump. This is probably not a real concern, but why take a chance. Photo 2 shows the strap wrapped around the pump unit and through the back handle of the jug. This is a quick release cargo strap from Harbor Freight, cut to length to fit my needs....around $3. Photo 3 shows the filter side of the unit. The filter is a cheap inline filter from Farm n Fleet....less than $5 if I remember correct. It's attached with a broomstick holder that I had layin around. It's a bit tight, so I'll probably have to make a small adjustment to it. The holder is held on with a 4-40 screw and nyloc nut. Photo 4 is the switch side. I used double pole/single throw switches so I could use covers on them. The covers on the switches came on some other switches from Harbor Freight. ...loved the carbon fiber look, so I had to use them!! You can get covers at Autozone too. The covers are for more than just looks....these keep the unit from being turned on accidentally in the trailer while I'm bouncin down the road. Photo 5....The "guts" of the pump unit! There's really nothing special here. The black box thing on the red wire up front is an inline blade fuse holder. This will keep bad things from happening if I inadvertently turn on both switches. The switches are wired so one pumps the fuel in...the other pumps the fuel out. I used wire splicers to make the connections (the blue things). The other connectors are either butt splices or insulated blade connectors. Photo 6....Same "stuff" as photo 5. Photo 7 shows how the pump is mounted to the top of the junction box. I used 4-40 screws with nyloc nuts and washers. The wires are fed through a hole drilled in one of the diagonal corners of the box. I used shrink wrap on the pump wires to help protect them as they came through the box. I still have to fill the hole around the wire with something....probably something similar to shoo goo...suggestions? Photo 8 shows another view of the interior. The battery is sitting at the bottom left of the photo. This is just a cheap 8 cell nicad pack from Radio Shack that came with it's own charger. I'm sure I'll swap this out at a later date, but for now it works very well. You can also see the connector used for the battery hanging in the air (the white thing up by the switches). For now the battery just sits loose inside the box. The jug doesn't see enough movement or vibration to really require hard mounting, but I'm sure I'll do something in the future...probably velcro. Photo 9 shows the pump unit removed from the jug. I wanted to be able to easily remove it for filling and winter storage. You can more easily see the shape of the metal bracket here. The box is attached in the same way as the motor....4-40 screws w/nyloc nuts. I do have the box spaced away from the metal bracket by the width of the nylon nuts. This allows any drips from the jug to go down behind the box to the ground without going in the holes in the back of the box. So, that's about it. Let me know if you have any questions or want to see more images. Thanks!! GH

I like it !! Never occured to me to use a Carlon PVC box to mount it all to. I've been trying to make time to build my own fueler this season and it's looking more and more like a Winter project. I have two pumps a Kavan (I think) and a Sig gas passer NIB. Your fueler looks like what I want.

[buildflycrash]

here's another I found...

http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/..._can/index.htm

[wylieruneyjr]

My friends all use gravity feed systems, old B&B fuel tank with a fuel nipple near bottom. Fuel ine on bottom nipple connects to plane durning fueling, and then to vent nipple at top of tank when finished. They just sit tank atop cowl and let gravity do all the work! cheapest system I ever seen.

[Mithrandir]

	Quote: Originally Posted by wylieruneyjr
	My friends all use gravity feed systems, old B&B fuel tank with a fuel nipple near bottom. Fuel ine on bottom nipple connects to plane durning fueling, and then to vent nipple at top of tank when finished. They just sit tank atop cowl and let gravity do all the work! cheapest system I ever seen.

don't ever need to recharge your gravity!!

lol

[Extra nuts]

Sub'd.

[almmendes]

	Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpea
	Attachment 123327 I got my fuel filter at Autozone----$4

Sweetpea, Do you remember the PN of the filter you bought at Autozone? I'm not able to find it.

Thanks

[sweetpea]

I will check tonight. I have one still in the package on the wall.

Note: Since first creating my setup I added a second filter. Just got lazy with removing the first. So my fuel is double filtered. The 2nd filter is the one I have on the wall as Autozone didn't have that one in the pic in stock anymore.

[topflight36]

I can help you with a low cost fuel can if you would like or we have everything in stock for you to make them. Let me know if you need anything.

Tom

[Mrt1750]

Check out www.jerseymodeler.com I have serveral gas glow and smoke all have served me well, warranteed for one full year and Dean as I'm sure some of you can verify will honer all claims.
Sure you can build it cheaper count the hours and of coarse the safty factor just my $.02 hope it helps.

[topflight36]

Your right Jersey does make a nice can. But cheaper cans are not always cheap in quailty. We have decided to make a top quailty can for a more affordable price to so that the average modeler could have a nice product with out breaking the bank.

3 individuals compaired our cans with two other well know brand and ours was rated as high of quility if not better due to us offering a true 10 cell 12v Nimh battery They rated them in performance, quality and craftsmanship.

[almmendes]

	Quote: Originally Posted by topflight36
	Your right Jersey does make a nice can. But cheaper cans are not always cheap in quailty. We have decided to make a top quailty can for a more affordable price to so that the average modeler could have a nice product with out breaking the bank. 3 individuals compaired our cans with two other well know brand and ours was rated as high of quility if not better due to us offering a true 10 cell 12v Nimh battery They rated them in performance, quality and craftsmanship.

Topflight, please send me a PM letting me know how much it would costa fuel can already shipped to Colorado, 80504

Thanks

[topflight36]

PM sent Almmedes